King Kong (2005 Film) - Soundtrack

Soundtrack

King Kong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was composed by James Newton Howard. Originally Howard Shore, who worked with Peter Jackson on The Lord of the Rings, was to compose the score for the film and recorded several completed cues before he was removed from the project by Jackson. Shore makes a cameo appearance as the conductor in the theatre from which Kong escapes. The film's record album was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

Track listing

1. "King Kong" – 1:09
2. "A Fateful Meeting" – 4:16
3. "Defeat Is Always Momentary" – 2:48
4. "It's In the Subtext" – 3:19
5. "Two Grand" – 2:34
6. "The Venture Departs" – 4:03
7. "Last Blank Space On the Map" – 4:43
8. "It's Deserted" – 7:08
9. "Something Monstrous… Neither Beast Nor Man" – 2:38
10. "Head Towards the Animals" – 2:48
11. "Beautiful" – 4:08
12. "Tooth and Claw" – 6:17
13. "That's All There Is…" – 3:26
14. "Captured" – 2:25
15. "Central Park" – 4:36
16. "The Empire State Building" – 2:36
17. "Beauty Killed the Beast (Part I)" – 1:59
18. "Beauty Killed the Beast (Part II)" – 2:22
19. "Beauty Killed the Beast (Part III)" – 2:14
20. "Beauty Killed the Beast (Part IV)" – 4:45
21. "Beauty Killed the Beast (Part V)" – 4:13

The music played during the vaudeville - counterpoised with real life scenes from depression crippled New York - sequence at the beginning of the movie is the classic song "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" by Al Jolson. However, it has not been included in the original soundtrack album.