Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Edward William Elgar, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Gustav Mahler
Performer: Cate Blanchett, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sophie Kauer, New Trombone Collective
Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Robert Ames, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Murray Beale, Martijn Sohier
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4863431
Release: 2022
Size: 0.99 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Guðnadóttir: For Petra
02. Guðnadóttir: Mortar
03. Introductory Words by Hildur Guðnadóttir
04. Guðnadóttir: For Petra
05. Hildur’s Impressions
Guðnadóttir: Tár
06. I. Largo
07. II. Allegro
08. III. Moderato
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor / Pt. 1
09. I. Trauermarsch & II. Stürmisch bewegt
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor / Pt. 3
10. IV. Adagietto
11. Introductory Words
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
12. IV. Allegro
13. Control Room Talk
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
14. IV. Allegro
15. Applause
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
16. I. Adagio – Moderato
17. Heusen, Burke: Here’s That Rainy Day
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
18. Prelude in C Major, BWV 846
19. Lydia Tár Field Recording
20. Elisa Vargas Fernandez: Cura Mente
Fresh after making its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Todd Field’s masterful drama about celebrity conductor Tár will be accompanied by the official soundtrack.
Deutsche Grammophon has announced the release of Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture Tár, a concept album featuring new music by Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir. The album is slated to drop digitally and on CD on October 21, 2022, following the film’s US release on October 7, and a vinyl edition slated for release on January 20, 2023.
The film stars two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett as the fictional Lydia Tár, a queer, globally renowned composer-conductor who oversees a German orchestra with an iron fist and finds herself embroiled in a #MeToo scandal.
Along with new music by Hildur Guðnadóttir, the concept album also features extracts of notable work from Mahler and Edward Elgar. The album complements the film by presenting fleshed-out compositions of the music worked on by the protagonist, implementing elements of Blanchett’s performance. Thus, the concept album delves into Tár’s rehearsals and the process of orchestral music-making.
Recently helming the Golden Globe, Grammy, and Academy Award-winning soundtrack for the 2019 film Joker and Emmy and Grammy-winning score for the HBO series Chernobyl, Hildur Guðnadóttir is recognized as “a supremely creative musician [and] an experimental producer to her bones” by Gramophone. Given Guðnadóttir’s work as a composer, including commissions for the British Film Institute and Royal Swedish Opera, her expertise matches Tár’s ambition.
The film is director Todd Field’s first movie in 16 years, following the critically acclaimed Little Children (2006) and his breakout In the Bedroom (2001).
Following its premiere in Venice, the film was met with rapturous reviews, with Variety writing, “As the first film he has made in 16 years, Tár takes Todd Field to a new level. The movie is breathtaking — in its drama, its high-crafted innovation, its vision. It’s a ruthless but intimate tale of art, lust, obsession, and power.”