Empire of Light cover artwork

Original Motion Picture Score

Empire of Light

United States releaseDecember 9, 2022

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the score for Sam Mendes’s drama set around an English cinema in the early 1980s. The music uses piano, strings, and restrained electronics.

Recurring piano and string themes accompany the central characters and the cinema where they work.

Label
Hollywood Records
Formats
Digital and vinyl

Release Guide

Release Details

Release type
Original score / soundtrack
Artist
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Primary catalog
Hollywood Records
Contents
15 tracks
Track Listing Original track listing
  1. 8 AM, Christmas Eve
  2. The Sea, the Sea
  3. Faded Grandeur
  4. New Year’s Eve
  5. To the Wild Sky
  6. Solitary People
  7. To Be Able to Fly
  8. Clouds Appear
  9. Nothing Happens Without Light
  10. Out and About Again
  11. Procession
  12. Washed Out
  13. A Touch
  14. Empire of Light
  15. High Windows
Credits & Production Principal release credits
Music by
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Project
Empire of Light
Release label
Hollywood Records
Major Editions Documented release formats

2022 / Original release

Issued by Hollywood Records in Digital and vinyl.

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