Brick: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 to the 2006 film

Film

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 of the same name

Brick (film)

Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It was Johnson's directorial debut and won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival...

. It was released on March 21, 2006 by Lakeshore Records

Lakeshore Records

Lakeshore Records is the independent music division of Lakeshore Entertainment . They started out as WILL Records.Will Records were started by Skip Williamson in the early 90s...

. The soundtrack features the original score for the film composed by Nathan Johnson

Nathan Johnson (musician)

Nathan Tyler Johnson is a film composer, songwriter and music producer.He was born in Washington, DC in 1976 and grew up in Colorado. After living in England in the mid-2000s, Johnson relocated to the East coast of the U.S. where he launched a live touring project with his band, The Cinematic...

, lead of The Cinematic Underground

The Cinematic Underground

The Cinematic Underground are an alternative rock group, with members from the UK and the U.S. . Their debut album, Annasthesia, is a "concept narrative" about risk and escape which follows two main characters through two days in an un-named city...

 as well as music by The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited...

, Bunny Berigan

Bunny Berigan

Rowland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan was an American jazz trumpeter who rose to fame during the swing era, but whose virtuosity and influence were shortened by a losing battle with alcoholism that ended in his early death at age 33. He composed the jazz instrumentals "Chicken and Waffles" and "Blues"...

, Anton Karas

Anton Karas

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 and Kay Armen and a song from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta

Operetta

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 The Mikado

The Mikado

The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations...

recited by Nora Zehetner that was featured in the film.

Scoring process

This innovative score was composed by Nathan Johnson

Nathan Johnson (musician)

Nathan Tyler Johnson is a film composer, songwriter and music producer.He was born in Washington, DC in 1976 and grew up in Colorado. After living in England in the mid-2000s, Johnson relocated to the East coast of the U.S. where he launched a live touring project with his band, The Cinematic...

 with additional support and music from The Cinematic Underground

The Cinematic Underground

The Cinematic Underground are an alternative rock group, with members from the UK and the U.S. . Their debut album, Annasthesia, is a "concept narrative" about risk and escape which follows two main characters through two days in an un-named city...

. The score harks back to the style, feel and overall texture of noir films. It features traditional instruments such as the piano, trumpet, and violin, but it also contains unique and invented instrument such as the wine-o-phone, metallophone, tack pianos, filing cabinets, and kitchen utensils, all recorded with one microphone on a battered PowerBook

PowerBook

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.

According to the audio commentary of the Brick

Brick (film)

Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It was Johnson's directorial debut and won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival...

DVD, the score was composed almost entirely over iChat

IChat

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, with Rian Johnson playing clips of the movie to Nathan Johnson, who would then score them.

Track listing

1. "Emily's Theme" – Nathan Johnson
2. "Sister Ray
   Sister Ray (song)
   "Sister Ray" is a song by The Velvet Underground that closes side two of their 1968 avant-garde rock album White Light/White Heat. The song's lyrics were written by Lou Reed, with music composed by John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker and Reed....
   
   " – The Velvet Underground
   The Velvet Underground
   The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited...
   
   
3. "The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze" – Nora Zehetner
4. "Frankie and Johnny" – Bunny Berigan
   Bunny Berigan
   Rowland Bernard "Bunny" Berigan was an American jazz trumpeter who rose to fame during the swing era, but whose virtuosity and influence were shortened by a losing battle with alcoholism that ended in his early death at age 33. He composed the jazz instrumentals "Chicken and Waffles" and "Blues"...
   
   
5. "I'm in the Middle of a Riddle" – Anton Karas, Kay Armen
6. "Pale Blue Arrow" – Nathan Johnson
7. "Locker 269" – Nathan Johnson
8. "Kara's Theme (The Drama Vamp)" - China Kent
9. "Laura's Theme" – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
10. "The Pin in the Night" – Nathan Johnson, Chris Mears
    Chris Mears
    Christopher Peter Mears is a retired Canadian baseball pitcher who is currently an amateur scout for the Boston Red Sox currently assigned to the midwestern United States.-Playing career:...
    
     & China Kent
11. "Pie House Rats" – Seth Kent
12. "Emily's Theme 2 (The White Rabbit)" – Nathan Johnson
13. "Emily's Theme 3 (Lunch is Difficult)" – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
14. "The Dream and the Tunnel" – Nathan Johnson & Chris Mears
15. "Emily's Theme 6 (Reprise)" – Nathan Johnson
16. "A Show of Hands" – Nathan Johnson
17. "Minneapolis" – Nathan Johnson
18. "Front Page News" – Nathan Johnson
19. "Knives in My Eyes" – Nathan Johnson
20. "The Pin's Lair" – Nathan Johnson
21. "Laura's Theme 5 (You Trust Me Now)" – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
22. "Ultimate-Tims" – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
23. "Turning In" – Nathan Johnson
24. "The Pinivan" – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
25. "Dode's Threat/South of T-Street" – Nathan Johnson, Chris Mears, Steve Cowley & China Kent
26. "The Brick of Brock" – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
27. "Four O'Clock (Part 1)" – Nathan Johnson & Chris Mears
28. "The Field" – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
29. "The Tunnel" – Nathan Johnson & Chris Mears
30. "Tug's Tale (Part 2)" – Nathan Johnson & Chris Mears
31. "Kabuki Confrontation" – Nathan Johnson, Chris Mears & China Kent
32. "Showing Kara's Ace" – Nathan Johnson, Chris Mears & China Kent
33. "Four O'Clock (Part 2)" – Nathan Johnson & Chris Mears
34. "I'm Sorry Brendan" – Nathan Johnson
35. "The Physical Proxy" – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
36. "Pale Blue Arrow (Part 2)" – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
37. "Building to War" – Nathan Johnson & Chris Mears
38. "War" – Nathan Johnson & Chris Mears
39. "Laura's Theme (Reprise)" – Nathan Johnson & China Kent
40. "The Tale" – Nathan Johnson, China Kent, Chris Mears & Steve Cowley

Credits

• Original Music Produced and Composed by: Nathan Johnson
  Nathan Johnson (musician)
  Nathan Tyler Johnson is a film composer, songwriter and music producer.He was born in Washington, DC in 1976 and grew up in Colorado. After living in England in the mid-2000s, Johnson relocated to the East coast of the U.S. where he launched a live touring project with his band, The Cinematic...
  
   with The Cinematic Underground
  The Cinematic Underground
  The Cinematic Underground are an alternative rock group, with members from the UK and the U.S. . Their debut album, Annasthesia, is a "concept narrative" about risk and escape which follows two main characters through two days in an un-named city...
  
  
• Music Editor: Drew Deascentis
• Music Supervisor: Joe Rudge
• Executive Soundtrack Album Producers for Lakeshore Records: Skip Williamson and Brian McNelis
• Art Director: Stephanie Mente
• Layout by: Joe Chavez

Reviews

Jonathan Jarry from Soundtrack.net gave the score four stars saying, "This is a score that proudly stands on the fringe of what is called film music by most people. It will be hailed by its fans; it will be booed by the more conservative people among us. When all is said and done, however, how often are these polarizing scores composed and released? I say revel in Brick's insistent crave for originality before Hollywood hits us with yet another serving of reheated piano-and-strings crap."

External links

• The Cinematic Underground's Official Website
• Film's Site