The themes of shooting a high-profile film, the complicated emotional life of Marilyn Monroe and 1950s Britain provide irresistible material for a diverse and entertaining soundtrack. The score was written by Conrad Pope, one of the USA's leading arrangers, conductors and composers of film music. His recent credits include work on three of the Star Wars films, the Harry Potter series, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek X, the Matrix films and Memoirs of a Geisha. ?Marilyn's Theme? was contributed by Alexandre Desplat, winner of a Golden Globe (The Painted Veil, 2006) and a British Academy Film Award (The King's Speech, 2011), and author of many other compositions for French cinema and Hollywood, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. As if these credentials were not recommendation enough for this soundtrack, the brilliant piano playing of Lang Lang runs like a thread through the whole story and - it almost goes without saying when the Marilyn Monroe is the centre of attention - there are some classic songs: ?Autumn Leaves? by Nat King Cole, a medley of ?When Love Goes Wrong? and ?Heat Wave?, and Michelle Williams singing ?That Old Black Magic? as the end-title song over the closing five minutes of the movie.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Marilyn's Theme
2. 'When Love Goes Wrong, Nothin' Goes Right' & 'Heat Wave' - Medley
3. .Colin Runs Off To The Circus
4. .Colin Joins the Circus/Mr Jacobs
5. .Driving Through Pinewood
6. .Paparazzi
7. Colin And Vivian
8. Memories Are Made Of This
9. Rushes
10. Lucy
11. Uno, Dos, Tres
12. Arthur and Marilyn
13. Marilyn Alone
14. Arthur's Notebook
15. Vivian Screens Marilyn
16. The Getaway
17. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
18. Eton Schoolyard
19. Autumn Leaves
20. Overdose
21. Colin's Heartbreak
22. Colin And Marilyn
23. It's a Wrap, I found a Dream - Medley
24. Such Stuff That Dreams Are Made of
25. Remembering Marilyn