Daniel Blumberg - The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2LP]

Daniel Blumberg - The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [2LP]Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Original Score, The Brutalist is as much an auditory marvel as it is a cinematic one. Daniel Blumbergs sweeping soundtrack matches the films epic scale, opening with a spellbinding 10 minute overture that sets the tone for a decades spanning story of resilience, artistry, and reinvention. Blumberg crafts the score as slabs of sound vast and resonant, yet meticulously sculpted. Towering brass

Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Original Score, The Brutalist is as much an auditory marvel as it is a cinematic one. Daniel Blumberg’s sweeping soundtrack matches the film’s epic scale, opening with a spellbinding 10-minute overture that sets the tone for a decades-spanning story of resilience, artistry, and reinvention.

Blumberg crafts the score as “slabs of sound” – vast and resonant, yet meticulously sculpted. Towering brass orchestrations meet lyrical piano passages, while bursts of freeform jazz inject raw vitality. The result mirrors the Brutalist architectural aesthetic: imposing yet elemental, grand yet deeply human.

To capture its singular sonic textures, Blumberg collaborated with avant-garde icons like Axel Dörner, Evan Parker, Sophie Agnel, and John Tilbury, recording in unique locations across Europe with a custom-built mobile studio. For the film’s unforgettable jazz club scene, a live quartet performed improvised renditions of Blumberg’s themes on set, brimming with period authenticity and restless energy.

The journey concludes in the 1980s, where synth-pop pioneer Vince Clarke reimagines the main theme into a triumphant, drum machine-driven finale. Mixed and co-produced by Peter Walsh, this 2LP set delivers a listening experience as ambitious, textured, and unforgettable as the film itself – a true masterpiece of modern soundtrack composition.