The National’s Bryce Dessner Details Soundtrack for New Netflix Movie The Two Popes
Bryce Dessner of the National scored Fernando Meirelles’ new film The Two Popes. Today, Dessner has shared the tracklist and cover art for his soundtrack, which is out on December 6 (via Milan Records). Dessner has also released a song from the film called “Walls 2.” Hear it below.
The Two Popes stars Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict XVI and Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who goes on to become Pope Francis. The movie hits U.S. theaters on November 27 and then comes to Netflix on December 20. In a statement, Bryce Dessner said:
It was an absolute joy to work with such an incredible cast and team on The Two Popes. In particular I have always been a huge fan of director Fernando Mereilles and it was an honor to finally work directly on a film with him. His work is deeply musical and it was a wonderful journey to find the sound world for The Two Popes, which began with the intimate and incredible performances of Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce. This was the first film I’ve worked on a score where I got to visit the set as they were shooting in Rome for a few days and began composing in the room with the actors and crew. The score has moments of more abstract minimal and layered orchestral music which I wrote for Benedict’s scenes, and then music inspired by Argentina folk music (in particular Mercedes Sosa and Dinu Saluzzi) for which I spent a lot of time composing for the classical guitar again.
This weekend, Bryce Dessner makes his New York Philharmonic debut, with performances of his piece Wires. The first concert took place last night (November 14), with another taking place tonight and two shows on on Saturday.
Read Pitchfork’s feature, “The National Are a Band of Brothers—But Not Like Oasis.”
The Two Popes (Music from the Netflix Film):
01 Bryce Dessner: “Walls”
02 Mercedes Sosa: “Cuando Tenga la Tierra”
03 Bryce Dessner: “Dialogues”
04 Bryce Dessner: “Vote Counting”
05 Bryce Dessner: “Ratzinger Election”
06 Bryce Dessner: “Garden Dialogues”
07 Bryce Dessner: “Was It Something I Said”
08 Bryce Dessner: “Shifting Gardens”
09 Bryce Dessner: “Cathedral”
10 Bryce Dessner: “Bergoglio’s Awakening”
11 Bryce Dessner: “Siete de Abril”
12 Bryce Dessner: “Dirty War”
13 Bryce Dessner: “Taken Away and Tortured”
14 Bryce Dessner: “They Took Esther”
15 Bryce Dessner: “Another Bergoglio”
16 Bryce Dessner: “Walls 2”
17 Bryce Dessner: “Pope Francis”
18 Bryce Dessner: “Sombras de Buenos Aires”
19 Dino Saluzzi: “Minguito”
20 Tinariwen: “Sastanàqqàm”
21 Ray Conniff & His Orchestra: “Besame Mucho”
Bryce Dessner: The Two Popes (Music from the Netflix Film)
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