Paddington [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Nick Urata

Overview

Composer Nick Urata (Ruby Sparks, Crazy, Stupid Love, I Love You Phillip Morris) turns in a charming original score to the 2014 film adaptation of Michael Bond's beloved children's character Paddington. The live action film about a young Peruvian bear seeking a new home in London was produced by David Heyman, who brings the same whimsical touch he delivered to the Harry Potter films. Mixing a cinematic English wistfulness with upbeat Latin themes, Urata has managed to create something that is both playful and, at times, disarmingly tender. The gentler themes, like the lovely waltzing "Journey from Peru" and "The Letter Home," blend austere piano melodies with subtle strings, while the more exuberant Latin-inspired tracks are bursting with percussion, brass, and Spanish guitars. A handful of additional songs featured in the movie, like Lionel Richie's "Hello" and Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild," pad the soundtrack, but don't detract too much from what is largely a fun and heartfelt original score.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/13/2015
Label:	Decca
UPC:	0600753576601
catalogNumber:	002255002

Tracks

1. Marmalade Harvest
2. Journey From Peru
3. London is the Place for Me
4. I Got You (I Feel Good)
5. Arrival in London
6. This will do Nicely
7. Duel with Facilities
8. The Letter Home
9. Millicent's Lab
10. Gruber's Story
11. Thief Chase
12. Born to be Wild
13. Bear Bath
14. Hello
15. The Explorer's Film
16. Millicent Invasion
17. Gerrard Street
18. Ringing Doorbells
19. Museum Chase
20. Blow Wind Blow
21. Escape from Millicent
22. Savito
23. He is Family
24. Epilogue

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nick Urata   Primary Artist
James Brown   Vocals
Lionel Richie   Vocals
Tony Lewis   Musician
John Barclay   Musician
Mark Berrow   Musician
Paul Cassidy   Musician
Simon Chamberlain   Musician
Nick Cooper   Musician
Susan Dench   Musician
Richard Edwards   Musician
Roger Garland   Musician
Chris Laurence   Musician
Rita Manning   Musician
Maciej Rakowski   Musician
Sonia Slany   Musician
Steppenwolf   Ensemble
Jamie Talbot   Musician
Cathy Thompson   Musician
Gillian Findlay   Musician
Clare Finnimore   Musician
Peter Lale   Musician
Paul Willey   Musician
Philippa Ibbotson   Musician
Patrick Kiernan   Musician
Boguslaw Kostecki   Musician
Frank Schaefer   Musician
Bruce White   Musician
Martin Owen   Musician
Andrew Parker   Musician
David Fuest   Musician
David Daniels [cello]   Musician
Andrew Crowley   Musician
Dominic Morgan   Musician
Helen Keen   Musician
Julian Leaper   Musician
Gavin McNaughton   Musician
Anthony Pike   Musician
Richard Watkins   Musician
Everton Nelson   Musician
Rachel Bolt   Musician
Corinne Chapelle   Musician
Deborah Widdup   Musician
Anna Noakes   Musician
Ian Rathbone   Musician
Emlyn Singleton   Musician
Warren Zielinski   Musician
Fiona Bonds   Musician
Ian Burdge   Musician
Philippe Honore   Musician
Nina Robertson   Musician
Natalia Bonner   Musician
Rebecca Carrington   Musician
David Stewart   Musician
Owen Slade   Musician
Reiad Chibah   Musician
Jon Carnac   Musician
Richard Pryce   Musician
Daniel Newell   Musician
Laurence Davies   Musician
Vicci Wardman   Musician
Richard Skinner   Musician
Jim Anderson   Musician
Perry Montague-Mason   Musician
Skalia Kanga   Musician
Emil Chakalov   Musician
Katherine Mayes   Musician
Katie Wilkinson Khoroshunin   Musician
Nicholas Rodwell   Musician
Stephen Mair   Musician
Debbie Preece   Musician
Tom Pigott-Smith   Musician
Max Baillie   Musician
Martin Robertson   Musician
Christopher Tombling   Musician
Neil Brough   Musician
Ralph de Souza   Musician
Jonathan Evans-Jones   Musician
Judith Busbridge   Musician
Amos Miller   Musician
Karen Jones   Musician
Daniel Jemison   Musician
Rose Warren-Green   Musician
Jonathan Williams   Musician
Vicky Matthews   Musician
Michael Thompson   Musician
Phil Todd   Musician
Julia Knight   Musician
Alastair Mackie   Musician
Katherine Gowers   Musician
Peter Hanson   Musician
Jacqueline Hartley   Musician
Charlie Cross   Musician
Richard Berry   Musician
John Bradbury   Musician
Oliver Langford   Musician
Sam Jacobs   Musician
Byron Fulcher   Musician
Rosie Jenkins   Musician
Tom Hankey   Musician
Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School   Children's Chorus
Tony Woolard   Musician
Timothy Gill   Musician
Christina Emanuel   Musician
Rachel Simms   Musician
Steve Morris   Musician
Tabago Crusoe   Ensemble
D Lime   Ensemble
Shlomy Dobrinsky   Musician
Scott Price   Children's Choirmaster

Technical Credits

James Brown   Composer,Producer
Lionel Richie   Composer,Producer,Vocal Arrangements,rhythm arrangement
Mars Bonfire   Composer
Edmundo Ros   Composer
Bill Cooper   Engineer
Gabriel Mekler   Producer
Richard Podolor   Engineer
Sonia Pottinger   Composer
Lionel Belasco   Composer
Denis Preston   Composer
Aldwyn Roberts   Composer
James Carmichael   String Arrangements,rhythm arrangement
Nick Urata   Composer,Producer
Albon Timothy   Composer
Thomas Bowes   Orchestra Leader
Calvin Harris   Engineering
Lucy Whalley   Assistant Contractor
Jason La Rocca   Engineering
Stephen Sedgwick   Engineering