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AMERICAN BEAUTY (CD)
Composed by: Thomas Newman

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Thomas Newman's score was recorded in Santa Monica, California. He used mainly percussion instruments to create the mood and rhythm, the inspiration for which was provided by Mendes. Newman "favored pulse, rhythm, and color over melody", making for a more minimalist score than he had previously created. He built each cue around "small, endlessly repeating phrases"—often, the only variety through a "thinning of the texture for eight bars". The percussion instruments included tablas, bongos, cymbals, piano, xylophones, and marimbas; also featured were guitars, flute, and world music instruments. Newman also used electronic music and on "quirkier" tracks employed more unorthodox methods, such as tapping metal mixing bowls with a finger and using a detuned mandolin. Newman believed the score helped move the film along without disturbing the "moral ambiguity" of the script: "It was a real delicate balancing act in terms of what music worked to preserve [that]."

01. Dead Already (3:18)
02. Arose (1:05)
03. Power Of Denial (1:44)
04. Lunch W/ The King (2:25)
05. Mental Boy (1:43)
06. Mr. Smarty-Man (1:11)
07. Root Beer (1:05)
08. American Beauty (3:05)
09. Bloodless Freak (1:36)
10. Choking The Bishop (1:51)
11. Weirdest Home Videos (2:02)
12. Structure & Discipline (3:05)
13. Spartanette (0:59)
14. Angela Undress (1:43)
15. Marine (1:34)
16. Walk Home (1:19)
17. Blood Red (0:38)
18. Any Other Name (4:06)
19. Still Dead (2:46)

  
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