Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Original Score, and shot in vintage VistaVision format. Opening with a continuous 10-minute overture, composer Daniel Blumberg’s music sets the stage for the film’s epic narrative, which spans multiple decades and follows fictional Hungarian architect László Toth (played by Adrien Brody) as he rebuilds his life in post-war America.

Composer Daniel Blumberg coaxed out beautifully rich and resonant performances from his collaborators, including avant-garde innovators Axel Dörner (trumpet), Evan Parker (saxophone), Sophie Agnel (piano), and John Tilbury (piano), to name a few.

For the film’s frenetic jazz club scene, Blumberg assembled a jazz quartet – comprised of Pierre Borel on saxophone, Simon Sieger on piano, Joel Grip on bass, and Antonin Gerbal on drums – to perform improvised versions of his themes live on set, resulting in one of the film’s most electrifying numbers, as well as additional period-specific pieces that appear throughout the soundtrack. For the film’s 1980s-set Epilogue, Blumberg traveled to New York to work with synth-pop pioneer Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Erasure), deconstructing and rebuilding the film’s main theme into a redemptive, synth and drum machine-driven dance track befitting of the new era. 

The score was mixed and co-produced by Peter Walsh, who also worked on Blumberg’s previous three records.

Pressed on 180-gram vinyl, the 2-LP release from Milan Records features printed sleeves housed in a gatefold package designed by The Brutalist title designer Sebastian Pardo in close collaboration with Daniel Blumberg. In addition to the vinyl edition, Milan Records also released the complete 32-track soundtrack score on CD.