Amelia (soundtrack)

Amelia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by
Gabriel Yared
ReleasedOctober 20, 2009
Recorded2009
StudioAbbey Road Studios, London
GenreFilm score
Length53:10
LabelVarèse Sarabande
Producer
Gabriel Yared chronology
The Hedgehog
(2009) 		Amelia
(2009) 		In the Land of Blood and Honey
(2011)

Amelia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score to the 2009 biographical film Amelia directed by Mira Nair, which featured Hilary Swank as aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. The film score is composed by Gabriel Yared and released through Varèse Sarabande on October 20, 2009.

Development

Gabriel Yared composed the film score. The album was recorded at the Abbey Road Studios in London and took him around five months to complete the score.[1] The soundtrack was released through Varèse Sarabande record label on October 20, 2009.[2]

Reception

Jonathan Broxton of Movie Music UK wrote "[Amelia's score] has a similar tone to earlier Yared scores such as Message in a Bottle (1999) and Possession (2002), and fans of those works, or of John Barry's sweeping romance work, will find their tastes catered to here."[3] Michael Koresky of IndieWire wrote "every time a plane soars, the traditional score by Gabriel Yared will swell".[4] Ray Bennett of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "composer Gabriel Yared's orchestral score — muscular in the aerial scenes, jovial where it needs to be and foreboding in its evocation of Earhart's fate — ranks with his Academy Award-winning music for The English Patient (1996)."[5][6]

Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly wrote "composer Gabriel Yared lays on blasts of musical exclamations that are as distracting as sirens".[7] Brent Simon of Screen International wrote "composer Gabriel Yared's score trades in conventional melodramatic cues."[8] Justin Chang of Variety called it a "hyperactive score".[9] Chris Bumbray of JoBlo.com wrote "a fantastic musical score by Gabriel Yared, which calls to mind the work of composer John Barry."[10] Nick Schager of Slant Magazine wrote "Gabriel Yared's persistently swooning orchestral score does the heavy lifting when it comes to conveying the thrill of flight."[11]

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called it a "sudsy score".[12] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote "[the score] works hard to inject some emotional coloring into the proceedings [and] screams 1940s big-screen melodramatic excess and beautiful suffering."[13] Ray Pride of Newcity wrote "Gabriel Yared's emphatic, old-fashioned yet slightly desperate score hails in from distant Minghella-ville."[14]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Introducing Amelia"2:16
2."Flight to Wales"4:27
3."Amelia and George"4:14
4."No Longer a Passenger"6:56
5."Flying with Eleanor Roosevelt"2:37
6."Amelia and Gene"3:05
7."The Ecstasy of Flying"2:02
8."Vagabond of the Air"3:39
9."Hawaii Crash"2:22
10."The Call of the Wild"3:11
11."Radio Love Call"2:17
12."Final Flight"11:03
13."Amelia"5:01
Total length:53:10

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes:[15]

  • Music composer – Gabriel Yared
  • Music producer – Gabriel Yared, Kirsty Whalley
  • Recording and mixing – Peter Cobbin
  • Music editor and programmer – Kirsty Whalley, Lewis Morison
  • Technical engineer – Lewis Jones, Patrick Phillips
  • Music coordinator – Becky Bentham
  • Copyist – Dakota Music
  • Executive producer – Robert Townson

Instruments

  • Piano – Gabriel Yared
  • Indian flute – Ashwin Srinivasan
  • Reeds – Jan Hendrickse

Orchestra

  • Orchestrators – Gabriel Yared, Jeff Atmajian
  • Additional orchestrator – Kirsty Whalley
  • Conductor – Jeff Atmajian
  • Leader – Thomas Bowes
  • Contractor – Isobel Griffiths
  • Assistant contractor – Lucy Whalley

Management

  • Music business affairs for 20th Century Fox – Tom Cavanaugh
  • Executive in charge of music for 20th Century Fox – Robert Kraft
  • Music supervisor for 20th Century Fox – Mike Knobloch

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result Ref.
Satellite Awards December 20, 2009 Best Original Score Gabriel Yared Nominated [16][17][18]

References

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  2. ^ "Amelia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. October 20, 2009. Archived from the original on September 30, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  3. ^ Broxton, Jonathan (October 23, 2009). "AMELIA – Gabriel Yared". Movie Music UK. Archived from the original on February 6, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  4. ^ Koresky, Michael (October 22, 2009). "REVIEW | Plain Ride: Mira Nair's "Amelia"". IndieWire. Archived from the original on January 21, 2026. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  5. ^ Bennett, Ray (October 18, 2009). "Amelia — Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  6. ^ "First Review for Amelia". Awards Daily. October 18, 2009. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  7. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (October 21, 2009). "Amelia". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 8, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  8. ^ Simon, Brent (October 20, 2009). "Amelia". Screen International. Archived from the original on April 19, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  9. ^ Chang, Justin (October 19, 2009). "Amelia". Variety. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  10. ^ Bumbray, Chris (October 23, 2009). "Review: Amelia". JoBlo.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  11. ^ Schager, Nick (October 22, 2009). "Review: Amelia". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  12. ^ Travers, Peter (October 22, 2009). "Amelia". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 21, 2026. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  13. ^ Dargis, Manohla (October 22, 2009). "An Adventurer Takes Flight, Blinding Smile and All (Published 2009)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 10, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  14. ^ Pride, Ray (October 26, 2009). "Review: Amelia". Newcity. Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  15. ^ Gabriel Yared. Amelia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Media notes). Varèse Sarabande.
  16. ^ "2009 14th Annual Satellite Awards". Satellite Awards. International Press Academy. Archived from the original on September 28, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  17. ^ "2009 Satellite Awards nominees: Off-beat or Oscar predictor?". Los Angeles Times. November 30, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  18. ^ Pond, Steve (December 21, 2009). "'Hurt Locker,' 'Nine' Win Top Satellite Awards". TheWrap. Archived from the original on September 16, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
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