The Power of the Dog (soundtrack)
The Power of the Dog (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) is the score for the 2021 film The Power of the Dog, composed by Jonny Greenwood. It was released by Lakeshore Records and Invada Records on November 17, 2021.
The Power of the Dog (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
The score album features 17 tracks and a range of modern instruments. It ranges from contemporary music to dark ambient and orchestral sounds, achieved by blending instruments in the sounds. Greenwood's score received positive critical response and received nominations and awards including Academy, Golden Globe, Grammy and BAFTA award nominations.
Release[edit]
On October 27, 2021, Jonny Greenwood announced the release of two songs: "25 Years" and "West" through digital platforms.[10][11] Variety magazine, debuted the tracks exclusively online, featuring a review for the first track saying "it is an infectious melody, which orchestrating a dark, brooding selection blended with a light honky-tonk undertone that matches perfectly with the period" and listeners "may find more of his signature stylistic eclecticism, which showcases an emotional pastiche from his work on The Master (2012)".[10]
Lakeshore Records and Invada Records released the soundtrack on November 17, 2021, through digital (audio streaming) and physical (CD and vinyl) formats.[12][13] In addition to the soundtracks, a For Your Consideration album, featuring 16 tracks from the original score was released in December 2021, to showcase the score in various award ceremonies for 2021.[14]
Reception[edit]
Pitchfork's Brian Howe wrote "Greenwood must be the only artist who has both headlined Coachella and collaborated with Krzysztof Penderecki, the Polish composer whose turbulent tone clusters he often evokes in The Power of the Dog. When those shivers course through the strings, it might be the cry of night-veiled coyotes or a wail at the edge where one world ends and another begins. That double image perfectly exemplifies Greenwood’s own synthesis of pulp-Western brawn and refined symphonic emotion."[15] James Southall of Movie Wave wrote "A word about the album, by the way – with cues presented radically out of sequence in terms of their appearance in the film, and with some missing – it’s been produced the old-fashioned way, with the optimal listening experience in mind – and is all the stronger for it."[16] Jonathan Broxton wrote "As actual music, though, it’s a tougher sell. Some of it is very discordant and challenging, there is almost no conventional emotional content to latch onto, and anyone who needs identifiable thematic content in order to truly connect with a score will find it lacking."[17] The New Yorker,[4] IndieWire,[18] and Insider Inc.[19] called it one of the best film scores of 2021.