Track Listing

1. The Golden Compass
2. Sky Ferry
3. Letters From Bolvangar
4. Lyra, Roger & Billy
5. Mrs Coulter
6. Lyra Escapes
7. The Magisterium
8. Dust
9. Serafina Pekkala
10. Lee Scoresby's Airship Adventure
11. Iorek Byrnison
12. Lord Faa, King Of The Gyptians
13. The Golden Monkey
14. Riding Iorek
15. Samoyed Attack
16. Lord Asriel
17. Ragnar Sturlusson
18. Ice Bear Combat
19. Iorek's Victory
20. The Ice Bridge
21. Rescuing The Children
22. Intercision
23. Mother
24. Battle With The Tartars
25. Epilogue
26. Lyra (Kate Bush)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55456 in Music
• Released on: 2007-12-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Running time: 74 minutes

Album Description
The soundtrack to the major movie adaptation of 'Northern Lights', the first book in Philip Pullman's critically acclaimed 'His Dark Materials' Trilogy, starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Ian McKellen, Eva Green and Ian McShane.

Original Score by Golden Globe Winner and Oscar® nominee Alexandre Desplat (The Queen, Painted Veil, Girl With A Pearl Earring, Syriana).

Final Track, 'Lyra' written and performed exclusively by Kate Bush

About the Artist
Original Score by Golden Globe Winner and Oscar® nominee Alexandre Desplat (The Queen, Painted Veil, Girl With A Pearl Earring, Syriana).

Final Track, 'Lyra' written and performed exclusively by Kate Bush

Customer Reviews

The Golden Soundtrack
It's no secret that Golden Compass wants to be the next Lord Of The Rings. It wouldn't be the first to try that. Unlike all other films in that vein, however, TGC gives it a darn good try.
The soundtrack is a similar, earnest-filled effort. If you love film soundtracks, or big sweeping symphonic orchestras, then this is right up your alley. It doesn't quite hit the giddy perfection of LOTR's soundtracks, but it comes surprisingly close.
The real highlight on here, though, is the final track; 'Lyra', sung by Kate Bush. It's haunting, sparse vocals backed up by nothing but a harrowing, distant choir is chilling stuff that will send a shiver down your spine from it's bleak beauty.

musically exploring meaning and insignificance...
The Golden Compass lifts your spirits musically. Though I found the film to be less than perfect, hardly adding anything new to Pullmans work, he has praised it's inventiveness and clarity in depicting his worlds, so this does render critics mute and despite what you may think about the film this score is beautifully put together. I am sure as soon as the dvd is out with all the scenes extended there will be more music to come, there is clearly going to be extra scenes to put back into the film because there is so much scope to add more giving clarity to what is a very richly complex film. This is probably one of the finest recordings this year!

3 stars just for Kate
I didn't have any interest in seeing the film and only bought the CD because I wanted to own 'Lyra' the track Kate Bush contributed to the soundtrack. It's beautiful of course... The rest of the music however passed me right by.