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THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK, FEATURING HIT SINGLE “FALL ON ME” BY ANDREA BOCELLI AND SON MATTEO BOCELLI, SET TO RELEASE OCTOBER 26

 

SOUNDTRACK CONDUCTED BY GUSTAVO DUDAMEL FEATURES PIANIST LANG LANG

 

SCORE BY JAMES NEWTON HOWARD  

 

18 October 2018 (Toronto, ON) – Walt Disney Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company, will release the original motion picture soundtrack to Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms on October 26. Composer James Newton Howard was tapped to create the score and it was recorded by The Philharmonia Orchestra in London with esteemed conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Disney’s holiday feature film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms opens in theatres November 2.

 

Featured on The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), is world-renowned pianist Lang Lang. Also included as the film end-credit track is the poignant duet, “Fall On Me” by global superstar tenor Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo Bocelli. “Fall On Me” appears on Bocelli’s upcoming album Si, available October 26 via Sugar Music/Decca Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company.

 

Pre-order Si HERE and watch the “Fall on Me” music video HERE.  

 

With original music composed and produced by Howard, the soundtrack builds on iconic themes from Tchaikovsky’s classic 1892 ballet score. Howard’s thrilling orchestral score captures the magic and intrigue of the film by reimagining the original Nutcracker ballet music with a modern twist. “Tchaikovsky was one of the great melody writers of all time,” said Howard. “The colors of ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet score have become a part of the vocabulary of film music. It’s where so much of the 19th-century romantic music that I call upon as a film composer is rooted.”

 

According to the composer, the score is elegant and emotional. “It’s all about the storytelling,” he said. “The score is very traditional—a big orchestra score—with lots of woodwinds and strings, plus tinkle bells and celeste and chorale music, including a boys’ choir.”

 

Considered one of the most distinguished conductors of our day, Dudamel, along with The Philharmonia Orchestra, brought the score to life. “Tchaikovsky’s epic score always takes me on a journey,” he explained. “Add a little Disney movie-making magic to this and the results are stunning—an instant holiday classic.”

 

In parallel to the Walt Disney Records soundtrack, Dudamel’s critically-acclaimed interpretation of the original full Tchaikovsky score of Nutcracker will be released through Universal Music’s DG label on November 30. The Los Angeles Times noted, “Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic is irresistible in the hands of Dudamel and the LA Phil at Disney Hall.”

 

Global phenom Lang Lang says his career was launched thanks in part to Tchaikovsky. “His first piano concerto is the piece that made my career,” said Lang Lang. “His music is not only exciting, but it’s so beautiful and intimate—it gets right into your heart. That’s the power of Tchaikovsky’s music. But James made it his own. It is an original work of magic—it’s spiritual and it sparkles. Audiences will get a new sound experience.”

 

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms original motion picture soundtrack will be available on October 26 at physical and digital outlets.

 

For more information:

movies.disney.com/the-nutcracker-and-the-four-realms

 

 

The Nutcracker And The Four Realms (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack):

 

  1. “The Nutcracker And The Four Realms”
  2. “Presents From Mother”
  3. “Drosselmeyer”
  4. “Clara’s New World”
  5. “Mouserinks”
  6. “Just a Few Questions”
  7. “Sugar Plum And Clara”
  8. “The Fourth Realm”
  9. “The Polichinelles” *
  10. “Clara Finds The Key”
  11. “The Waterfall”
  12. “The Bridge Fight”
  13. “Clockwork Mice”
  14. “The Machine Room Fight”
  15. “Queen Clara”
  16. “The Nutcracker Suite” – performed by Lang Lang
  17. “Fall On Me” – performed by Andrea Bocelli featuring Matteo Bocelli

 

* Track 9 not featured in film

 

Music by James Newton Howard

Conducted by Gustavo Dudamel

Featured piano soloist Lang Lang

Excerpts from ‘The Nutcracker’ by Tchaikovsky

 

ABOUT THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS

All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It’s there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara’s key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world. Starring Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Disney’s new holiday feature film “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, and inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale. It opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 2, 2018.