Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events

Label: Sony Classical
Barcode:5099709357626
Release Year: 2004
Country: Europe
Product Type: CD (Used)
Score or Soundtrack: Score 
Composer: Thomas Newman

The soundtrack to Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) was composed by Thomas Newman, whose distinctive style is also heard in scores like American Beauty, Road to Perdition, and Finding Nemo. The Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures adaptation of the Lemony Snicket novels starred Jim Carrey as Count Olaf, alongside Meryl Streep, Jude Law, and Emily Browning. Newman’s music combines whimsical, gothic, and melancholy tones that perfectly fit Daniel Handler’s darkly comic universe.

Tracks such as “The Bad Beginning,” “Loverly Spring,” and “Resilience” blend harps, strings, and eerie percussion, echoing the playful menace of Edward Scissorhands by Danny Elfman and the quirky atmospheres of The Royal Tenenbaums by Mark Mothersbaugh. The score sits in the same lineage of literary-inspired soundtracks as Alexandre Desplat’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, James Newton Howard’s Peter Pan, and Carter Burwell’s Twilight.

Track Listing

The Bad Beginning
Thomas Newman

Chez Olaf
Thomas Newman

The Baudelaire Orphans
Thomas Newman

In Loco Parentis
Thomas Newman

Resilience
Thomas Newman

The Reptile Room
Thomas Newman

An Unpleasant Incident Involving A Train
Thomas Newman

Curdled Cave
Thomas Newman

Puttanesca
Thomas Newman

Curious Feeling Of Falling
Thomas Newman

Regarding The Incredibly Deadly Viper
Thomas Newman

The Marvelous Marriage
Thomas Newman

Lachrymose Ferry
Thomas Newman

Concerning Aunt Josephine
Thomas Newman

VFD
Thomas Newman

The Wide Window
Thomas Newman

Cold As Ike
Thomas Newman

Hurricane Herman
Thomas Newman

Snaky Message
Thomas Newman

The Regrettable Episode Of The Leeches
Thomas Newman

Interlude With Sailboat
Thomas Newman

Verisimilitude
Thomas Newman

Loverly Spring
Thomas Newman

A Woeful Wedding
Thomas Newman

Attack Of The Hook-Handed Man
Thomas Newman

Taken By Supreeze
Thomas Newman

One Last Look
Thomas Newman

The Letter That Never Came
Thomas Newman

Drive Away (End Title)
Thomas Newman

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