This is easily the movie that I'm looking forwards to this year. I've been a fan of the books for oh, about ten years or so now, ever since I was in middle school. God, that's a long time. I've also been looking forwards to the soundtrack, which is scored by Alexander Despat, who did the fantastic Syriana soundtrack.
Over the weekend on BBC Radio 1, they released Kate Bush's song that will play over the credits, Lyra.
Track listing for the soundtrack:
1. The Golden Compass (02:22)
2. Sky Ferry (02:44)
3. Letters From Bolvangar (02:33)
4. Lyra, Roger And Billy (01:29)
5. Mrs. Coulter (05:20)
6. Lyra Escapes (03:44)
7. The Magisterium (01:58)
8. Dust (01:10)
9. Serafina Pekkala (01:50)
10. Lee Scoresby's Airship Adventure (01:20)
11. Iorek Byrnison (05:28)
12. Lord Faa, King Of The Gyptians (02:17)
13. The Golden Monkey (02:04)
14. Riding Iorek (04:38)
15. Samoyed Attack (01:21)
16. Lord Asriel (02:10)
17. Ragnar Sturlusson (06:18)
18. Ice Bear Combat (02:15)
19. Iorek's Victory (01:26)
20. The Ice Bridge (01:33)
21. Rescuing The Children (02:18)
22. Intercision (02:47)
23. Mother (03:35)
24. Battle With The Tartars (04:31)
25. Epilogue (03:33)
26. Lyra (03:19) - Kate Bush
Overall, I'm a bit let down by this song - I was hoping for something along the lines of what we had with the Lord of the Rings soundtracks, but this song falls a bit flat compared to those, and is quite dull lyrically, especially if you know the books at all - it's not subtle at all. It's not a bad song by any stretch, but not a really good one either...
Lyra - Kate Bush
