Hail, Caesar! [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Carter Burwell

Overview

The 16th film collaboration between the Coen Brothers and composer Carter Burwell, Hail, Caesar! tells the story of a few days in the life of a Los Angeles movie studio head of production (Josh Brolin) in the early 1950s. Its soundtrack contains a diverse score by Burwell, who, due to the nature of the movie's subject matter, provided music for not only the story's main setting but multiple films within the film. It also includes an original song by Broadway composer Henry Krieger (Dreamgirls, Side Show) and lyricist Willie Reale (A Year with Frog and Toad). The film genres covered by the score include a war-time musical, a western, a Biblical epic, an English living room drama, and a water musical a la Esther Williams that features an original performance of the barcarolle from Offenbach's opera Tales of Hoffmann. Outside of these movies in production at the studio, Burwell incorporates wistful strings and piano, Soviet hymns (segments are actual historical recordings by the Red Army Choir), and big-band tunes, among other styles, for the main narrative. The soundtrack's -- and the film's -- musical highlight is easily the show-stopping Gene Kelly-like dance number "No Dames!" led by Channing Tatum, about sailors returning to duty from leave ("We might even see a mermaid, but mermaids got no gams"). Another treat is the pre-existing western ballad "Lazy Ol' Moon" performed by Willie Watson, who sings for Alden Ehrenreich. (It was sung by Roy Rogers in the 1939 film The Arizona Kid.) The overly dramatic, brass- and percussion-heavy score for the Biblical Hail, Caesar! flick within Hail, Caesar! is both laughable and entirely accurate for the genre and era, and a score track like the penultimate "Behold" elegantly gathers themes and instrumentation from various characters and settings in the film. Ambitious and utterly accomplished, the soundtrack will likely delight at least Coen fans and classic-film buffs, especially those who can appreciate the music's comedy. ~ Marcy Donelson

Product Details

Release Date:	02/05/2016
Label:	Back Lot Music
UPC:	0851147006260
Rank:	112936

Tracks

1. Hail Caesar!~Fiat Lux
2. Hail Caesar!~5 A.M.
3. Hail Caesar!~Hail, Caesar!
4. Hail Caesar!~Baird Hijacked
5. Hail Caesar!~Hobie and Whitey
6. Hail Caesar!~Jonah's Daughter
7. Hail Caesar!~Comrades Convene
8. Cattle Call
9. Hail Caesar!~Malibu Safe House
10. No Dames!
11. The Hail Caesar!~The Hands of Communists
12. Hail Caesar!~Little Eddie
13. Our Father
14. Hail Caesar!~Lazy Old Moon Overture
15. Lazy Old Moon
16. Glory of Love
17. Hail Caesar!~Song of India
18. Hail Caesar!~In Pursuit of the Future
19. Slavery and Suffering
20. Hail Caesar!~Soviet Man
21. Hail Caesar!~Denizens of the City
22. Hail Caesar!~Silverman Sax
23. Hail Caesar!~Faith God Damn It!
24. Hail Caesar!~Back to the Backlot
25. Hail Caesar!~Behold
26. Echelon's Song

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Carter Burwell   Primary Artist,Conductor
Fyodor Stroganov   Primary Artist
Channing Tatum   Primary Artist
S.Serafimovich   Primary Artist
Eddy Arnold   Primary Artist
Willie Watson   Primary Artist
Mark Adams   French Horn
Sandra Park   Vocal Conductor
Wade Culbreath   Percussion
Alma Fernandez   Viola
Roger Rosenberg   Saxophone
Michael Valerio   Bass
Tereza Stanislav   Violin
Aaron Heick   Saxophone
Sein Ryu   Violin
Hila Plitmann   Vocals
Jenny Strenger   Violin
Serena McKinney   Violin
Stephen Erdody   Cello
Roger Wilkie   Violin
Darius Campo   Violin
Suzanne Ornstein   Violin
Dave Riekenberg   Saxophone
Frank Barr   Vocals
Lawrence Feldman   Saxophone
Paula Hochhalter   Cello
Larry Saltzman   Guitar
Julie Gigante   Violin
Nicholas Cords   Viola
Dave Walther   Viola
David Washburn   Trumpet
Sharon Yamada   Violin
Gerald White   Vocals
Ryan Keberle   Trombone
Bob Joyce   Vocals
Irina Voloshina   Violin
Shawn Mann   Viola
Eun Mee Ahn   Violin
Lisa Kim   Violin
Maria Newman   Viola
Nico Abondolo   Bass
Rose Corrigan   Bassoon
Nancy Sulahian   Vocals
Nike St. Clair   Vocals
Meredith Crawford   Viola
Grace Oh   Violin
Lara Wickes   Oboe
Aleta Braxton   Vocals
Barry Carl   Vocals
James Hayden   Vocals
Barry Perkins   Trumpet
Matthew Brown   Vocals
Lisa Liu   Violin
Amy Fogerson   Vocals
Sarah Lynch   Vocals
Ascention Church Choir   Choir/Chorus
Joshua Ranz   Clarinet
Suzanne Waters   Vocals
Claire Fedoruk   Vocals
Mike Geiger   Vocals
Kim Scholes   Cello
Wendy Baker   Vocals
Keisuke Ikuma   Oboe
Jon Owens   Trumpet
Misa Iwama   Vocals
Julia King   Cello
Kent Tritle   Vocals
Jon Lewis   Trumpet
Peter Walker   Vocals
Matthew Funes   Viola
Dave Everson   French Horn
Matt Castle   Vocals
Elissa Johnston   Vocals
Edward Meares   Bass
Natalie Leggett   Violin
Randy Kerber   Piano
Andy Snitzer   Saxophone
Daniel Chaney   Vocals
Marcia Dickstein   Harp
Bill Mays   Piano
Harriet Fraser   Vocals
Red Army Chorus   Choir/Chorus
Robert Brophy   Viola
William Booth   Trombone
John Patitucci   Bass
Jerry Grossman   Cello
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Joyce Hammann   Violin
Robert Rinehart   Viola
Mindy Kaufman   Flute
Shawn Kirchner   Vocals
Teag Reaves   French Horn
CJ Camerieri   Trumpet
Yuri Namkung   Violin
Annaliesa Place   Violin
Brian Pareschi   Trumpet
Margery Daley   Vocals
Phillip Levy   Violin
Michael Lichtenauer   Vocals
Jeff Nelson   Trombone
BJ Fredricks   Vocals
Amy Justman   Vocals
Max Zeugner   Bass
Alex Iles   Trombone
Nicholas Canellakis   Cello
Stuart Clark   Clarinet
Lewis White   Vocals
Michael Steinberger   Vocals
Jeanine Wynton   Violin
Alan Stepansky   Cello
Anthony McGill   Clarinet
Erik Charlston   Timpani
Joanna Maurer   Violin
Ellen DePasquale   Violin
Emily Bruskin   Violin
Steve Pence   Vocals
Jessica E. Guideri   Violin
Luanne Homzy   Violin
Hyunju Lee   Violin
Heather Petrie   Vocals
Abdiel Gonzalez   Vocals
Luke Fleming   Viola
Joe Fiedler   Trombone
Marc Goldberg   Bassoon
Glenn Drewes   Trumpet
Dennis Karmazyn   Cello
Dennis Mackrel   Drums
Shmuel Katz   Viola
Kuan Cheng Lu   Violin
Larry Farrell   Trombone
Drew Dembowski   Bass
Katia Popov   Violin
Ana Landauer   Violin
Neil Samples   Violin
Pavel Vinnitsky   Clarinet
Helen Nightengale   Violin
Jennifer Graham   Vocals
Greg Geiger   Vocals
Jasper Randall   Vocals
David Southorn   Violin
Stephen Sas   Bass
Laura Brenes   French Horn
Xiao-Dan Zheng   Cello
John Tiranno   Vocals
Zach Dellinger   Viola
Will Goldman   Vocals
Hayden Eberhart   Vocals
Dylan Gentile   Vocals
Alexis Sykes   Viola
Jacob Braun   Cello
Timothy Parsons   Vocals
Daniel Hoy   Vocals
Joseph Beutel   Vocals
Laura Green   Vocals
Marc Day   Vocals
Mischa Frusztajer   Vocals
Paul An   Vocals
Carrah Flahive   Vocals
Cindy Marty   Vocals
Kasondra Kazanjian   Vocals
Steve Amerson   Vocals
Remi Pelletier   Viola
Patrick Fennig   Vocals
Geraldine Rotella   Flute
Eric Brenner   Vocals
Adrienne Sommervile   Viola
Amaranta Viera   Vocals
Brian Giebler   Vocals
Christopher Still   Trumpet
Daniel Krekeler   Bass
Doug Purcell   Vocals
Jamie Chamberlinj   Vocals
Sarah Grieffith   Vocals
Danya Katok   Vocals
Tamara Hatwan   Violin
Jon Lee Keenan   Vocals
Junah Chung   Viola
Joshua South   Vocals
Steven Hrycelak   Vocals
Karen Hogle Brown   Vocals
Elizabeth Lim   Violin
Alexei Gonzales   Cello
Maya Magub   Violin
Ragga Petursdottir   Violin
Maureen McDermott   Cello
Katherine Harris   Vocals
Jessica Rotter   Vocals
Cathy Sim   Violin
Tori Drake   Harp
Jung Sun Yoo   Violin
Edward J. Atkatz   Percussion
Emily Popham   Violin
Gregory Goodall   Percussion

Technical Credits

Sandra Park   Orchestra Contractor
Michael Farrow   Mixing
Todd Whitelock   Mixing,Engineer
Tex Owens   Composer
Sonny Kompanek   Orchestration
Tony Finno   Copyist
Michael Knobloch   Executive in Charge of Music
Peter Rotter   Orchestra Contractor
Ethan Coen   Writer,Direction
Jo Ann Kane   Copyist
Jennifer Dunnington   Editing
Jim Bruening   Editing
Walter G. Samuels   Composer
Alexander Alexandrov   Composer
Howard Joines   Contractor
Traditional   Composer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Carter Burwell   Composer,Producer
Kyle Staggs   Music Business Affairs
Joel Coen   Writer,Direction
Dean Parker   Composer's Assistant
Adam Michalak   Scoring Recordist
Willie Reale   Composer
Dmitri Oleg Yachinov   Arranger
Nikolai Kedrov Sr.   Composer
Timothy Marchiafava   Scoring Recordist
Billy Hill   Composer
Henry Krieger   Composer
Douglas Besterman   Orchestration
Jake Voulgarides   Production Director
Sam Davis   Arranger
Nikki Walsh   Marketing
Tanya Perara   Music Business Affairs
O. Kolitchev   Composer
Todd Kasow   Editing
Brian Porizek   Package Design