The Little Prince (soundtrack) explained
The Little Prince (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2015 film The Little Prince, directed by Mark Osborne. The film's original score is composed by Hans Zimmer and Richard Harvey and featured original songs performed by Camille. The soundtrack was released through WaterTower Music on March 11, 2016.
Critical reception
Filmtracks wrote "the culmination of all these composers' efforts is a score that is sufficient in its pleasant, light-hearted tone but has frightfully little substance or narrative cohesion to its themes, the songs only throwing the soundtrack further into disarray."[1] Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com wrote "the score, co-composed by Hans Zimmer, is a lyrical, lovely piece of work. It carries the viewer along, fluidly tying together the worlds of The Little Prince (both the girl's and the story of the prince)."[2] Katy Waldman of Slate wrote "Richard Harvey and Hans Zimmer's twinkling celestial score sounds like a childhood music box heard through internal fog."[3] Tim Grierson of Screen International summarized that the score "emphasises the film's big emotions".[4]
Scott Foundas of Variety wrote "In lieu of traditional musical numbers, composers Hans Zimmer and Richard Harvey provide a suitably wispy, wistful underscore, interlaced with a few original ballads performed by French chanteuse Camille and several classic chansons francises from the immortal Charles Trenet."[5] Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "The score credited to Hans Zimmer and Richard Harvey, featuring the voice of Camille has sweep without overwhelming the action".[6] Stephen Holden of The New York Times called it as a "jazzy period score",[7] while Aja Romano of Vox called it as a "lush score".[8] Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood wrote "Hans Zimmer and Richard Harvey's score hits all the right notes in setting a sweet tone."[9]
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.[10]
- Music – Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey
- Additional music – Benjamin Wallfisch, Czarina Russell, Dominic Lewis, Ed Buller, Nathan Stornetta
- Producer – Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey, Stephen Lipson
- Synth programming – Hans Zimmer
- Additional synth programming – David Fleming
- Technical score engineer – Alex Lamy, Stephanie McNally
- Additional score engineer – Edd Hartwell
- Recording – Geoff Foster
- Additional recording – Alan Meyerson
- Mixing – Stephen Lipson
- Mastering – Nick Watson
- Music editor – Catherine Wilson
- Music consultant – Nick Glennie-Smith
Orchestra
- Orchestration – Bill Connor
- Additional orchestration – Adam Langston, Andrew Kinney, Philip Klein, Richard Harvey, Stephen Coleman
- Orchestra leader – Thomas Bowes
- Conductor – Nick Glennie-Smith
- Contractor – Isobel Griffiths
- Additional contractor – Susie Gillis
- Copyist – Ann Miller, Jill Streater
Soloists
- Accordion – Graham Preskett
- Piano – John Lenehan
- Recorder, strings – Richard Harvey
- Violin – Ann Marie Simpson
- Vocals – Gabriel Kuti
Accolades
Notes and References
- Web site: The Little Prince (Hans Zimmer/Richard Harvey) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230818103301/https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/little_prince.html . 2023-08-18 . 2024-07-27 . Filmtracks.com.
- Web site: Tallerico . Brian . 2016-08-05 . The Little Prince movie review (2016) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161008152324/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-little-prince-2016 . 2016-10-08 . 2024-07-27 . RogerEbert.com . en.
- News: Waldman . Katy . 2016-08-09 . The Little Prince . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200311160234/https://slate.com/culture/2016/08/netflixs-the-little-prince-reviewed.html . 2020-03-11 . 2024-07-27 . Slate . en-US . 1091-2339.
- Web site: Grierson . Tim . 2015-05-22 . The Little Prince: Review . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150912175429/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-little-prince-review/5088596.article . 2015-09-12 . 2024-07-27 . Screen . en.
- Web site: Foundas . Scott . 2015-05-22 . Film Review: 'The Little Prince' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150831050741/https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/the-little-prince-cannes-review-1201503230/ . 2015-08-31 . 2024-07-27 . Variety . en-US.
- Web site: Felperin . Leslie . 2015-05-22 . 'The Little Prince' ('Le Petit Prince'): Cannes Review . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220111143337/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/little-prince-le-petit-prince-797581/ . 2022-01-11 . 2024-07-27 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
- News: Holden . Stephen . 2016-08-04 . Review: Fanciful Classic 'The Little Prince' Is Turned Into Modernist Fable . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160825154319/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/movies/the-little-prince-review.html . 2016-08-25 . 2024-07-27 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
- Web site: Romano . Aja . 2016-08-07 . Netflix's The Little Prince is heavy on visual delights, thin on substance . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210723210952/https://www.vox.com/2016/8/7/12391198/netflix-the-little-prince-review-movie-vs-book . 2021-07-23 . 2024-07-27 . Vox . en-US.
- Web site: Hammond . Pete . 2016-08-04 . 'The Little Prince' Review: A Netflix Winner As Classic Book Gets Gorgeous Animated Treatment . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010225233/https://deadline.com/2016/08/the-little-prince-movie-review-netflix-1201798578/ . 2016-10-10 . 2024-07-27 . Deadline Hollywood . en-US.
- Hans Zimmer . The Little Prince (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) . Richard Harvey . WaterTower Music.
