Challengers (Original Score)

Challengers (Original Score)

Challengers (Original Score) was scored by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for the Luca Guadagnino film of the same name. It was released on digital on April 26, 2024. The soundtrack was released by Milan Records on CD and vinyl on November 1, 2024. The CD was only released in Europe. The vinyl comes in a gatefold package with a collectible set of three player trading cards and a Phil’s Tire Town bumper sticker. Per John Crawford on Discordance, it was confirmed that this score has the Null 18 release number.

The proper score was preceded by a continuous remix album, titled Challengers [MIXED] by Boys Noize, created by DJ Boys Noize and released on digital on April 12, 2024.

Tracklisting

CD/Digital

1. "Challengers" - 1:25
2. "'I Know'" - 2:18
3. "Yeah x10" - 2:38
4. "L'oeuf" - 3:59
5. "The Signal" - 3:11
6. "Brutalizer" - 3:01
7. "Stopper" - 1:42
8. "Brutalizer 2" - 1:58
9. "The Points That Matter" - 1:49
10. "Lullaby" - 0:38
11. "Final Set" - 3:06
12. "Pull Over" - 2:48
13. "Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: A New Year Carol" (by Choir of Downside School, Purley; Viola Tunnard; Benjamin Britten) - 2:06
14. "Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: A New Year Carol (Part 2)" - 1:14
15. "Challengers: Match Point" - 5:02
16. "Compress / Repress" - 3:49

Vinyl

     A1  "Challengers" - 1:25
     A2  "'I Know'" - 2:18
     A3  "Yeah x10" - 2:38
     A4  "L'oeuf" - 3:59
     A5  "The Signal" - 3:11
     A6  "Brutalizer" - 3:01
     A7  "Stopper" - 1:42
     A8  "Brutalizer 2" - 1:58
     A9  "The Points That Matter" - 1:49
     A10  "Lullaby" - 0:38

     B1  "Final Set" - 3:06
     B2  "Pull Over" - 2:48
     B3  "Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: A New Year Carol" (by Choir of Downside School, Purley; Viola Tunnard; Benjamin Britten) - 2:06
     B4  "Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: A New Year Carol (Part 2)" - 1:14
     B5  "Challengers: Match Point" - 5:02
     B6  "Compress / Repress" - 3:49

Samplers

An awards season For Your Consideration sampler was posted for streaming on the Amazon MGM Studios awards website. As is usual, it contains a selection of the music cues as they appear in the film, which means some of cues cut off abruptly, as in the film. The track titles more closely describe the action taking place on-screen. It does not contain any movie sound effects unlike the retail album release. Most of the cues are substantially identical to their album counterparts. The main differences occur in the opening couple tracks and the final tracks, which are a bit disjointed in the film, and which were stitched together into a more coherent song for the album.

1. "Opener" - 1:16
2. "Art and Tashi 1" - 0:44
3. "Art and Tashi 2" - 0:12
4. "Art and Tashi 3" - 0:19
5. "Tashi Theme 1" - 2:37
6. "Threesome Theme 1" - 3:47
7. "Patrick and Art Theme 1" - 3:10
8. "Patrick and Tashi Theme 1" - 3:01
9. "Tashi Theme 2" - 1:44
10. "Threesome Theme 2" - 3:07
11. "Patrick and Tashi Theme 2" - 1:59
12. "Patrick and Art Theme 2" - 1:53
13. "Lullaby" - 0:42
14. "Patrick, Tashi, and Threesome" - 3:01
15. "Britten" - 1:15
16. "Final Cue Part 1" - 0:14
17. "Final Cue Part 2" - 0:08
18. "Final Cue Part 3" - 0:42
19. "Final Cue Part 4" - 2:08
20. "Final Cue Part 5" - 0:22
21. "Final Cue Part 6" - 4:16

Credits

Notes: Lyrics on "Compress / Repress" were written by Luca Guadagnino.[1] Also, while she is not credited on the physical release, the vocal on "Yeah x10" is credited to Mariqueen Maandig Reznor on certain digital releases and in the film credits.

Written, Arranged, Produced, Performed, Programmed & Mixed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (except as noted)

Engineered by Jacob Moreno
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound

"Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: A New Year Carol"
Written by Benjamin Britten
Performed by Choir of Downside School, Purley, Viola Tunnard & Benjamin Britten
Courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Published by Boosey & Co. LTD (ASCAP) administered by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. c/o Concord Music Publishing
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

"Compress / Repress"
Written by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Luca Guadagnino
Performed, Produced and Programmed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Vocals by Mariqueen Maandig Reznor
Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA
Assistant Mix Engineer: Bryce Bordone
Courtesy of The Null Corporation II & Missing Pieces, Inc.
Published by Cloudcover, Inc. (ASCAP) administered by Kobalt / Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI) administered by Downtown DMP Songs / U/A Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Milan Records Soundtrack Executive Producers: JC Chamboredon & Stefan Karrer
Product Development: Kate Leib & Rebecca Embling
Production Director: Pablo Manyer
Creative Director: John Crawford
Album Layout: Shawn Lyon
Interior Gatefold Photographs: Alessio Bolzoni
Graphic Artist for the Phil's Tire Town & New Rochelle Challenger Logos: Kalani Akuna

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Management: Sara Newkirk Simon
Legal for Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Zia Modabber, Ross Rosen, and Doug Mark

Score Published by United Lion Music Inc. (BMI) / U/A Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Cloudcover, Inc. (ASCAP) administered by Kobalt / Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI) administered by Downtown DMP Songs

Accolades

Nominated

• Hollywood Creative Alliance (Astra Creative Arts Awards): Best Original Score
• Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA): Best Original Score in a Feature Film
• iHeartRadio (iHeartRadio Music Awards): Favorite Soundtrack
• National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy Award): Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Won

• American-Canadian Critics Choice Association (Critics' Choice Award): Best Score
• Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA Awards): Best Original Score
• Golden Globe Foundation (Golden Globe Awards): Best Original Score
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA AWards): Best Music Score

External Links

• IMDb Page
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross category at nincatalog.com