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THE BOOK THIEF Score Details, Including Sound Clips, Reviews, Movie Clips and More

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Music Composed and Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS

TRACK LIST

01. “One Small Fact” (1:46)
02. The Journey to Himmel Street (1:48)
03. New Parents and a New Home (1:33)
04. Ilsa’s Library (2:21)
05. The Snow Fight (1:01)
06. Learning to Read (2:48)
07. Book Burning (2:52)
08. “I Hate Hitler!” (2:06)
09. Max and Liesel (1:11)
10. The Train Station (2:16)
11. Revealing the Secret (4:11)
12. Foot Race (1:20)
13. The Visitor at Himmel Street (2:02)
14. Learning to Write (2:07)
15. The Departure of Max (2:32)
16. “Jellyfish” (2:08)
17. Rescuing the Book (1:55)
18. Writing to Mama (2:42)
19. Max Lives (1:31)
20. Rudy is Taken (2:00)
21. Finale (2:48)
22. The Book Thief (7:05)

LABEL: Sony Classical

INTERVIEWS

SOUND CLIPS

MOVIE CLIPS (feat. John Williams music)

BEHIND THE SCENES (feat. John Williams music)

ALBUM RELEASE

FILM RELEASE

SOUNDTRACK REVIEWS

RECORDING SESSIONS

  • September 20 – October 6, 2013 at 20th Century Fox Studios (Los Angeles)
    “The Book Thief final session today. A beautiful score from the master, John Williams.”
    — JoAnn Kane Music Svc (@JKMSlibrary) October 6, 2013

FILM REVIEWS & ARTICLES MENTIONING JOHN WILLIAMS’ SCORE

  • Yahoo! Voices – At the world premiere of the movie held at 49th Chicago Film Festival on October 22, 2013, director Brian Percival told the audience that Allum’s voice was quite famous from his work onstage in Germany and he felt that the voice of Death should “have a warmth and providential nature.” The score by John Williams—one of the few not done for Steven Spielberg—“was based on the tonality of Roger’s voice,” said Percival. As Percival explained, “It was one of the rare moments that John Williams was not scoring a Spielberg film. It’s really quite something. We met up in Los Angeles and seemed to just get on.” Rush’s character (Hans Hubermann) also plays a concertina at several points in the film, which gives the film a very Germanic, almost folk music feeling. – Full article
  • Deadline Hollywood – A big plus is the score by 48-time Oscar nominee and 5-time winner John Williams. It likely will bring him his 49th nomination. He does very few scores now outside of work with Steven Spielberg or the occasional blockbuster. But Rush tells me this is a job the composer actually sought himself. “I think I am right in saying that he contacted the producers and said, ‘I read this book and I know you are making a film, and I would really like to write the music for it.’ So I think they took that as a plus,” he said. – Full article
  • Variety – Impeccable design contributions are highlighted by Florian Ballhaus’ somber but handsome widescreen lensing, and an excellent score by John Williams that reps his first feature work for a director other than Steven Spielberg in years. – Full review
  • HitFix – Geoffrey Rush is perhaps the best shot at major awards attention, though young Sophie Nélisse is a sensation to keep an eye on as she progresses in her career. Emily Watson carves a fun character full of piss and vinegar, and John Williams’ score is appropriately delicate (though, for a legend like him, curiously unmemorable). – Full review

TRAILERS (No Williams music)

 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (JoAnn Kane Music Service)

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