Blade Runner 2049 (soundtrack)

Blade Runner 2049 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Blade Runner 2049 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch
Released	October 5, 2017
Length	93:44
Label	Epic/ASG
Producer	Michael Hodges; Kayla Morrison; Ashley Culp;
Hans Zimmer chronology
Benjamin Wallfisch chronology
Denis Villeneuve film score chronology

Blade Runner 2049 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049. Released in October 2017, the album contains music composed by Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch, along with additional tracks by Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Lauren Daigle. The soundtrack was produced by Michael Hodges, Kayla Morrison and Ashley Culp. It also includes the piece "Tears in the Rain", which was originally composed and performed (as "Tears in Rain") by Vangelis, the composer of the original 1982 soundtrack Blade Runner.

Blade Runner 2049 is the sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 film Blade Runner. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, it stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks and Jared Leto. Set thirty years after the original film, the story depicts a bioengineered human, a replicant blade runner named K, who discovers the remains of a once-pregnant replicant. To prevent a possible war between replicants and humans, K is secretly tasked with finding the child and destroying all evidence related to it.^[1]

The soundtrack was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music at the 71st British Academy Film Awards.^[2] In 2018, the Soundtrack received a Grammy nomination for Best Score Soundtrack for visual media, losing to Ludwig Göransson's score for Black Panther.^[3]

^ Egner, Jeremy (September 8, 2017). "'Blade Runner 2049': Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling and the Creators Discuss the Sci-Fi Sequel and Rehash Old Arguments". The New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
^ Gettel, Oliver (February 18, 2018). "Three Billboards triumphs at BAFTA Awards: See the full winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
^ "Award Winners Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media". Grammys. Retrieved June 8, 2019.

[NYT-20170908-1] Egner, Jeremy (September 8, 2017). "'Blade Runner 2049': Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling and the Creators Discuss the Sci-Fi Sequel and Rehash Old Arguments". The New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2017.

[2] Gettel, Oliver (February 18, 2018). "Three Billboards triumphs at BAFTA Awards: See the full winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.

[3] "Award Winners Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media". Grammys. Retrieved June 8, 2019.

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