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The Light Between Oceans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by Alexandre Desplat
Released	September 2, 2016
Genre	Film score
Length	62:12
Label	Lakeshore
Producer	Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat chronology
The Secret Life of Pets (2016) The Light Between Oceans (2016) American Pastoral (2016)

The Light Between Oceans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2016 film of the same name featuring the original score composed by Alexandre Desplat released on September 2, 2016 by Lakeshore Records. A vinyl edition of the film's score was released at a first pressing of 500 copies on October 31.

Reception

Several critical remarks for the score, considered Desplat's score as "melodic", "effulgent", "lush" and "overcooked".

Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote that Desplat's "lush score washes over it like an endless tide". David Ehrlich of IndieWire wrote "the swooning romances scored by the great Alexandre Desplat, the film — much like the twinkling musical tempest the French composer wrote for it — is lush and lacking in equal measure." Brian Trutt of USA Today said that the composer's "majestic and stirring string and piano melodies" made the film more wonderous. Den of Geek writer Mark Harrison said: "Alexandre Desplat’s uncharacteristically cloying score reaches fever pitch before the real emotional bombshells have a chance to register and by the end, it feels like you’re being led by the soundtrack rather than the story." David Sims of The Atlantic wrote Desplat's "paint-by-numbers piano score builds on the soundtrack". Sydney Cohen of The Michigan Daily wrote that "it’s no surprise that the score is incredible".

Track listing

Credits

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.

• Composer – Alexandre Desplat
• Score producer – Dominique Lemonnier
• Programming – Romain Allender
• Recording, mixing – Joel Iwataki, Joel Iwataki
• Music editor – Suzana Perić
• Auricle operator – John Carbonara
• Pro-tools operator – Angie Teo
• Assistant engineer – Fred Sladkey
• Music co-ordinator – Xavier Forcioli
• Music preparation – Claude Romano, Norbert Vergonjanne, Mark Graham
• Music librarian – Jason Loffredo

Instruments

• Bass – Brad Aikman, Daniel Krekeler, Jeff Carney, Lou Kosma, Rachel Calin, Shawn Conley
• Cello – Brook Speltz, Kathe Jarka, Mina Smith, Nathan Vickery, Nick Canellakis, Sarah Seiver, Sophie Shao
• Clarinet – Dean LeBlanc, Pascual Forteza
• English horn – Keisuke Ikuma
• Flute – Mindy Kaufman, Tanya Witek
• Harp – Tori Drake
• Horn – Alana Vegter, Chad Yarbrough, Javier Gandara, Leelanee Sterrett
• Oboe – Grace Shryock
• Piano – Ieva Jokubaviciute
• Trombone – Demian Austin, Paul Pollard, Tim Albright
• Tuba – Andy Bove
• Viola – Danielle Farina, David Creswell, Karin Brown, Mark Holloway, Mary Hammann, Maurycy Banaszek, Milena Pajaro, Natalia Lipkina, Nick Cords, Robert Rinehart
• Violin – Ann Lehmann, Cathy Sim, Liz Lim, Ellen De Pasquale, Emily Popham, Hyunju Lee, Jeanine Wynton, Jessica Lee, Joanna Maurer, Joyce Hammann, Jung Sun Yoo, Katherine Fong, Marta Krechkovsky, Matt Lehmann, Ming Hsin, Nancy McAlhany, Qianqian Li, Shan Jiang, Sharon Yamada, Suzanne Ornstein, Wen Qian, Yuri Namkung

Orchestra

• Conductor – Alexandre Desplat, Solrey
• Orchestra conductor – Sandra Park
• Orchestration – Alexandre Desplat, Jean-Pascal Beintus, Nicolas Charron, Sylvain Morizet

Management

• Executive producer for Lakeshore Records – Brian McNelis, Skip Williamson
• Liner notes – Alexandre Desplat, Derek Cianfrance
• A&R – Eric Craig
• Art direction, design – John Bergin

References

1. "Exclusive: Stream Alexandre Desplat's Theme For 'The Light Between Oceans'". theplaylist.net. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
2. ^ "ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS (ALEXANDRE DESPLAT)". Music On Vinyl. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
3. Goldberg, Matt (September 1, 2016). "The Light Between Oceans Movie Review: Pretty and Distant". Collider. Archived from the original on September 7, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
4. Stevens, Dana (September 1, 2016). "The Light Between Oceans". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
5. Hammond, Pete (August 31, 2016). "'The Light Between Oceans' Venice Review: Michael Fassbender & Alicia Vikander Shine In Engrossing Drama". Deadline. Archived from the original on September 3, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
6. Tallerico, Brian. "The Light Between Oceans movie review (2016)". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
7. Holden, Stephen (September 1, 2016). "Review: A Baby in a Boat Changes Everything in 'The Light Between Oceans'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on September 7, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
8. Ehrlich, David (August 31, 2016). "'The Light Between Oceans' Review: Alicia Vikander Shines Bright In A Rocky Period Romance". IndieWire. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
9. Truitt, Brian (August 31, 2016). "Review: Heartbreaking (but melodramatic) 'Light' will destroy you". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 7, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
10. Harrison, Mark (November 7, 2016). "The Light Between Oceans review". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
11. Sims, David (September 2, 2016). "'The Light Between Oceans' Is Sympathy-Defying Melodrama". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on September 5, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
12. Cohen, Sydney (September 25, 2016). "'The Light Between Oceans' is a compelling, tender love story". The Michigan Daily. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2023.

• 2016 soundtrack albums
• Alexandre Desplat soundtracks
• Lakeshore Records soundtracks
• 2010s film soundtrack albums