MUSIC COMPOSED BY HANS ZIMMER

To be honest, “day one” of a motion picture scoring session never fails to scare the hell out of me.
Each is expensive, costing about what a day of principal photography does, and with tight post-
production schedules and limited availability of studio space, it becomes very problematic if the
music disappoints and needs to be reworked or reconceived. Practical matters aside, movie music

lag with a pinch of the ambivalence a person my age might feel about yet another birthday
rolling around...and you have a sense of my headspace as I stepped into London’s Air Studios
on Rosslyn Hill (that’s right Da Vinci Code fans, “Rosslyn”) on Wednesday March 1, 2006
I was greeted to the session with something completely unique in my experience. A 99-piece
orchestra playing “Happy Birthday.” Big fun, but what followed that day proved an even better
birthday gift.
The recording session included five major cues which encompassed all of composer Hans
Zimmer’s major themes. They were powerful, fresh and wonderfully effective. It was great news.
Like every other facet of this movie, the score for Da Vinci Code demanded a range of textures
that recognized and reinforced the layers of ideas and emotion which unfold as the basic story
does. The challenge tends to stimulate creative excitement, and some deep seated anxiety.
Hans, who has made a career of taking on one creative high wire act after another, faced his
complicated task in the manner you would expect of any great German artist...with masochistic
glee. I’ve seen him suffer and rejoice and then throw out his work and start over again, and the
result is something quite memorable. Music which creates suspense, excitement, and reflects
the souls of the lead characters allows the audience to join those characters as they face the
unknown and the unknowable.
Once again, the inspired Hans Zimmer has given us extraordinarily memorable music to
appreciate within the framework of a film or completely on its own, where you can let the
sounds carry you on your own private journey. Enjoy.
–RON HOWARD

is illusive, even magical. It’s very hard to understand why it works, or explain why it doesn’t. It is
one area of the process where I, even as an experienced film maker, feel like the final outcome is
slightly beyond my control. Add to the usual anxiety the heightened sense of responsibility all of
us on the Da Vinci Code film-making team had felt throughout the process...toss in a dose of jet
 MUSIC CONDUCTED BY RICHARD HARVEY
CHOIR CONDUCTED BY NICK GLENNIE-SMITH
MUSIC RECORDED BY GEOFF FOSTER
MUSIC MIXED BY AL CLAY
ALBUM MIXED BY ALAN MEYERSON

1. DIES MERCURII I MARTIUS

2. L’ESPRIT DES GABRIEL
3. THE PASCHAL SPIRAL
4. FRUCTUS GRAVIS
5. AD ARCANA
6. MALLEUS MALEFICARUM
7. SALVETE VIRGINES*
8. DANIEL’S 9TH CIPHER
9. POISONED CHALICE
10. THE CITRINE CROSS
11. ROSE OF ARIMATHEA
12. BENEATH ALRISCHA
13. CHEVALIERS DE SANGREAL
14. KYRIE FOR THE MAGDALENE
*BONUS TRACK DOES NOT APPEAR IN FILM.
SCORE PUBLISHED BY NEW COLUMBIA PICTURES MUSIC, INC., ADMIN. BY SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (ASCAP)
MUSIC COMPOSED, ARRANGED AND PRODUCED BY HANS ZIMMER
EXECUTIVE ALBUM PRODUCERS: RON HOWARD, BRIAN GRAZER AND JOHN CALLEY
EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF MUSIC FOR COLUMBIA PICTURES: LIA VOLLACK
SPE MUSIC SUPERVISOR: BOB BADAMI

SPE MUSIC CONSULTANT: DANIEL PINDER

MUSIC EDITOR: SIMON CHANGER
AMBIENT MUSIC DESIGNER: MEL WESSON
SCORE ARRANGED BY LORNE BALFE, NICK GLENNIE-SMITH AND HENRY JACKMAN
LATIN LYRICS AND CHOIR ARRANGEMENTS: GRAHAM PRESKETT
 TECHNICAL MAGIC AND WIZARDRY FOR REMOTE CONTROL PRODUCTIONS: THOMAS BRODERICK
SAMPLE GURU FOR REMOTE CONTROL PRODUCTIONS: BART HENDRICKSON
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO HANS ZIMMER FOR REMOTE CONTROL PRODUCTIONS:
ANDREW ZACK

SOLOISTS HISTORIC STRINGED INSTRUMENTS:

SOPRANO: HILA PLITMANN RICHARD HARVEY
CELLO: MARTIN TILLMAN VOCALS: DEE LEWIS
VIOLIN: HUGH MARSH VIOLS: FRETWORK
ORCHESTRA PRINCIPAL OBOE: DAVID THEODORE
ORCHESTRA LEADER: GAVYN WRIGHT PRINCIPAL CLARINET: NICHOLAS BUCKNALL
PRINCIPAL CELLO: ANTHONY PLEETH PRINCIPAL FLUTE: JONATHAN SNOWDEN
PRINCIPAL VIOLA: PETER LALE PRINCIPAL BASSOON: JULIE ANDREWS
PRINCIPAL DOUBLE BASS: MARY SCULLY PERCUSSION: PAUL CLARVIS, GARY KETTEL
ORCHESTRA VIOLIN SOLOIST: THOMAS BOWES AND FRANK RICOTTI
PRINCIPAL FRENCH HORN: RICHARD WATKINS HARP: SKALIA KANGA
“KYRIE FOR THE MAGDALENE” WORDS AND MUSIC BY RICHARD HARVEY
“SALVETE VIRGINES” MUSIC BY HANS ZIMMER, WORDS BY ABHAY MANUSMARE
SOUNDTRACK ALBUM COMPILED BY MARK WHERRY
MUSICIANS’ CONTRACTOR: ISOBEL GRIFFITHS LTD
SCORE COORDINATION: BECKY BENTHAM FOR HOTHOUSE MUSIC LTD.
MUSIC PRODUCTION SERVICES FOR REMOTE CONTROL PRODUCTIONS: STEVEN KOFSKY
MUSIC PREPARATION: TONY STANTON
BOOTH READER: MICHAEL PRICE
MUSIC RECORDED AND MIXED AT AIR STUDIOS, LYNDHURST HALL
ALBUM MASTERED BY LOUIE TERAN AT MARCUSSEN MASTERING, HOLLYWOOD, CA
CHOIR CONTRACTORS: ROBERT KING FOR THE CHOIR OF THE KING’S CONSORT AND JENNY O’GRADY
AIR STUDIOS ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: CHRIS BARRETT AND JAKE JACKSON

CHAIRMAN, UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS GROUP: CHRIS ROBERTS

MUSIC BUSINESS AFFAIRS FOR COLUMBIA PICTURES: SHELLY BUNGE AND PAUL FRIEDMAN
MUSIC BUSINESS AFFAIRS FOR UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS GROUP: SHERYL GOLD
A&R DIRECTION: DAVID NOVIK
A&R ADMINISTRATION: EVELYN MORGAN
SOUNDTRACK COORDINATION FOR UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS GROUP:
MEREDITH FRIEDMAN AND PAUL ALTOMARI

HANS ZIMMER WOULD LIKE TO THANK:

RON HOWARD, BRIAN GRAZER, TODD HALLOWELL, JAMES DOOLEY, BLAKE NEELEY,
BRUCE FOWLER, AKIVA GOLDSMAN, JOHN CALLEY, LIA VOLLACK, RAUL PEREZ,
DAN HANLEY, MIKE HILL, KEVIN O’CONNELL, GREG RUSSELL, LOUISA VELIS,
ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, SLAMM ANDREWS, JEFF BIGGERS, TIFFANY BORDENAVE,
DAN BROWN, JUSTIN BURNETT, ALISON BURTON, RONNI CHASEN, CLAY DUNCAN,
WALTER FOWLER, MICHAEL GORFAINE, KATIE GREATHOUSE, HARRY GREGSON-
WILLIAMS, RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS, DANIEL HEATH, CHERYL HOWARD,
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD, CHARLENE HUANG, STEVE JABLONSKY, ALLIE LEE,
JAMES S. LEVINE, MICHAEL LEVINE, TRISTAN LILLINGSTON, ABBIE LISTER,
HENNING LOHNER, CHRISTINA MANSKY, MATT MARGESON, SANDY MCLELLAND,
SUZETTE MORIARTY, TREVOR MORRIS, DAVID NOVIK, HEITOR PEREIRA,
CHRIS ROBERTS, HELEN ROSSLYN, CZARINA RUSSELL, SAM SCHWARTZ, MIKE SIMON,
SHALINI SINGH, CHRIS STRONG, GREG VINES, MATT WARD, RYAN A. WATKINS,
GEOFF ZANELLI, SUZANNE ZIMMER AND THE MINI Z’S, ZOE ZIMMER AND
BRIGITTE ZIMMER

THANKS TO: MONICA BRAUTOVICH, CANDACE CARLO, VALERIE CATON,

LARRY KOHORN AND R. DIANE MCKAIN

CREATIVE DIRECTION: PAT BARRY

DESIGN: FRANK FAMULARO
PACKAGE COORDINATION: TOM ARNDT AND LEIF COVINGTON
 A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY

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1. DIES MERCURII I MARTIUS
2. L’ESPRIT DES GABRIEL
3. THE PASCHAL SPIRAL
4. FRUCTUS GRAVIS
5. AD ARCANA
6. MALLEUS MALEFICARUM
7. SALVETE VIRGINES*
8. DANIEL’S 9TH CIPHER MUSIC COMPOSED, ARRANGED AND
9. POISONED CHALICE PRODUCED BY HANS ZIMMER
10. THE CITRINE CROSS EXECUTIVE ALBUM PRODUCERS:

11. ROSE OF ARIMATHEA

RON HOWARD, BRIAN GRAZER
AND JOHN CALLEY
12. BENEATH ALRISCHA
EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF MUSIC FOR
13. CHEVALIERS DE SANGREAL COLUMBIA PICTURES: LIA VOLLACK
14. KYRIE FOR THE MAGDALENE
*BONUS TRACK DOES NOT APPEAR IN FILM.

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