Her (score)

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Her (Original Score)
File:Her (Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett).png
Film score by Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett
Released March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
Length 39:59
Label Milan
Producer
  • Arcade Fire[1]
  • Owen Pallett[1]
Arcade Fire chronology
Everything Now
(2017)		 Her (Original Score)
(2021)		 We
(2022)
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Her (Original Score) is the film score composed by Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett for the 2013 film Her, directed by Spike Jonze and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson. The score was not officially released to the public until March 2021.

It was nominated for Best Original Score at the 86th Academy Awards.

Background

The score for the film was credited to Arcade Fire, with additional music by Owen Pallett. Arcade Fire's Will Butler and Pallett were the major contributors.[2] At the 86th Academy Awards, the score was nominated for Best Original Score.[3] In addition to the score, Arcade Fire also wrote the song "Supersymmetry" for the film, which also appears on their album Reflektor. The melody for the song from the same album, called "Porno", can also be heard during the soundtrack.[4] Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O recorded the song "The Moon Song", a duet with Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.[5]

Release

Initially, the soundtrack had not been released to the general public in either digital or physical form.[6] A 13-track score appeared for streaming on the website 8tracks.com in January 2014, before being taken down. Warner Bros. Pictures, the film's distributor, provided no official statement on the absence of an official release of the score.[6][7] Earlier in 2013, Warner Bros. sent promotional CDs of the score and "The Moon Song" to critics for review. Copies of the promotional CDs later ended up on online auction websites. The score was ultimately made available through unofficial YouTube streams and illegal downloads.[8]

During an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) on Reddit on June 17, 2016, Will Butler mentioned the possibility of a future vinyl release.[9] Finally, on February 10, 2021, Arcade Fire announced that the score would be available for the first time digitally, on white-colored vinyl, and on cassette on March 19, 2021, by Milan Records.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Consequence of Sound A[11]
Exclaim! 8/10[12]

Michael Roffman of Consequence of Sound gave the score an "A" rating, calling it "a strikingly human and organic collection of music that keeps the film grounded in reality."[11]

Accolades

List of accolades for the Her score
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Academy Awards March 2, 2014 Best Original Score William Butler and Owen Pallett Nominated [13]
[3]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists December 19, 2013 Best Music or Score Arcade Fire Nominated [14]
[15]
Austin Film Critics Association December 17, 2013 Best Score Arcade Fire Won [16]
Chicago Film Critics Association December 16, 2013 Best Original Score Arcade Fire Won [17]
[18]
Critics' Choice Awards January 16, 2014 Best Score Arcade Fire Nominated [19]
[20]
International Online Film Critics' Poll January 25, 2015 Best Original Score William Butler and Owen Pallett Nominated [21]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association December 8, 2013 Best Score Arcade Fire, and Owen Pallett Runner-up [22]
San Diego Film Critics Society December 11, 2013 Best Score Arcade Fire Won [23]
[24]
Satellite Awards February 23, 2014 Best Original Score Arcade Fire Nominated [25]
St. Louis Film Critics Association December 16, 2013 Best Musical Score Arcade Fire Won [26]
[27]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 9, 2013 Best Original Score Arcade Fire Nominated [28]
[29]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett[1]. 

Her (Original Score) track listing[30]
No. Title Length
1. "Sleepwalker"   3:14
2. "Milk & Honey #1"   1:27
3. "Loneliness #3 (Night Talking)"   3:25
4. "Divorce Papers"   3:14
5. "Morning Talk / Supersymmetry"   4:13
6. "Some Other Place"   3:38
7. "Song on the Beach"   3:35
8. "Loneliness #4 (Other People's Letters)"   0:59
9. "Owl"   2:20
10. "Photograph"   2:25
11. "Milk & Honey #2"   3:19
12. "We're All Leaving"   2:31
13. "Dimensions"   5:39
Total length:
 39:59

Notes

  • "Milk & Honey #1" was titled "Milk & Honey" on the promotional release.
  • "Milk & Honey #2" was titled "Milk & Honey (Alan Watts & 641)" on the promotional release.

Charts

Chart performance for Her
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[31] 72
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[32] 130
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[33] 54
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[34] 14
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[35] 23
Scottish Albums (OCC)[36] 12
UK Albums (OCC)[37] 95

References

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  31. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Soundtrack / Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett – Her" (in German). Hung Medien.
  32. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Soundtrack / Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett – Her" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  33. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Soundtrack / Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett – Her" (in French). Hung Medien.
  34. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Soundtrack / Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett – Her" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  35. ↑ "Portuguesecharts.com – Soundtrack / Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett – Her". Hung Medien.
  36. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  37. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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