With less than a month to go before the release of Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan has been chatting to Entertainment Weekly about Hans Zimmer’s score for the World War II epic, and how it helps to drive the narrative of the film.
“Dunkirk is one of the greatest suspense stories of all time, and our film needed a score to reflect that and to propel the audience through a telling of this story that is more thriller than war film,” said Nolan. “Hans’ unique score drives the visceral sense of action the film needs to put the audience right into the story, using images, sound, and music.”
Here’s the tracklisting for the score:
1. The Mole
2. We Need Our Army Back
3. Shivering Soldier
4. Supermarine
5. The Tide
6. Regimental Brothers
7. Impulse
8. Home
9. The Oil
10. Variation 15 (Dunkirk)
11. End Titles
And here’s a new TV spot for the film:
“Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.”
Dunkirk is set for release on July 21st 2017 and features a cast that includes Nolan regulars Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy alongside Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden, James D’Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Tom Glynn-Carney and newcomer Fionn Whitehead.
Originally published June 24, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
