Transformers: Age of Extinction – The Score

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Transformers: Age of Extinction – The Score
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Film score / EP by
Steve Jablonsky
ReleasedJune 30, 2014 (EP)
July 3, 2014 (score)
RecordedDecember 2013 – June 2014 at Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada
Genre
Length19:33 (EP)
77:42 (score)
LabelParamount
Transformers film soundtrack chronology
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – The Score
(2011) 		Transformers: Age of Extinction – The Score
(2014) 		Transformers: The Last Knight – Music from the Motion Picture
(2017)

Transformers: Age of Extinction – The Score is a two-part soundtrack album for the 2014 film of the same name. The score was written by Steve Jablonsky, with help from fellow composer Hans Zimmer and additional music by alternative rock band Imagine Dragons. An EP was released on June 30, 2014, which features four suites, and serves as a teaser for the score, which was released on July 3, 2014. Both albums were released through the film's distributor Paramount Pictures.

Background[]

As with the previous three films of the franchise, Steve Jablonsky handled the film's score, and it is his sixth collaboration with director Michael Bay.[1] Jablonsky and Bay worked on the score from December 2013 to June 2014, one month before the film's release, which exhausted Jablonsky.[1] The two focused on creating themes for the film's new characters, although the two mutually decided to incorporate some of the themes of the first trilogy.[1]

Jablonsky also collaborated with fellow composer Hans Zimmer and alternative rock band Imagine Dragons in the score, as well as the film's theme song, "Battle Cry".[2] Bay wanted to work with Imagine Dragons after being "drawn to the emotion of ’Demons’ and ’Radioactive’ the first time [he] heard those songs, and [he] knew [he] wanted that same energy and heart for this movie."[2] About his collaboration with the band Jablonsky said, "It immediately hit me more than some of the previous ones [I] had done...it was a much closer collaboration than I’ve had in the past," compared to his previous collaborations with bands Linkin Park and Goo Goo Dolls.[1] Imagine Dragons had finished touring for two years their debut album, Night Visions (2012), and wanted to work on their next studio album, before Bay called them to work on the film's score.[3] The band felt that working on the film could increase their music's exposure worldwide.[3] Imagine Dragons was brought to Los Angeles for the collaboration; Jablonsky also traveled to the band's studio in Las Vegas, Nevada to record with the band. The band's lead singer Dan Reynolds recorded vocals,[1] while drummer Daniel Platzman played the viola.[4] Composer Joseph Trapanese also provided additional music for the film.[5]

On June 30, 2014, Jablonsky released an extended play featuring four tracks as a teaser for the official score, which features variations of the four themes.[6] On July 3, 2014, three days after the EP's release, the official score was released on iTunes, although Jablonsky stated that physical copies will "[take] a bit longer."[7]

On October 7, 2014, the score was released on CD by record label La-La Land Records. It is a limited edition of 3000 units.

On November 20, 2014 Steve Jablonsky commented via Facebook that the score would no longer be sold on iTunes after it had reached its limit of 15,000 units before re-use fees would have to be paid. Jablonsky personally expressed his own disappointment in the turn of events, hoping there would be a way to eventually re-release the score, along with the score to Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which also had been removed on iTunes several months prior when it also reached the 15,000 unit limit.[8]

Track listing[]

Transformers: Age of Extinction (Music from the Motion Picture) – EP[]

All tracks are written by Steve Jablonsky[9].

No.TitleLength
1."Hunted"5:57
2."Tessa"5:45
3."Autobots Reunite"2:57
4."Lockdown"4:54
Total length:19:33

Transformers: Age of Extinction – The Score[]

All tracks are written by Steve Jablonsky[10].

No.TitleLength
1."Decision"4:20
2."Best Thing That Ever Happened"2:06
3."I'm an Autobot"5:06
4."Optimus Is Alive"2:17
5."Cemetery Wind"5:53
6."His Name Is Shane and He Drives"5:17
7."Hacking the Drone"2:05
8."Transformium"3:24
9."Galvatron Is Online"1:56
10."Your Creators Want You Back"3:26
11."The Final Knight"4:07
12."Punch Hold Slide Repeat"2:12
13."The Presence of Megatron"2:51
14."Galvatron Is Active"4:13
15."Have Faith Prime"1:29
16."Hong Kong Chase"1:43
17."The Legend Exists"1:16
18."Dinobot Charge"6:37
19."That's a Big Magnet"2:51
20."Drive Backwards"2:05
21."Honor to the End"5:18
22."Leave Planet Earth Alone"3:47
23."The Knight Ship"3:21
Total length:77:42

Complete score[]

On 21 December 2014, Paramount released the complete score for the film as part of their "For Your Consideration (FYC)" campaign.[11] This soundtracltrack contains the score as heard in the film, including 46 previously unreleased tracks, as well as 37 film edits of previously released tracks from both the EP and the Score albums. The score has a total runtime of 2 hours, 20 minutes, 27 seconds, with 56 minutes, 45 seconds of the score's runtime consisting of previously unreleased material.

Tracklist:
Track number Track Title Length Film version of: Note:
1 Opening/Main Title/The Past 2:52 Unreleased track
2 History is About to Change 1:36 Unreleased track
3 Didn't Make the Varsity Team 0:42 Unreleased track
4 Hey Snakeballs 0:44 Unreleased track
5 No Financial Aid 1:06 Best Thing That Ever Happened
6 The Age of the Transformers is Over 1:50 Unreleased track
7 Cade Brings Truck Home 0:35 Unreleased track
8 Cade Works on Truck in Barn 0:33 Unreleased track
9 Beer Bot Fails 1:07 Unreleased track
10 Tessa Complains About Being the Only Adult 1:15 Unreleased track
11 Ratchet Killed 4:58 I'm an Autobot
12 Attinger Talks to White House Guy 0:40 Unreleased track
13 Painter Bot Broken 0:54 Unreleased track
14 Non Dating Household 1:14 Best Thing That Ever Happened
15 Judgement Day 0:24 Unreleased track
16 Lucas Arrives at the House 0:14 Unreleased track
17 We Just Found a Transformer 1:11 Unreleased track
18 Optimus Prime Lives 2:21 Optimus is Alive
19 Attinger Talks to Lockdown 1:29 Unreleased track
20 Attinger Sends Cemetery Wind to Cade Farm/Lockdown Gets into Position 2:30 Unreleased track
21 Optimus Comes to Humans Defence 6:15 Cemetery Wind
22 His Name is Shane and He Drives 1:49 His Name is Shane and He Drives
23 Car Chase 0:57 His Name is Shane and He Drives
24 Car Chase Continues Through Factory 2:39 His Name is Shane and He Drives
25 Death of a Friend 1:57 Unreleased track
26 Cade Takes Matters into His Own Hands 0:35 Hacking the Drone
27 Cade Takes Matters into His Own Hands Part 2 1:37 Hacking the Drone
28 Monument Valley/Autobots Unite 2:29 Autobots Reunite
29 Monument Valley Transition 0:34 Unreleased track
30 Autobots Angry with Humans 1:25 Decision
31 KSI Chicago 0:54 Unreleased track
32 Transformium 3:02 Transformium
33 Fresh Breath When Making out with Your Daughter 0:33 Unreleased track
34 Galvatron at KSI/Joshua Gets Mad "Why Can't We Make What I Want" 1:21 Unreleased track
35 Cade Gets Badge/Sneaks into KSI 0:56 Unreleased track
36 Attacking KSI 5:40 Unreleased track
37 Angry Optimus 1:15 Decision
38 Respond 0:48 Unreleased track
39 Galvatron 1:32 Galvatron is Online
40 Highway Battle 1:20 Unreleased track
41 Galvatron Chase Optimus 0:48 Galvatron is Online
42 Galvatron Vs. Optimus 1:24 Unreleased track
43 Lockdown 3:08 Your Creators Want You Back
44 Tessa Taken 1:01 Your Creators Want You Back
45 The Knightship/Racing to the Knightship 3:13 The Final Knight
46 Engage Dark Matter Drives 0:34 Unreleased track
47 Enter the Knightship 2:02 The Final Knight
48 Dogs Chase Tessa/Searching for Tessa 1:17 Unreleased track No audio in the track
49 Weapons Room 2:07 Unreleased track No audio in the track
50 Knightship Gunfight 0:39 Unreleased track
51 Reunited 0:49 Unreleased track
52 Highwires 1:43 Unreleased track
53 Fighter Chase 2:10 Punch Hold Slide Repeat
54 Autobots Find Prime 1:14 Unreleased track
55 Presence of Megatron 3:26 The Presence of Megatron
56 KSI to China 0:47 Unreleased track
57 Lockdown Goes after Prime 0:31 Unreleased track
58 Galvatron Activates Prototypes 4:40 Galvatron is Active
59 Cade Talks to Optimus 1:37 Have Faith Prime
60 Hong Kong Motorcycle Chase 1:58 Hong Kong Chase
61 Elevator Fight 1:31 Unreleased track
62 Prototypes Entering Hong Kong 0:29 Unreleased track
63 Prototypes Arriving in Square 0:36 Unreleased track
64 Prototypes Search for the Bomb 0:35 Unreleased track
65 Battle of Hong Kong 1:28 Unreleased track
66 You Want Me 1:04 Unreleased track
67 Hong Kong Footchase 1:40 Unreleased track
68 Apartment Fight 1:11 Unreleased track
69 The Legend Exists 1:17 The Legend Exists Not included in the FYC score
70 Hiding in the Glass House 1:00 Unreleased track
71 Dinos 6:38 Dinobot Charge
72 Bumblebee Vs. Stinger 1:36 Unreleased track
73 Knightship Comes into Hong Kong 1:36 That's a Big Magnet
74 The Magnet 1:47 That's a Big Magnet
75 Driving Backwards 1:33 Drive Backwards
76 Magnet Picking Up Dinobots 1:51 Unreleased track
77 Cade Sends Tessa Away in Bumblebee 0:51 Honor to the End
78 Lockdown Surfs Down Building 2:36 Honor to the End
79 Cade Charge 0:56 Honor to the End
80 End Fight with Lockdown 2:47 Honor to the End
81 We Don't Have a Home 1:34 Leave Planet Earth Alone
82 Leave Planet Earth Alone 2:42 Leave Planet Earth Alone
83 Pebbles 2:08 Autobots Reunite

References[]

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  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Imagine Dragons: 'Transformers' Soundtrack Could 'Open Up' More Opportunities". Inquisitr. June 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
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