Munich is the original soundtrack

Soundtrack

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, on the Decca Records label, of the 2005

2005 in film

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 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated film

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 Munich

Munich (film)

Munich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation attacks after the massacre of Israeli athletes by the Black September terrorist group during the 1972 Summer Olympics. The film stars Eric Bana and was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg...

 starring Eric Bana

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, Geoffrey Rush

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, Mathieu Kassovitz

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 and Daniel Craig

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. The original score

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 and song

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s were composed by John Williams

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The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score

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 (lost to the score of the film Brokeback Mountain

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) and for the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, but lost to the score of Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha (soundtrack)

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. (also scored by John Williams)

Track listing

• 1. Munich 1972 2:37
• 2. The Attack at Olympic Village 3:00
• 3. Hatikva (The Hope) 2:02
• 4. Remembering Munich 4:38
• 5. Letter Bombs 2:48
• 6. A Prayer for Peace 3:51
• 7. Bearing the Burden 8:11
• 8. Avner and Daphna 4:02
• 9. The Tarmac at Munich 3:59
• 10. Avner's Theme 3:07
• 11. Stalking Carl 4:24
• 12. Bonding 1:57
• 13. Encounter in London and Bomb Malfunctions 3:37
• 14. Discovering Hans 2:47
• 15. The Raid in Tarifa 2:03
• 16. Thoughts of Home 4:03
• 17. Hiding the Family 1:25
• 18. End Credits 4:06
• Total Time: 62:37