''Hanna: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack album to the
2011 British-German thriller film of the same name, directed by
Joe Wright
Joseph Wright (born 25 August 1972) is an English film director residing in Somerset, England. His motion pictures include the literary adaptations '' Pride & Prejudice'' (2005), ''Atonement'' (2007), ''Anna Karenina'' (2012), and ''Cyrano'' ( ...
. The original score was composed by the English
electronic music
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duo
The Chemical Brothers
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. Initially the album was only released digitally, but it was released on CD on 4 July 2011.
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NME
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'' ranked the album at number 54 in their list of the "61 of the Greatest Film Soundtracks".
Singles
"Container Park" was released as a free download after the release of the initial download of ''Hanna'' and before the later CD release.
Critical reception
The soundtrack received mostly positive responses from music critics, with many praising
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo formed by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons in Manchester in 1989. They were pioneers (along with the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, and other acts) in bringing the big beat genre t ...
for having produced solid background music. However a few critics have cited a lack of experimentation as one of the flaws.
According to
Metacritic
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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album holds a score of 65, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on seven reviews all compiled from critics.
Chad Grischow of
IGN
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reserved high praise for the soundtrack, feeling that the "duo nail the mix of violence and innocence".
Track listing
Chart performance
* No. 7 in the US
''Billboard'' Top Electronic Albums
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* No. 11 in the US ''Billboard''
Top Soundtracks
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References
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The Chemical Brothers albums
2011 soundtrack albums
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