Music from the HBO Film: Angels in America
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Music From the HBO Film: Angels in America is the original soundtrack album
, on the Nonesuch label, of the 2003
Emmy Award
-winning and Golden Globe-winning miniseries
Angels in America
. It was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
.
The original score
and song
s were all composed by Thomas Newman
, unless said otherwise.
Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
, on the Nonesuch label, of the 2003
2003 in film
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning and Golden Globe-winning miniseries
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
Angels in America
Angels in America (miniseries)
Angels in America is a 2003 HBO miniseries adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name by Tony Kushner. Kushner adapted his original text for the screen, and Mike Nichols directed...
. It was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media has been awarded since 1960. Until 2001 the award was presented to the composer of the music alone. From 2001 to 2006, the producer and engineers shared in this award...
.
The original score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
and song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
s were all composed by Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman
Thomas Montgomery Newman is an American composer and conductor, best known for his many film scores. He is one of the more respected and recognized composers for modern film and has scored over fifty feature films in a career which spans nearly three decades.Newman has received a total of ten...
, unless said otherwise.
Track listing
| No. | Song title | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Threshold of Revelation | 0:57 |
| 2. | Angels in America (main title) | 2:20 |
| 3. | Lesionnaire | 0:41 |
| 4. | Ellis Island | 2:08 |
| 5. | Acolyte of the Flux | 1:17 |
| 6. | Umdankbar Kind | 1:27 |
| 7. | The Ramble | 1:09 |
| 8. | Ozone | 0:59 |
| 9. | Pill Poppers | 1:19 |
| 10. | Quartet | 6:46 |
| 11. | Solitude (performed by Duke Ellington Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions... ) Written by Eddie DeLange Eddie DeLange Eddie DeLange was an American bandleader and lyricist. Famous artists who recorded some of DeLange's songs include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman.-Biography:... and Irving Mills Irving Mills Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919... |
3:14 |
| 12. | Bayeux Tapestry | 1:51 |
| 13. | Spotty Monster | 0:49 |
| 14. | Mauve Antarctica | 4:49 |
| 15. | Her Fabulous Incipience | 1:07 |
| 16. | The Infinite Descent | 0:57 |
| 17. | A Closer Walk with Thee (performed by George Lewis George Lewis George Lewis may refer to:*George Lowys or Lewis , mayor of Winchelsea*George Lewis , track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago*George Lewis , New Orleans jazz clarinettist... & His Ragtime Band) |
2:59 |
| 18. | Broom of Truth | 2:52 |
| 19. | Submit! | 1:17 |
| 20. | Plasma Orgasmata | 3:00 |
| 21. | Delicate Particle Logic | 1:39 |
| 22. | The Mormons | 1:53 |
| 23. | Prophet Birds | 2:44 |
| 24. | More Life | 2:12 |
| 25. | Black Angel | 4:12 |
| 26. | Garden of the Soul | 4:07 |
| 27. | Heaven | 2:04 |
| 28. | Bethesda Fountain | 1:20 |
| 29. | The Great Work Begins (End Title) | 3:59 |
| 30. | Tropopause | 3:00 |
| 31. | I'm His Child (performed by Zella Jackson-Price) | 3:36 |