The Equalizer 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2023 film The Equalizer 3, the third instalment in The Equalizer franchise. The score featuring original music composed by Marcelo Zarvos released coinciding with the film on September 1, 2023, by Madison Gate Records. Dutch artist Thomas Azier provided additional composition[1] for the film and his song Love, Disorderly was used for the soundtrack.[2]
| The Equalizer 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
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| Released | September 1, 2023 | |||
| Genre | Film score | |||
| Length | 58:00 | |||
| Label | Madison Gate Records | |||
| Producer | Marcelo Zarvos | |||
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Development
editIn May 2023, Marcelo Zarvos was brought in to score the film's music after previously collaborating with Fuqua in Brooklyn's Finest (2009), What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019), The Guilty (2021) and Emancipation (2022).[3] He replaced Harry Gregson-Williams, who scored the previous instalments in the trilogy.
Reception
editComplimenting the score as "quietly alarming" Murtada Elfadl of Variety said that the score has two modes "threateningly ominous or loudly throbbing" and called it as "very effective, like so much of the film, delivering exactly what’s expected".[4] Wendy Ide of The Guardian wrote that "Thomas Azier violence-heralding musical motif on the score sounds like an electric guitar being butchered".[5] Renuka Vyahare of The Times of India called the score as "unnerving" and "sets the mood for a taut action thriller that isn't devoid of a heart".[6] Clarisse Loughrey of The Independent wrote "while composer Marcelo Zarvos’s screaming chords hint at an edgier, modern update, it’s still largely a retrograde affair".[7] Kyle Smith of The Wall Street Journal called the score as "eerie" and "frightening".[8] Filmtracks.com wrote "Zarvos' largely organic take on The Equalizer 3 is more dynamic and emotionally varied than Gregson-Williams' scores, and it contains ten minutes of very compelling highlights. But the loss of the explicit franchise theme, the terrible Azier cues, and an album that is frustratingly out of chronological order are significant detriments."[9]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prelude" | 1:35 | |
| 2. | "Nine Seconds" |
| 2:50 |
| 3. | "Vincent's Demise" | 4:21 | |
| 4. | "First Walk" | 1:18 | |
| 5. | "Marco Threatens Gio" | 2:26 | |
| 6. | "Angelo's Shop Burned" | 1:43 | |
| 7. | "Aminah" | 2:41 | |
| 8. | "Drive to Vineyard" | 1:59 | |
| 9. | "They Should Have Let Him In" | 2:46 | |
| 10. | "Bottom Up" | 1:45 | |
| 11. | "Collins Makes Contact" | 2:54 | |
| 12. | "That's Who You Are" | 2:34 | |
| 13. | "Did He Save a Good Man?" | 2:01 | |
| 14. | "Synthetic Amphetamine" | 2:58 | |
| 15. | "Robert Phones Collins" | 2:11 | |
| 16. | "Good Man Bad Man" | 2:04 | |
| 17. | "Robert Gives Himself Up" | 4:11 | |
| 18. | "Altamonte's Victory" | 4:14 | |
| 19. | "Fireside Chat" | 1:53 | |
| 20. | "Interpol Raid" | 1:02 | |
| 21. | "Barbarian at the Gate" | 1:25 | |
| 22. | "Robert Reconsiders" | 1:33 | |
| 23. | "Love, Disorderly (The Equalizer 3 Edit)" | Thomas Azier | 2:28 |
| 24. | "A Storm Is Brewing" | 3:08 | |
| Total length: | 58:00 | ||
References
edit- ^ The Equalizer 3 (2023) - IMDb, retrieved December 7, 2023
- ^ The Equalizer 3 (2023) - Soundtracks - IMDb, retrieved December 7, 2023
- ^ "Marcelo Zarvos to Score Antoine Fuqua's 'The Equalizer 3'". Film Music Reporter. Archived from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ Elfadl, Murtada (August 29, 2023). "'The Equalizer 3' Review: Denzel Washington Leans on His Star Charisma Once Again in Brutal Vigilante Sequel". Variety. Archived from the original on August 30, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ Ide, Wendy (September 2, 2023). "The Equalizer 3 review – one in the eye for the mob". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ "The Equalizer 3 Movie Review : A formulaic but satisfying action thriller". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ "Denzel Washington shoots his way through Italy in the gory Equalizer 3 – review". The Independent. August 31, 2023. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ Smith, Kyle. "'The Equalizer 3' Review: Denzel Washington's Sicilian Slaughter". WSJ. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ "Filmtracks: The Equalizer 3 (Marcelo Zarvos)". www.filmtracks.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.