Max Richter

Max Richter – My Brilliant Friend (TV Series Soundtrack) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 36:20 minutes | 360 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Max Richter (The Leftovers, Taboo, Waltz with Bashir, Hostiles).has composed the original music for the upcoming HBO and RAI original series My Brilliant Friend (L’amica geniale). The show is co-written and directed by Saverio Costanzo (Private, The Solitude of Prime Numbers, Hungry Hearts) and stars Elisa Del Genio, Ludovica Nasti, Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace. The drama is based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling book of the same name and tells the story of a now-elderly woman who discovers the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace. Lorenzo Mieli & Mario Gianani and Domenico Procacci are executive producing the HBO, RAI FICTION and TIMVISION production.

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Max Richter – Mary Queen Of Scots (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 58:38 minutes | 644 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Composer Max Richter has written a compelling and dramatic score for the historical drama, Mary Queen of Scots. Directed by Josie Rourke and starring Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan, the movie explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart and her attempt to overthrow her cousin, Elizabeth I, Queen of England. The lavish orchestral score features a full orchestra and eclectic vocal pieces.

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Max Richter – Invasion (Music from the Original TV Series: Season 1) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:09:10 minutes | 692 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca (UMO) (Classics)

Invasion is created by Simon Kinberg & David Weil and stars Shamier Anderson, Golshifteh Farahani, Sam Neill, Shioli Kutsuna and Firas Nassar. The first season of the sci-fi drama is premiering today exclusively on Apple TV+.

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Max Richter – Hostiles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:13:25 minutes | 681 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

The album features the film’s original music composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Taboo, Waltz with Bashir, Miss Sloane, Disconnect). Also included is the original song How Shall a Sparrow Fly written and performed by Ryan Bingham. Hostiles is directed by Scott Cooper and stars Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Jesse Plemons, Adam Beach, Rory Cochrane, Peter Mullan, Scott Wilson, Timothée Chalamet, Ben Foster and Q’orianka Kilcher.

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Max Richter – From Sleep (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:58 minutes | 994 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Blending classical, electronic, and rock influences into a style he calls “post-classical”, composer/programmer Max Richter ignores boundaries in favor of haunting, strangely familiar sounds. This approach made him an in-demand composer for film and other types of performing arts, as well as an acclaimed artist in his own right.

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Max Richter – Exiles (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:08:45 minutes | 697 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Introducing EXILES… featuring orchestral versions of some of my early works alongside the soundtrack to Sol Le’on & Paul Lightfoot’s ballet Singuli`ere Odyss’ee, the new album was recorded in Tallinn in 2019 with conductor Kristjan J”arvi and the Baltic Sea Philharmonic.

Baltic Sea Philharmonic is a really interesting orchestra. It consists of young players from all the nations around the Baltic Sea so that obviously includes former Western European countries, former Eastern European countries, so it’s a little bit of a social project. It has this ‘peacemaking’ function, people being able to talk to each other in a creative way. It struck me that it would be nice to have that orchestra play music that matched that theme.”

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Max Richter – SLEEP: Tranquility Base (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 31:55 minutes | 258 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

In 2015, Max Richter released the now legendary Sleep, an eight-hour instrumental investigation into music and sleep(‘s relationship). He sought to transcribe the essentially neurological phenomenon as a piece of music. With the help of David Eagleman, an American neuroscientist conducting relevant research, he investigated notable patterns and behaviours to be reflected in his compositions. He incorporates repetitive figures of speech, loops and drones that stimulate certain phases in dreams and deep sleep. The music aims to be an expressive medium for the human subconscious.

Eight years later, Richter has collaborated once again with his colleagues from the original project, Brian Snow, Clarice Jensen and Yuki Numata. While Sleep was originally devised for piano, strings, soprano and electronics, the modified version of Tranquility Base focuses on synthesisers and electronic sound effects. The name of this 30-minute EP alludes to Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong’s landing on the moon. Max Richter is therefore taking Sleep to a new level, elevating his work into the time and weightlessness of space. It begins with a linear organ melody with new musical layers, such as reverberating sounds, strings and synthesisers, which are gradually introduced. It is a work comprised of 16 interwoven variations, taking a look at the myriad themes of Sleep, twisting them and fusing them together. The album ultimately encourages disconnection and calm. – Lena Germann

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Max Richter – Out Of The Dark Room (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:26:25 minutes | 814 MB | Genre: Modern Classical, Electronic, Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Milan Records

Max Richter is at the crossroad of many contemporary artistic languages through a wide variety of collaborations (Tilda Swinton, Robert Wyatt, Future Sound of London, Roni Size). As one might expect from a student of Luciano Berio, his work explores a very wide range of currents and influences. In this universe, film music occupies a privileged position and the variety of filmmakers Richter has worked with reflects the ductility of his inspiration. Regarding the role of music in a film, he once wrote: “I think music is a kind of amniotic fluid and that the film lives in it. Sometimes music can be at the forefront, playing a supportive role without even realizing it, but if you take it away you would miss out on the basics.” This album, to be released as a double CD and double LP, features the most beautiful excerpts of the soundtracks to Waltz with Bashir, Sarah’s Key, Wadjda, Disconnect, The Congress, and Testament of Youth.

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Max Richter – Recomposed By Max Richter > Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:58 minutes | 873 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ Deutsche Grammophon

Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons is the 2012 album by neo-classical composer Max Richter. The Four Seasons may be the most cherished piece of classical music ever composed. This album is part of Deutsche Grammophon’s new Recomposed series, which invites contemporary musicians to re-work an original piece of music. Award-winning composer Max Richter approached Vivaldi’s masterpiece as not only an admirer, but more importantly, as a composer. This re-work is engaging, attractive and highly accessible. The album features British violinist Daniel Hope, German conductor Andre de Ridder and the Konzerthaus Chamber Orchestra. (more…)