Description
Syriana – Music from the Motion Picture (RCA Red Seal / Sony BMG, 2005) CD
UPC: 828767872025
MPN: 82876 78720 2
Brand Name: RCA Red Seal / Sony BMG Masterworks
Overview
Syriana – Music from the Motion Picture features the mesmerizing and intricate score by Alexandre Desplat, composed for the 2005 political thriller directed by Stephen Gaghan and produced by George Clooney.
The soundtrack reflects the film’s global scope and intricate web of intersecting stories across the oil industry, Middle Eastern politics, and Western corporate power. Desplat’s music combines Middle Eastern instrumentation, ambient textures, and sophisticated orchestral writing to create an atmosphere of tension, mystery, and human vulnerability.
Released under the RCA Red Seal label, this album exemplifies Desplat’s elegant cinematic style—subtle, haunting, and emotionally resonant—perfectly matching the tone of one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed geopolitical dramas.
Product Features
- Format: Audio CD (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Genre: Film Score / World / Orchestral
- Composer & Producer: Alexandre Desplat
- Film Director: Stephen Gaghan
- Label: RCA Red Seal / Sony BMG Music Entertainment
- Release Year: 2005
- Country of Manufacture: EU
- Total Running Time: Approx. 50 minutes
- Executive Music Producers for Warner Bros. Pictures: Gary LeMel, Doug Frank, Carter Armstrong
- Packaging: Standard jewel case with full-color booklet featuring film artwork and production notes
Interesting Facts
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Award-Winning Composer: Alexandre Desplat, later known for The King’s Speech, The Shape of Water, and The Grand Budapest Hotel, brings his signature precision and restraint to this politically charged score.
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Minimalist Suspense: The music’s blend of traditional Middle Eastern timbres and modern electronic elements builds a restrained sense of unease—mirroring the film’s theme that “everything is connected.”
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Intelligent Sound Design: Rather than traditional leitmotifs, Desplat crafts evolving sonic layers that mirror the film’s interwoven narrative threads.
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Critical Reception: Critics praised the score’s understated brilliance, noting how it enhances the film’s realism and moral complexity without overwhelming the storytelling.
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Cinematic Context: Syriana starred George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Christopher Plummer, earning multiple Academy Award nominations and a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Clooney.
Track Listing
- Syriana
- Driving in Geneva
- Fields of Oil
- The Commute
- Beirut Taxi
- Something Really Cool
- Syriana (Piano Solo)
- I’ll Walk Around
- Access Denied
- Electricity
- Falcons
- The Abduction
- Tortured
- Take the Target Out
- Truce
- Mirage
- Fathers and Sons
Publishers
© 2005 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ℗ 2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment / RCA Red Seal. All trademarks and logos are protected. Distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Made in the EU. www.sonybmgmasterworks.com | www.syrianamovie.com
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