Composer Jongnic Bontemps‘ score for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is out now on various digital platforms.
In addition to that, fans can listen freely to the same via Spotify (check it out after the jump).
The score consists of 26 tracks and the titles may be spoilers for those who are yet to enjoy the new movie.
Couple of links to purchase the score:
HyenaBoy
I think the only expanded scores that weren’t obtained via dubiously means were the FYC scores for AOE and TLK.
After all; it's not piracy if it's from an official source. Plus, if they didn't want us downloading them, they wouldn't have given us the option to.
Optimus1138
As in, they got tired of fans obtaining them through dubiously legal means due to all the music they'd have that we couldn't get anywhere else, often upstaging official album releases.
HyenaBoy
A lot of complete score leaks these days seem to be audio rips.
HyenaBoy
What don you mean by “the studios caught onto us”?
Optimus1138
I'm not sure if it's a new official academy rule that they can only submit the officially released album or maybe the studios caught on to us, but even FYCs don't seem to be including unreleased music anymore (or at least not nearly as often).
I'm just glad we were able to get the isolated score for Dial of Destiny, the official album was so damn short.
wtrz
And even then don't hold your breath for the digital release of the bonus tracks. When I uploaded them to YouTube last week they didn't get flagged for copyright. But yep, the only hope of an expansion for any OST is the FYC campaign (which as mentioned previously are very inconsistent and unreliable from the studios, to say the least).
Optimus1138
I wouldn't get your hopes up, complete score leaks have almost completely dried up since shortly after the pandemic started (one theory I've heard is that leaks were mostly happening via CDs being smuggled out of the studio, and the rise of WFH put an end to that, but we have no idea why for sure) and I wouldn't expect another even-more-expanded release after the initial one. Maybe a digital release of the expanded vinyl version, but anything more than that would be a big surprise. It's a depressing time to be a film score fan.
HyenaBoy
What do you think are the chance of the complete score being released/leaked?
wtrz
Sadly no, I was just gonna make a film-order playlist and compare notes lol. There's a list of final titles (see above) but the tracks themselves haven't leaked.
And now for something almost completely different: Bontemps's score for ROTB was nominated for the NAACP Image Awards yesterday! Congrats to him and his team :')
(I dunno if it's newsworthy but figured this would be a good place to put it after seeing his Instagram post about it yesterday.)
HyenaBoy
Wait, you have the complete soundtrack?
Groovygoth666
I'm not too sure on how accurate the gema times are, as I've seen other cues listed for scores as either being all the same runtime or not matching a session leak. Michael Kamen's What Dreams May Come for example has most cues listed as either being 3 minutes or 0 minutes.
Same here, this was my second time watching the film and listening to the score
. Okay I might do a deeper dive in the future.
wtrz
For sure, I'll keep a playlist as I watch it this time. As for comparisons though, nothing too crazy other than lengths and big edits because I'm not extremely familiar with the OST yet, haha (but I'm getting there!).
Groovygoth666
Yeah I've placed waterfalls roughly where Elena sings it. Missed the other two though.
You're welcome . Let me know if there's any changes you think should be made once you've watched it and I'll update the spreadsheet.
Are you planning on doing a more thorough breakdown at some point? IE comparing the OST against the film audio.
wtrz
The three songs w/ writing credits are the songs Elena sings to herself under pressure, lol. The rest of the stuff I'm super fuzzy on, gonna give the movie a watch in a few days. I think "Stranded 7 Years" definitely fits the Transit scene (RIP). Rescues might be the from cut material too. Ditto for "Scamba", will update after watching the movie again.
P.S. Thanks for making the spreadsheet!
Groovygoth666
I've watched through the film and have made some attempt to put it in order in this google spreadsheet, but haven't focused on matching exactly what cues go to the OST tracks yet. The End Credits list three source cues for the parade in Peru, these could possible be the unknown cues, well three of them anyway, also Waterfalls, Groove Thang and Whoomp only have writing credits which means they don't actually play in the film. Scamba is credited to this track but can't recall hearing it anywhere. Stranded 7 Years could possibly be for the alternate opening of the film and I'm not sure on the two Rescue parts.
wtrz
Not sure if this is newsworthy but it's interesting nonetheless; I think I might've found the recording sessions/complete(ish) score for ROTB. They're from a resource called GEMA, a German music publishing database (thanks to a thread on JWFan). No audio files, just titles and track lengths. This tracklist is more likely to be the semi-final mix, barring any inserts or alternates. Not sure of the order, haven't attempted it yet but here it is alphabetized, with my comments in blue:
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1:39 min
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2:18 min
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1:50 min
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4:24 min
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0:48 min
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0:48 min
34098333-001
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1:38 min
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2:39 min
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1:37 min
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0:40 min
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2:48 min
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2:35 min
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1:18 min
34098535-001
2:48 min
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3:36 min
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0:55 min
No data available
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2:36 min
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1:37 min
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No data available
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0:40 min
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0:19 min
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1:24 min
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34099242-001
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34099333-001
1:50 min
34099353-001
1:37 min
3422512-001
0:01 min
34099431-001
0:18 min
Source: gema.de – you'll have to search by work and type in the movie name for it to show up.
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OverloadedTaco
Ohhhh this explains why the soundtrack is missing a lot of moments from the film
wtrz
Sooooo looks like there's gonna be a vinyl release (and expansion!) from Music On Vinyl, coming next month. Not sure when/if a CD or digital version of the expanded tracks will come out (it's Paramount so digital is likely, they just did it for Mission Impossible). Only two links I found are from the label and Rough Trade (both are EU), total run is 500 copies on double green vinyl.
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Five new tracks:
– Calling All Autobots
– Airazor
– The Silos
– Finding the Hatch
– Meet the Maximals
Record collector sidenote: I've gotten a handful of MOV releases over the years here in the States and they've been relatively easy to get once they cross the sea. My local record store usually gets a few of the higher profile releases in. Amazon gets them too. However the run count is lower than usual on this one so who knows.
Edit: Deep Discount link found ($66.99, same total as importing give or take a buck)
Hadlen_Weltall
Even Bontemps original pieces carry the same tune as Jablonsky's, and it's a great blend of styles.
"Humans and Autobots United" you can tell is the finale for the film, obvious by track number but also by how it's the full orchestra of "Arrival to Earth" with the crescendo of "Calling All Autobots" from the TLK score.
The only thing missing from this soundtrack is the "Optimus" theme from "Sam Takes Off/Optimus Arrives," the end of "Forest Battle," "Driller Attack," and "Did You Forget Who I Am."
Beast_Megatron
For sure!
The standout tracks from this score are, not surprisingly, the ones written by Steve Jablonsky and the ones that feature Vince DiCola’s Unicron theme. And that’s not the nostalgia talking, the original themes composed specifically for ROTB just aren’t as memorable. They’re not bad, just not as memorable.
I do really enjoy how creepy all of Jongnic’s music for Unicron is. He took inspiration from DiCola and then really took off running.
It’s a far, far better score than what we got for Bumblebee, but it can’t compete with Jablonsky’s scores with the exception of his own material for ROTB. But Jablonsky set an impossibly high bar and Jongnic should be commended for turning in a competent score for his first blockbuster.