Transformers: The Score

2011-08-06T21:27:37Z

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'''''Transformers: The Score''''' is an album featuring the original instrumental music composed by [[Steve Jablonsky]] for the live-action ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' film. There was some doubt that such an album would be issued at all; however, after much clamoring by fans of the film, it was released on [[October 9]], 2007 on Warner Brothers Records, some three months after the film's debut.

...In very, ''very'', '''''VERY''''' limited quantities. Dammit.

==Tracks==
# Autobots* — The opening narration.
# Decepticons* — [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] infiltrates [[Air Force One]]. A similar-sounding track plays when Frenzy notifies Starscream of his finding the AllSpark, and Starscream tells the other Decepticons to mobilize.
# The All Spark* — The [[AllSpark]] is revealed to visitors to the [[Hoover Dam]].
# Deciphering The Signal* — [[John Keller]] wishes "good luck" to the hackers.
# Frenzy* — Oddly, nothing to do with Frenzy, but during the scene with the newborn (and soon to be dead) crazed little [[Nokia-bot|Nokia abomination]].
# Optimus* — [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] meeting [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]] after defeating [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]; [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] announces he will sacrifice himself for the humans by absorbing the All Spark.
# Bumblebee* — Bumblebee causes the All Spark to downsize.
# SOCCENT Attack - [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] attacks [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]]. Part of it also plays when Megatron escapes Hoover Dam.
# Sam At The Lake - Sam checks his eBay account; Sam and Miles have a run-in with a local jock/jerk.
# Scorponok* — [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] attacks the village in [[Qatar]]. Appears again as Secretary Keller and company face off against Frenzy inside Hoover Dam. A sped-up version also plays when Bumblebee meets up with the other Autobots on the highway shortly before the final battle. A different version of the theme is played during the final battle in Revenge of the Fallen.
# Cybertron — Optimus narrates how [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was destroyed and [[Archibald Witwicky]]'s discovery of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].
# Arrival To Earth* — Optimus, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] make their debut. The beginning is also used when Archibald Witwicky's Arctic expedition is first shown, as Sam is telling his class about it.<ref name="Autobots">Contains excerpt from "Autobots"</ref>
# Witwicky — The Autobots cause mayhem at the Witwicky home as Sam searches for his grandfather's glasses.
# Downtown Battle — The human-Autobot convoy arrives in [[Mission City]] and are shot at by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].
# Sector 7 — [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]] chases Optimus Prime through the city and under a bridge.
# Bumblebee Captured — Sector 7 captures Bumblebee in a huge drainage ditch.
# You're A Soldier Now — Ironhide, Jazz and Ratchet fight [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]], Megatron kills Jazz, [[Sam Witwicky]] starts taking the All Spark to a rendevouz point, and Optimus arrives. The end of the song was played in Revenge of the Fallen when Bumblebee defeated Ravage and Rampage, and a similar piece was played in Dark of the Moon when Optimus killed Driller.
# Sam On The Roof* — Starscream blows up the helicopter and Megatron smashes the building Sam is on.
# Optimus Vs. Megatron — From Optimus explaining Sam may have to kill him, to when Sam choses to kill Megatron instead.
# No Sacrifice, No Victory* — The part of the ending that did not involve [[Linkin Park]].<ref name="Autobots"/>

<nowiki>*</nowiki> "different version in film"

==Notes==
* Like many movie score albums, this one is not in chronologically sequential order. Some tracks were used more than once; for example, a faster-paced version of "Scorponok"'s chorus is heard when the humans at [[Hoover Dam]] are fighting off [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]].
* Shortly before the release of the official score, a small collection of tracks was released to media outlets as a promotional item, and soon found its way online.
* MP3 rips of a longer and more complete version of the score found their way online about the same time as the release of the official score. Notably, this collection features the tracks edited at lengths for inclusion into the movie during the sound editing process, suggesting that it was possibly leaked from the recording studio. Also of note was the absence of the major themes from the score, such as "Autobots", "Decepticons", "Optimus", "Bumblebee" and "Arrival to Earth".
* The tracks "Optimus Vs. Megatron" and "No Sacrifice, No Victory" were used during various [[wikipedia:New_England_Patriots|New England Patriots]] promos for [[wikipedia:Super_Bowl_XLII|Super Bowl XLII]], and later used by networks such as NBC and Network Seven during coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
* The track "Scorponok" has been reused for at least one [[commercial|promotional spot]] for ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. The heroic chorus of this track was remixed for ''Revenge's'' second theatrical trailer.
* Rearranged parts of largely-celebrated track "Arrival to Earth" was used in scenes of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', such as when [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] airdropped out of the transport plane above [[Shanghai]] and during the search for [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] at the [[Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]]. The leitmotif was later again used at various points throughout ''[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', especially notable in ''[[Dark of the Moon: The Score]]'' for the track "There Is No Plan".

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/106/ Scoring session images and information at Scoring Sessions.com]

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Revenge of the Fallen: The Score

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'''''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen — The Score''''' is an album featuring the original instrumental music composed by [[Steve Jablonsky]] for the live-action sequel ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Unlike the delayed limited release of [[Transformers: The Score|the first movie's score album]], this score was released by Reprise Records on [[June 23]], 2009, the same day as [[Revenge of the Fallen: The Album|''Revenge of the Fallen's'' rock/pop album]]. The digital download version was released even earlier, on [[June 12]] in the [[United Kingdom]].

==Tracks==
# Prime (2:14) — Suite piece; [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] telling the history of the [[Dynasty of Primes|Primes]]; Optimus' body is brought to the mourning NEST teams.
# Einstein's Wrong (3:35) — [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] has a 'full blown mental meltdown' in [[Colan|Professor Colan]]'s class; Simmons briefs Sam on what he knows of the Cybertronian history on Earth.
# NEST (2:08) — [[NEST]] gears up to fight [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]; [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] saving Sam, [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]], and [[Leo Spitz|Leo]] from [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Scalpel (ROTF)|the Doctor]].<ref>Contains instrumental excerpt from "New Divide" by [[Linkin Park]]</ref>
# The Shard (2:42) — [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] chase [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]; The kitchen appliances come to life in the Witwickys' home; [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] steals the [[AllSpark]] fragment from [[Diego Garcia]]; [[Alice]] chasing after Sam, Mikaela, and Leo through the campus library; [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] kidnapping Sam, Mikaela, and Leo; [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] fighting [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]].
# The Fallen (4:03) — Suite piece; Galloway debates against Optimus at NEST HQ; The Doctor examines Sam
# Infinite White (3:58) — Tail end played when Sam's group reaches [[Petra]].
# Heed Our Warning (4:26) — The song was never used in Revenge of the Fallen, but part of it was put in Dark of the Moon when the Decepticons begin attacking Chicago.
# The Fallen's Arrival (3:47) — Optimus Prime's death prompts Decepticon attacks across the globe.
# Tomb Of The Primes (2:47) — Sam, Mikaela, Leo, and [[Seymour Simmons|Simmons]] find the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in the [[Tomb of the Primes]].
# Forest Battle (2:04) — Optimus battles [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], Starscream and Grindor.<ref name="leitmotif">Contains leitmotif/excerpt from "Autobots"</ref>
# Precious Cargo (1:38) — Sam and Mikaela make their way toward NEST's position with the Matrix of Leadership
# Matrix Of Leadership (3:50) — Sam encounters the Primes and resurrects Optimus<ref>Contains excerpt from "Arrival to Earth"</ref>
# I Claim Your Sun (3:06) — [[The Fallen]] steals the Matrix and activates the [[star harvester]]; Jetfire is combined with Optimus; Optimus destroys the harvester; Optimus fights The Fallen and Megatron.<ref name="leitmotif" />
# I Rise, You Fall (3:35) — Optimus defeats the Fallen.<ref>Contains excerpts and themes from "No Sacrifice, No Victory"</ref>

==Notes==
* [[Linkin Park]] and Hans Zimmer worked with Steve Jablonsky on the score of the movie. Linkin Park also wrote a song featured in the movie, called "New Divide". It was one of the theme songs for the movie, and they did several interpretations on that theme. The guitar riff of "New Divide" is sampled in the track "NEST".<ref>[http://www.mikeshinoda.com/blog/special_events-recommended_music-in_the_studio-featured-linkin_park_/transformers_2_new_linkin_park_song_and_score Mike Shinoda's blog]</ref>

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/191/ Scoring session images and information at Scoring Sessions.com]

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