Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10)
Recorded 2014
Length 61:41
Label Republic
Singles from Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Earned It"
    Released: December 23, 2014
  2. "Love Me like You Do"
    Released: January 7, 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey, an adaptation of E. L. James's novel of the same name; it was released through Republic Records on February 10, 2015. It was the seventh best-selling album of 2015 with 2.2 million copies sold worldwide.[1]

Background

Meetings about the album took place nearly two years prior the album's release when plans of a film were announced. Mike Knobloch, president of film music and publishing at Universal said: "We really wanted the songs to be part of the fiber of the film — nothing crowbarred in or just auxiliary to the experience. There was a very deliberate effort to create as much original material as possible, to tailor the production, the lyrics, and the performance."

Beyoncé was one of the first singers approached for the film. Knobloch said: "She thought it was an opportunity to do something that aligned nicely with her brand and agenda." Sia was approached by Knobloch and music supervisor Dana Sano with a scene they had in mind: "It’s a pivotal moment, when the two protagonists have an ecstatic and intimate first sexual encounter. [Sia] played us songs and we would say, ‘That’s good, but could it be more of this, or less of that?’. By the end we left her spinning her wheels about what she had to do to deliver just the right song to us for the film."[2] The Weeknd was involved in the project very early. Tom Mackay, a manager at Republic Records, explained: "He worked on a number of songs for a number of scenes. Some were working and some weren’t, but he just kept at it, and kept at it, and kept at it. In the end, he wrote ‘Earned It’ and it’s the biggest song of his career to date. It’s the only song that’s in the movie twice."[2]

On January 12, 2015, E.L. James announced the soundtrack would be released on February 10, 2015.[3][4]

Singles

The soundtrack was preceded by the release of two singles. "Earned It", performed by The Weeknd, was released as the album's lead single on December 23, 2014,[5] peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was included on his second album Beauty Behind the Madness.[6] Ellie Goulding's "Love Me like You Do" was released as the second single on January 7, 2015;[7] it reached number one on the national charts of 16 countries including the UK Singles Chart, and peaked at number three on the Hot 100 and was included on her third album Delirium. With Goulding and The Weeknd in the Hot 100's top 10 together, Fifty Shades of Grey is the latest soundtrack to generate concurrent top 10 hits.[8]

Promotional singles

"Salted Wound" by Sia was released as the first promotional single on January 27, 2015.[9] Two further promotional singles, "One Last Night" by Vaults and "I Know You" by Skylar Grey, were released on February 3, 2015. "I'm on Fire", a Bruce Springsteen cover performed by Awolnation, was released as the fourth promotional single on February 9, 2015.[10]

Reception

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 258,000 units (210,000 copies of traditional albums) in its first week behind Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late.[11] As of July 2015, it has sold a total of 763,000 copies in the U.S.[12]

The album debuted at No. 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 18,000 copies.[13] As of July 2015, it has sold 89,000 copies in the country.[14]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 65/100[15]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[16]
Billboard 3.5/5 stars[17]
New York Daily News 3/5 stars[18]
New York Post 1/4 stars[19]
Newsday B-[20]
Los Angeles Times 2/4 stars[21]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[22]
USA Today 3/4 stars[23]

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The soundtrack has received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the soundtrack received an average score of 65, based on 7 reviews. Kenneth Partridge of Billboard rated the soundtrack three-and-a-half out of five stars, writing that the soundtrack "wisely skews mainstream".[17] Chuck Arnold of Rolling Stone compared the soundtrack to those of The Twilight Saga and The Hunger Games while noting that The Weeknd's "Earned It" brings "Bond-theme drama" to the soundtrack.[22] However, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the soundtrack as "suitable for any romantic evening" and a seduction.[16] Jim Farber of the New York Daily News claimed that the lyrics speak of "romanticized sex", while highlighting the album's "soft-edged production".[24] Writing for ABC News, Allan Raible described the soundtrack as a collection of "sultry electro blues pop", but criticized the inclusions of older publications.[25] Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times called the soundtrack a "slog" and criticized the album's midtempo tracks, while comparing the album's commercial performance to that of Taylor Swift's 1989.[26]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Performer(s) Length
1. "I Put a Spell on You"   Jay Hawkins Annie Lennox 3:30
2. "Undiscovered"  
Laura Welsh 2:53
3. "Earned It"  
The Weeknd 4:10
4. "Meet Me in the Middle"  
Jessie Ware 5:08
5. "Love Me like You Do"  
Ellie Goulding 4:10
6. "Haunted" (Michael Diamond Remix)
Beyoncé 5:08
7. "Salted Wound"  
Sia 4:30
8. "Beast of Burden"  
The Rolling Stones 3:29
9. "I'm on Fire"   Bruce Springsteen Awolnation 2:34
10. "Crazy in Love" (2014 Remix)
Beyoncé 3:46
11. "Witchcraft"  
Frank Sinatra 2:51
12. "One Last Night"  
  • Barnabas Freeman
  • Benjamin Vella
  • Blythe Pepino
 Vaults 3:19
13. "Where You Belong"  
The Weeknd 4:57
14. "I Know You"  
Skylar Grey 4:58
15. "Ana and Christian"   Danny Elfman Danny Elfman 3:24
16. "Did That Hurt?"   Elfman Danny Elfman 2:54
Total length:
 61:41

Credits

Credits for the soundtrack adapted from AllMusic.[28]

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  • Graham Archer - additional production, programming
  • AWOLNATION - primary artist, vocals
  • Ahmad Balshe - composer
  • Steve Bartek - orchestration
  • Jonathan Martin Berry - guitar
  • Beyoncé - featured artist, primary artist
  • Jay Bicknell - engineer, programming
  • Alison Bjorkedal - harp, instrumentation, programming
  • Simon Bloor - guitar, keyboards
  • Boots - composer, engineer, instrumentation, producer, remix producer, string arrangements, vocals (background)
  • Richard Brook - percussion
  • Sandy Brummels - art direction, package design
  • Aaron Bruno - instrumentation, mixing, primary artist, producer, programming
  • David Bukovinszky - cello
  • Paul Bushnell - bass
  • Mattias Bylund - editing, engineer, string arrangements, strings
  • Peter Carlsson - vocal editing, vocals (background)
  • Shawn Carter - composer
  • Dave Cavanaugh - producer
  • Michael Chaves - guitar, instrumentation, omnichord, programming
  • Adam Christgau - instrumentation, percussion, programming
  • Philip Cohen - music business affairs
  • Cy Coleman - composer
  • Martin Cooke - engineer
  • Jason Cooper - drums, instrumentation, programming
  • Rich Costey - mixing
  • Mike Dean - composer, drums, engineer, guitar, keyboards, mixing, producer, programming
  • Michael Diamond - remixing
  • Derek Dixie - mixing consultant
  • Gerald Eaton - composer
  • Danny Elfman - composer, primary artist, producer
  • Mike Fennel - engineer
  • Simon Finch - trumpet
  • Nicolas Fournier - engineer
  • Robin Fredriksson - vocals (background)
  • Vanessa Freebairn-Smith - cello
  • Barnabas Freeman - composer
  • Barney Freeman - producer, programming
  • Sia Furler - composer, instrumentation, programming, vocals
  • Brian Gardner - mastering
  • Serban Ghenea - mixing
  • Amanda Ghost - composer
  • Oscar Görres - vocals (background)
  • Ellie Goulding - primary artist, vocals
  • Skylar Grey - composer, featured artist, primary artist, vocals
  • John Hanes - engineer
  • Rich Harrison - composer
  • Jay Hawkins - composer
  • Emile Haynie - composer, producer
  • Dan Heath - producer
  • Justin Hergett - mixing assistant
  • Chris Hill - guitar (bass)
  • Hit-Boy - drum programming
  • Sam Holland - engineer
  • Oscar Holter - vocals (background)
  • Ivan Hussey - cello
  • Stephen Hussey - orchestration, viola, violin
  • Devonté Hynes - composer
  • Mick Jagger - composer, vocals, vocals (background)
  • Mattias Johansson - violin
  • Jessica Kelly - art direction, package design
  • Mike Knobloch - executive in charge of music
  • Beyoncé Knowles - composer, producer, vocal producer
  • Savan Kotecha - composer, vocals (background)
  • Oliver Kraus - cello, composer, instrumentation, producer, programming
  • James Krausse - mixing assistant
  • Mattias Larsson - vocals (background)
  • Carolyn Leigh - composer
  • Annie Lennox - featured artist, percussion, piano, primary artist, string arrangements, vocals
  • Rachel Levy - music supervisor
  • Tom MacKay - A&R
  • Blake Mares - assistant engineer
  • Margot - string arrangements
  • Andre Marsh - A&R
  • Max Martin - bass, composer, drums, keyboards, percussion, producer, programming, vocals (background)
  • Tony Maserati - mixing
  • Stephan Moccio - arranger, composer, keyboards, piano, producer, programming
  • Yoad Nevo - mixing
  • Tove Nilsson - composer
  • Evin O'Cleary - assistant engineer
  • Dave Okumu - composer, engineer, instrumentation, producer, programming
  • Ali Payami - bass, composer, drums, keyboards, percussion, producer, programming, vocals (background)
  • Blythe Pepino - composer, producer, programming
  • Jason "DaHeala" Queeneville - composer, engineer, producer, vocal engineer
  • Eugene Record - composer
  • Dave Reitzas - mixing
  • Keith Richards - composer, guitar, vocals, vocals (background)
  • Ramon Rivas - engineer, mixing assistant
  • Eric Robinson - engineer
  • Kate Robinson - violin
  • The Rolling Stones - featured artist, primary artist
  • Ilya Salmanzadeh - composer, vocals (background)
  • Dana Sano - soundtrack producer
  • Sia - featured artist, primary artist
  • Jo Silverston - cello
  • Frank Sinatra - primary artist, vocals
  • Noah Snyder - engineer, mixing
  • Ludvig Söderberg - vocals (background)
  • Bruce Springsteen - composer
  • Eric Stenman - engineer, mixing
  • Mike Stevens - guitar, keyboards, mixing, organ (hammond), programming, string arrangements
  • Jordan Stilwell - engineer
  • Rob Suchecki - assistant engineer
  • Patricia Sullivan - mastering
  • Sean Tallman - engineer
  • Abel Tesfaye - composer, vocals
  • Nicol Thomson - trombone
  • Urban Soul Orchestra - string engineer
  • Vaults - primary artist
  • Ben Vella - producer, programming
  • Benjamin Vella - composer
  • Jessica Ware - composer
  • Jessie Ware - primary artist, vocals
  • Charlie Watts - drums
  • The Weeknd - primary artist, vocals
  • Laura Welsh - composer, primary artist, vocals
  • Brian West - composer
  • Stuart White - engineer, mixing, vocal engineer
  • Neal Wilkinson - drums
  • Ron Wood - guitar, vocals, vocals (background)
  • Bill Wyman - guitar (bass)

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[76] Gold 35,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[77] 2× Platinum 30,000
Brazil (ABPD)[78] 2× Platinum 80,000
Canada (Music Canada)[79] Gold 89,000[14]
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[80] Gold 10,000
Germany (BVMI)[81] Gold 100,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[82] Platinum 60,000
Poland (ZPAV)[83] 2× Platinum 40,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[84] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[85] Gold 763,000[12]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

References

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