Children of Men (soundtracks)

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Children of Men had two soundtracks for the film, a film score by British composer John Tavener, and a soundtrack with various popular music acts.

Contents 1 Soundtrack 1.1 Track Listing 2 Original Score 2.1 Track listing 3 Notes

[edit] Soundtrack

Children of Men
Soundtrack by Various Artists
Released	October 30, 2006
Genre	Soundtracks Rock Pop
Label	Hip-O
Producer(s)	Becca Gatrell
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Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker's song "Running the World" is played in the credits of the film. The song is drawn from his 2006 debut solo album Jarvis.

Three songs that are heard during the movie, "Omgyjya Switch7" by Aphex Twin, "Anti War Dub" by Digital Mystikz and "Life in a Glasshouse" by Radiohead are not included on the soundtrack. Furthermore, the track "Map of the Problematique" by Muse and "Hoppipolla" by Sigur Rós were used in TV spots and trailers but were not featured in the film.

[edit] Track Listing

1. "Hush" (Deep Purple) – 4:25
2. "Witness (1 Hope)" (Roots Manuva) – 4:14
3. "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Junior Parker) – 3:30
4. "Sleepy Shores" (Michael Price) – 2:52
5. "The Court of the Crimson King" (King Crimson) – 4:49
6. "Backward" (Kode9, Spaceape) – 4:33
7. "Wait" (The Kills) – 4:47
8. "There Is an Ocean" (Donovan) – 4:47
9. "Ruby Tuesday" (Franco Battiato) – 3:37
10. "Money Honey" (Annette Henry, Kevin Martin) – 3:46
11. "Arbeit Macht Frei" (The Libertines) – 1:15
12. "Indian Stomp" (Cyrus) – 3:29
13. "Bring on the Lucie (Freda Peeple)" (John Lennon) – 4:13
14. "Running the World" (Jarvis Cocker) – 4:43

[edit] Original Score

Children of Men
Film score by John Tavener
Released	December 12, 2006
Genre	Film music Original score
Label	Varese Sarabande
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The film score was composed by John Tavener and released on Varese Sarabande.

Director Alfonso Cuarón describes Tavener's "Fragments of a Prayer," as "a spiritual comment rather than a narrative support." The track features mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly and is used as a powerful motif. Unlike most composers, Tavener chose not to score the piece to the film, but to the screenplay instead.^[1]

The poetry of William Blake is featured in the lyrics to "Eternity's Sunrise", a work Tavener had previously written and dedicated to Princess Diana after her death.^[2]

Gustav Holst's "Mars" is used in the film although it is not featured on the album.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Fragments of a Prayer" – 15:21
2. "Eternity's Sunrise" – 10:53
3. "Alexander's Feast/War, He Sung, Is Toil and Trouble" (George Frideric Handel) – 4:44
4. "Kindertotenlieder/Nun Will Die Sonn' So Hell Aufgeh'n" (Gustav Mahler) – 5:31
5. "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima" (Krzysztof Penderecki) – 9:59
6. "Song of the Angel" – 4:35
7. "The Lamb" – 3:20
8. "Mother and Child" – 12:38
9. "Mother of God, Here I Stand" – 3:28

[edit] Notes