The Imitation Game

Alexandre Desplat's score available on 11/10/2014

Sony Classical will release Alexandre Desplat's score to The Imitation Game on November 10th 2014 digitally and on CD on November 24th 2014. The Imitation Games is a biographical drama about the English code-breaker Alan Turing starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. The opening track of Desplat’s score for The Imitation Game introduces a descending, rippling keyboard theme that reappears in variations in later tracks – first as a string accompaniment that sets the mood for a tragic, dramatic story. French composer Alexandre Desplat made his breakthrough on the Hollywood scene in 2003 by composing a highly regarded score for The Girl With the Pearl Earring. He has contributed to over 100 films in France and Hollywood, received six Oscar nominations, and won a Golden Globe in 2006 for The Painted Veil and a Grammy for The King’s Speech in 2011, both in the category Best Original Score. Desplat has also composed for the theatre, including the Comédie Française. He has conducted performances of his own music by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as giving master classes at the Sorbonne in Paris and the Royal College of Music in London. He has scored music for a wide range of films from Twilight Saga: New Moon to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (parts 1 and 2). Desplat has received six Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score for his work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Queen, The King’s Speech, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Argo and Philomena.

Track list

1. The Imitation Game
2. Enigma
3. Alan
4. U-boats
5. Carrots and peas
6. Mission
7. Crosswords
8. Night research
9. Joan
10. Alone with numbers
11. The Machine Christopher
12. Running
13. The Headmaster
14. Decrypting
15. A different equation
16. Becoming a spy
17. The Apple
18. Farewell to Christopher
19. End of war
20. Because of you
21. Alan Turing's legacy