Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (soundtrack)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| type = film
| cover = Ghostbusters Frozen Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).jpg
| alt =
| artist = Dario Marianelli
| released = March 22, 2024
| recorded = 2023–2024
| genre = Film score
| length = 61:24
| label = Sony Classical
| producer = Dario Marianelli
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Dario Marianelli
| type = film
| prev_title = A Boy Called Christmas
| prev_year = 2021
| title = Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
| year = 2024
| next_title = Wildwood
| next_year = 2025
}}
}}
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2024 film Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and the fifth film in the Ghostbusters franchise. The film's original score was composed by Dario Marianelli, and was released through Sony Classical Records on March 22, 2024.
Background
On January 18, 2024, it was announced that Italian composer Dario Marianelli would score music for the film, replacing Rob Simonsen, who previously scored the predecessor; this film marked Marianelli's second collaboration with director Gil Kenan after A Boy Called Christmas (2021). He recorded the score at the Barbara Streisand Scoring Stage at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2024 |title=Dario Marianelli Scoring Gil Kenan's Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/01/18/dario-marianelli-scoring-gil-kenans-ghostbusters-frozen-empire/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123005606/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/01/18/dario-marianelli-scoring-gil-kenans-ghostbusters-frozen-empire/ |archive-date=January 23, 2024 |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=Film Music Reporter}}
On March 7, 2024, Japanese girl group Atarashii Gakko! released a track called "Ghostbusters: Frozen Summer" as a collaboration with Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, which samples the titular song for the 1984 film by Ray Parker Jr.{{cite web |last1=Fitzsimmons |first1=Jason |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire receives an official music video from Japanese girl group TARASHII GAKKO! |url=https://ghostbustersnews.com/2024/03/07/ghostbusters-frozen-empire-receives-an-official-music-video-from-japanese-girl-group-tarashii-gakko/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308004701/https://ghostbustersnews.com/2024/03/07/ghostbusters-frozen-empire-receives-an-official-music-video-from-japanese-girl-group-tarashii-gakko/ |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |access-date=8 March 2024 |website=Ghostbusters News}} The score album was released through Sony Classical Records, digitally on March 22 and in physical CDs on April 12.{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2024 |title='Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' Soundtrack Album Details |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/03/13/ghostbusters-frozen-empire-soundtrack-album-details/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324100017/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/03/13/ghostbusters-frozen-empire-soundtrack-album-details/ |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US}}
Critical reception
Filmtracks.com wrote "Marianelli's competent and occasionally impressive toil for this film simply reinforces the achievement realized by Simonsen for the previous film."{{Cite web |title=Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Dario Marianelli) |url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/ghostbusters_frozen.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515063734/https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/ghostbusters_frozen.html |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |access-date=May 21, 2024 |website=Filmtracks.com}} Anton Smit of Soundtrack World wrote "Marianelli did a stellar job mixing his creative mind with Bernstein's legacy, which is worthy for the next generation of Ghostbusters."{{Cite web |last=Smit |first=Anton |date=April 21, 2024 |title=Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – Dario Marianelli |url=https://soundtrackworld.com/2024/04/ghostbusters-frozen-empire-dario-marianelli/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501182843/https://soundtrackworld.com/2024/04/ghostbusters-frozen-empire-dario-marianelli/ |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |access-date=May 21, 2024 |website=Soundtrack World |language=en-US}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track listing
| title1 = Manhattan Adventurers Society
| length1 = 1:56
| title2 = The Sewer Dragon
| length2 = 4:09
| title3 = Firehouse
| length3 = 0:58
| title4 = Ray's Occult
| length4 = 1:53
| title5 = A Ghost in the Attic
| length5 = 1:23
| title6 = Chess in the Park
| length6 = 2:28
| title7 = When the Light is Green..
| length7 = 1:19
| title8 = Paranormal Research Center
| length8 = 3:09
| title9 = A Call
| length9 = 0:40
| title10 = The Orb
| length10 = 1:52
| title11 = A Tour of the Firehouse
| length11 = 3:07
| title12 = Slimer
| length12 = 1:13
| title13 = Dadi's Secret Room
| length13 = 1:32
| title14 = Should We Investigate?
| length14 = 1:46
| title15 = Dr. Wartzki
| length15 = 3:52
| title16 = Patience
| length16 = 3:04
| title17 = Golden Years
| length17 = 1:11
| title18 = It's Your Turn
| length18 = 1:46
| title19 = Ionic Separator
| length19 = 3:58
| title20 = Now He Can Control You
| length20 = 1:11
| title21 = The Horns
| length21 = 1:45
| title22 = Back to Headquarters
| length22 = 1:06
| title23 = New Proton Packs
| length23 = 2:21
| title24 = Possessor's Mistake
| length24 = 2:02
| title25 = Was Any of it Real?
| length25 = 2:18
| title26 = Last Frozen Stand
| length26 = 4:11
| title27 = The Thawing
| length27 = 1:52
| title28 = In the Fabric of the Universe
| length28 = 3:22
| total_length = 61:24
}}
Chart performance
References
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Category:2024 soundtrack albums