Rupert Gregson-Williams - The Alienist (Original Series Soundtrack) (2018)

An unflinching psychological thriller set amidst the underbelly of New York City’s “Gilded Age,” THE ALIENIST follows Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Brühl, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, RUSH, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR), a brilliant and obsessive “Alienist” in the controversial new field of treating mental pathologies, who holds the key to hunting down a never-before-seen ritualistic killer murdering young boys. Based on the award-winning, fan-favorite novel by Caleb Carr, with standout performances from Luke Evans (THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN) and Dakota Fanning (AMERICAN PASTORAL), THE ALIENIST is a gripping, turn-of-the-century murder mystery like none other: the story of the emergence of the world’s most powerful city that will stop at nothing to bury its darkest secrets.
In THE ALIENIST, Luke Evans plays newspaper illustrator John Moore and Dakota Fanning plays Sara Howard, an ambitious secretary determined to become the city’s first female police detective. The series also stars Brian Geraghty (THE HURT LOCKER) as police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, Douglas Smith (MISS SLOANE) and Matthew Shear (MISTRESS AMERICA) as Marcus and Lucius Isaacson, twin brothers who help unravel the disturbing mystery; Matt Lintz (PIXELS) as Stevie, a tough, young boy employed by Dr. Kreizler as a driver and errand boy; Robert Ray Wisdom (THE WIRE) as Cyrus, Kreizler’s valet, a man with a dark past who has been reformed by Kreizler; and Q’orianka Kilcher (THE NEW WORLD) as Mary, Kreizler’s mute maid with whom he shares a special unspoken connection.
“The first thing I worked on was a suite to represent the streets of New York,” continued Gregson-Williams. “The city was, at the turn of the twentieth century, at the forefront of scientific discovery but was also a sense of true anarchy in everything that is happening. I wanted discovery and change to ring out with every note of the music. I played the double bass and violin throughout the score. The double bass is so guttural and startling just like being in the city at that time.”
Shot in Budapest, Hungary, THE ALIENIST is a co-production of Paramount Television and Turner’s Studio T. BAFTA-nominee Jakob Verbruggen (BLACK MIRROR) serves as director and executive producer along with Academy Award® winner Eric Roth (FORREST GUMP), Academy Award® nominees Hossein Amini (DRIVE) and E. Max Frye (FOXCATCHER), Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin and Rosalie Swedlin, along with Chris Symes and Emmy® winner Cary Fukunaga (TRUE DETECTIVE). Serving as co-executive producers on the series are Marshall Persinger (RECTIFY) and Jamie Payne (THE DRIVER).


Also known in scoring circles for his orchestrations and conducting, Rupert Gregson-Williams is a composer of film and television music including TV's Veep and the DC Extended Universe blockbuster Wonder Woman. Like his brother Harry Gregson-Williams, Rupert was a lead chorister in one of Britain's great traditional academic church choirs, that of St. John's College, Cambridge. In return for singing with the choir at daily services during the school term and touring with it around the world, he received a scholarship to St. John's College's preparatory school and entrance to Cambridge. Unlike Harry, who graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Rupert admits to being a rebellious student who got thrown out of school more than once. He believed that he had all the basic knowledge he needed and went to work as a professional musician, mostly in rock & roll bands, after a stint as a teacher in Africa.
A friendship with composer Richard Harvey, which grew from their shared interest in ethnic music and instruments, led him into film music. Rupert had been intrigued by the use of classical music in film since Visconti used Mahler's music in Death in Venice, and was happy to assist Harvey after the latter got some work scoring for British television projects. The two worked together in collaboration with Elvis Costello on G.B.H. and Jake's Progress, two films directed by Alan Bleasdale. In the process, Rupert learned much about advanced orchestration. His first original score was for an independent film by Genevieve Jolliffe called Urban Ghost Story, which was a coming-of-age drama rather than a horror picture. Rupert composed an intimate score, mainly for solo piano and flutes, but of a substantial length at 50 minutes.
Following that, the iconic film composer Hans Zimmer asked him to join his organization Media Ventures, which provided music for film, television, advertisements, and other commercial uses, including the two-minute piece Rupert wrote for the World Cup soccer finals in Japan. Gregson-Williams worked directly with Zimmer on the score to The Prince of Egypt, composing certain sequences in the film using Zimmer's melodies to the composer's specifications. Other film and television projects followed for Gregson-Williams, including El Dorado, Virtual Sexuality, Muppets from Space, Extremely Dangerous, and Hannibal.
In 2004, he gained notice with the highly lauded drama Hotel Rwanda, for which he was bestowed the European Film Composer Award. From there, he scored such notable films as 2006's Over the Hedge, 2007's Bee Movie, 2008's You Don't Mess with the Zohan, and others. Gregson-Williams subsequently supplied the music for an increasingly higher-profile set of films including 2010's Grown Ups and 2014's Blended, as well as awards season fare like Mel Gibson's 2016 WWII drama Hacksaw Ridge and Netflix's The Crown. In 2017, the soundtrack for superhero feature Wonder Woman, which included Gregson-Williams' score and the original song "To Be Human" by Sia, landed on the Billboard 200 and the Top 10 of the soundtracks chart. ~ Joseph Stevenson

Tracklist:
01. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Streets of New York (4:15)
02. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Roundsman (0:53)
03. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Dr. Laszlo Kreizler (2:53)
04. Rupert Gregson-Williams - On the Case (1:14)
05. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Brooklyn Bridge (3:56)
06. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Sarah (2:41)
07. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Closing In (3:55)
08. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Another Boy (3:07)
09. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Eyes and Tongue (4:38)
10. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Mary (3:51)
11. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Politics of Policing (1:35)
12. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Independent Investigation (2:39)
13. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Madness of the City (2:39)
14. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Irish (3:18)
15. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Matter of Time (3:11)
16. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Trance (1:16)
17. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Man of the Flesh (2:14)
18. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Alienated Mind (2:52)
19. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Jesse Pomeroy (3:23)
20. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Look Inside (3:57)
21. Rupert Gregson-Williams - The Facts (1:55)
22. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Cyrus (1:21)
23. Rupert Gregson-Williams - Dispatch (2:17)
24. Rupert Gregson-Williams - The Alienist (Main Title) (0:36)