John Powell composed the score in his maiden collaboration with Berg. It was performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony with Blake Neely, Don Harper and Pete Anthony conducting the 110-piece orchestra at the Sony Scoring Stage. The score was released digitally and physically through the Varèse Sarabande label on July 1, 2008.[1]
Critical reception
Thomas Simpson of Soundtrack.net wrote "The score for Hancock is a morsel of music goodness. It is filled with little quirks that stand out for the conscious listener."[2] Thomas Glorieux of Maintitles.net wrote "Powell does show he can do a lot with more serious emotional adventure material than most people seem to realize."[3] Jonathan Broxton of Movie Music UK wrote "John Powell is developing into a composer of great skill and technique, with an ear for superb orchestral nuance, memorable themes, and interesting arrangements. In a summer where box office records have tumbled like dominoes, Hancock stands are one of its most accomplished and enjoyable musical by-products."[4] Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks.com wrote "It's not as fragmented as his recent Horton Hears a Who! score, for it has some lengthy statements of consistency late on the album, but you still get the impression that Hancock lacks a definitive anchor for all of its components."[5]
Zanobard Reviews summarized "John Powell’s Hancock makes for amazing listening, and by far the best thing about it is how the music transitions from standard action score at the beginning to full on superhero by the end."[6] Mark Morton of AllMusic wrote "Beginning with brash, jazzy swagger, this soundtrack first exudes a boldness akin to Lalo Schifrin’s Rush Hour scores. But the music soon alternates between the character's emotional awakening and intense, [The] Bourne Supremacy-like action motifs, until all of these disparate elements unite in a big finale."[7]Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called the score "bombastic".[8]
Additional music and programming – Henry Jackman, James McKee Smith, John Ashton Thomas
Recording and mixing – Shawn Murphy
Additional recording – Dan Lerner, Hugo Nicolson
Digital recordist – Erik Swanson
Mastering – Patricia Sullivan Fourstar
Score editor – David Channing
Music editor – Katie Greathouse, Katrina Schiller, Daniel Lerner
Assistant music editor – Mario Vitale
Score compiler – Daniel Lerner
Music supervisor – George Drakoulias
Music coordinator – Germaine Franco
Music preparation – JoAnn Kane Music Service, Mark Graham
Scoring crew – Adam Michalak, Bryan Clements, Dave Marquette, Dominick Gonzalez, Greg Loskorn, Jay Sylvester, Mark Eshelman
Music consultant – Bob Badami, Koji Egawa
Musical assistance – Michael Mollo
Executive producer – Robert Townson
Orchestra
Performer – The Hollywood Studio Symphony
Supervising orchestrator – John Ashton Thomas
Additional orchestration – Brad Dechter, Dave Metzger, Germaine Franco, Jane Cornish, Kevin Kliesch, Randy Kerber
Conductor – Blake Neely, Don Harper, Pete Anthony
Contractor – Gina Zimmitti
Concertmaster – Bruce Dukov
Instruments
Bass – Bruce Morgenthaler, Chris Kollgaard, Drew Dembowski, Ed Meares, Oscar Hidalgo, Sue Ranney, Larry Taylor
Bassoon – Damian Montano, Ken Munday
Cello – Cecilia Tsan, Tina Soule, Chris Ermacoff, Dane Little, Dan Smith, Dennis Karmazyn, Larry Corbett, Paul Cohen, Paula Hochhalter, Roger Lebow, Steve Erdody, Trevor Handy
Clarinet – Don Foster, Stuart Clark
Drums – Joey Waronker
Dulcimer – George Doering
Flute – Dave Shostac, Heather Clark, Julie Long
French horn – Brian O'Connor, Daniel Kelley, Jim Thatcher, John Reynolds, Kate Dennis, Kristy Morrell, Laura Griffiths, Mark Adams, Nathan Campbell, Paul Klintworth, Steve Becknell, Todd Miller
Guitar – Larry Taylor, George Doering
Harp – Katie Kirkpatrick, Marcia Dickstein
Hand percussion – Alex Acuña, Brian Kilgore, Lenny Castro, Luis Conte, Walter Rodriguez
Oboe – Barbara Northcutt, Bernadette Avila
Percussion – Satnam Ramgotra
Piano, Celesta, Organ, Harmonium – Doug Petty
Trombone – Alex Iles, Bill Reichenbach, Bruce Otto, Charlie Loper, Phil Teele, Steve Holtman
Trumpet – Dan Fornero, Harry Kim, Jon Lewis, Rick Baptist
Tuba – Doug Tornquist
Viola – Alma Fernandez, Brian Dembow, Carole Castillo, Carolyn Riley, Dmitri Bovaird, John Hayhurst, Karie Prescott, Kate Reddish, Keith Greene, Matt Funes, Sam Formicola, Thomas Diener
Violin – Alan Grunfeld, Alyssa Park, Caroline Campbell, Darius Campo, David Ewart, Eun-Mee Ahn, Helen Nightengale, Jay Rosen, Joel Derouin, Josefina Vergara, Julie Gigante, Julie Rogers, Kathleen Robertson, Katia Popov, Kevin Connolly, Lesa Terry, Liane Mautner, Lily Ho Chen, Natalie Leggett, Neel Hammond, Phillip Levy, Becky Bunnell, Roberto Cani, Robin Olson, Sara Parkins, Sarah Thornblade, Sid Page, Susan Chatman, Susie Hanson, Tammy Hatwan, Roger Wilkie
Accolades
Accolades for Hancock (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
^Simpson, Thomas (September 6, 2008). "Review: Hancock". Soundtrack.net. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
^Gloireux, Thomas. "John Powell: Hancock". Maintitles.net. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
^Broxton, Jonathan (June 5, 2008). "Hancock – John Powell". Movie Music UK. Archived from the original on February 6, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
^Clemmensen, Christian (July 26, 2008). "Hancock (John Powell)". Filmtracks.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
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