Article Category: Soundtrack

Interesting background information for the Green Book soundtrack explores Don Shirley's life and music and talks about how award-winning pianist and composer Kris Bowers worked to bring Shirley's music to life. Bowers wrote the original soundtrack for Green Book and taught Mahershala Ali to play an expert at the keyboard.

Press release announcing the release of the soundtrack CD for A History of Violence describes the origins of and inspirations for Howard Shore's original score. "The main character, Tom Stall, struggles with his own capacity for violence," says Shore. "The composition and its counterpoint were constructed to reflect Tom's dual nature.The film portrays the consequences of violence and its effect on family and community."

Regarding the soundtrack for A History of Violence, Nick Joy says that Howard Shore has "fashioned an ominous score that is essentially structured around two or three themes, and primarily around the character of Tom." In his review, he explores the details of each track, concluding that this is "probably the most accessible Cronenberg score to date and certainly a welcome addition to the Shore canon."