Harald Kloser's score for the environmental disaster film The Day After Tomorrow has an appropriately epic, orchestral heft. Mixing slow, implosive passages with sudden outbursts, pieces like "Tornado Warning," and "Sam!" mirror the film's concept of sudden, radical climate shifts wreaking havoc on the U.S.. Even the tracks that have a relatively consistent mood are juxtaposed to create contrast: the mounting panic implied by the squalling horns and percussion in the aptly crashing "Tidal Wave" and the tense "Russian Ghost Ship" is followed by the bittersweet calm of tracks like "Body Heat" and "Hall's Plan." For the most part, the score is ominous; although a few rays of hope peek through on tracks such as "Bedtime Story," "Cutting the Rope," and "President's Speech"; the grim drama of "Blizzard" and "Superfreeze," and the bleak strings on "Because of You" set the tone for the film's music. Despite the score's powerful feel, its pieces are remarkably short, with few of them topping the three-and-a-half minute mark. Given the film's spectacular nature, Kloser could have tried to compete with the visuals and crafted an overblown score, but the conciseness of his music gives the film a little more balance. The score's closing pieces, "The Human Spirit" and "Burning Books," border on the melodramatic, but most of The Day After Tomorrow is an effective counterpoint to the movie's action. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
Day After Tomorrow
05/18/2004 | Varese Sarabande
All Music Guide Review
Day After Tomorrow Track Listing
Credits of Day After Tomorrow
- Paul Cohen
- Cello
- Larry Mah
- Digital Recording
- Michael Markman
- Violin
- Andy Martin
- Trombone
- Don McGinnis
- Copyist
- Joe Meyer
- Horn
- Jayme Miller
- Violin
- John Mitchell J.
- Bassoon, Principal
- Bruce Morgenthaler
- Bass
- Gregg Nestor
- Copyist
- Maria Newman
- Viola
- Helen Nightengale
- Violin
- Brian O'Connor
- Horn
- Robin Olson
- Violin
- Simon Oswell
- Viola
- Bob Payne
- Trombone, Copyist
- Bryan Pezzone
- Piano
- Katia Popov
- Violin
- Barbara Porter
- Violin
- Karie Prescott
- Viola
- Tom Ranier
- Piano
- John Rodd
- Recording
- Geri Rotella
- Flute
- Bob Sanders
- Trombone (Bass)
- Haim Shtrum
- Violin
- Amy Shulman
- Harp
- Kurt Snyder
- Horn
- Armin Steiner
- Engineer, Mixing
- David Stenske
- Viola
- Joe Stone
- Oboe
- Bill Talbott
- Engineer
- Jim Thatcher
- Horn, Principal
- Joel Timm
- Oboe
- Robert Townson
- Executive Producer
- Dennis Trembly
- Bass
- Cecilia Tsan
- Cello
- John VanHouten
- Tuba
- Josephina Vergara
- Violin
- Miwako Watanabe
- Violin
- Roger Wilkie
- Violin
- Evan Wilson
- Viola, Principal
- Margaret Wooten
- Violin
- Phil Yao
- Horn
- Gayle Levant
- Harp
- John Scanlon
- Viola
- Dave Stone
- Bass
- Karen Elaine Bakunin
- Viola
- Daniel Kelley
- Horn
- Jon Lewis
- Trumpet, Principal
- Bob O'Donnell, Jr.
- Trumpet
- David Riddles
- Bassoon
- Andrew Shulman
- Cello, Principal
- Barry Socher
- Violin
- Catherine del Russo
- Oboe, Principal
- Drew Dembowski
- Bass
- Tom Raney
- Tympani (Timpani)
- Tom Steel
- Stage Manager
- Suzie Katayama
- Cello
- Mark Baranov
- Violin
- Pip Clarke-Ling
- Violin
- Mario de Leon
- Violin
- Tommy Johnson
- Tuba
- Frank Bennett
- Orchestration
- Don Nemitz
- Orchestration
- Wayne Bergeron
- Trumpet
- Patrick Russ
- Orchestration
- Charlie Davis
- Trumpet
- Norm Hughes
- Violin
- Natalie Leggett
- Violin
- Carolyn Osborn
- Violin
- Gary Bovyer
- Clarinet, Principal
- Tamara L. Hatwan
- Violin
- Ron Hess
- Copyist
- Michael Knobloch
- Music Supervisor
- Timothy Landauer
- Cello
- Vicki Miskolczy
- Viola
- Andrew Picken
- Viola
- Rafael Rishik
- Violin
- Thomas Schobel
- Sequencing Programmer
- Bing Wang
- Violin
- Jennie Hansen
- Viola
- Dino Hermann
- Technician
- Jon Kull
- Orchestration
- Dan Blessinger
- Percussion Engineer
- Curt Berg
- Copyist
- Sara Parkins
- Violin
- Agnes Gottschewski
- Violin
- Al Hershberger
- Violin
- Alexander Isles
- Trombone, Principal
- Audrey DeRoche
- Supervising Copyist
- Milton Nelson
- Transcription
- Phillipe Levy
- Violin
- John A. Reynolds
- Horn
- Paul Klintworth
- Horn
- Julian Hallmark
- Violin
- Tiffiany Yi Hu
- Violin
- Roberto Cani
- Violin
- Nathan Campbell
- Horn
- Jennifer Munday
- Violin
- Rose Corrigan
- Bassoon
- Olivia Tsui
- Violin
- Michael Valerio
- Bass
- Timothy Eckert
- Bass
- Patricia Sullivan Fourstar
- Mastering
- Trevor Handy
- Cello
- Blake Neely
- Conductor
- Kathleen Robertson
- Violin
- Karen Van Sant
- Viola
- Sarah Thornblade
- Violin
- Pat Johnson
- Violin
- Bob Becker
- Viola
- Benoit Grey
- Orchestration, Copyist, Transcription
- Ross De Roche
- Tuba, Orchestra Contractor, Copyist
- Bradley Kintscher
- Horn
- Aimee Kreston
- Violin
- Damon Tedesco
- Stage Manager
- Gregory Goodall
- Percussion
- David F. Walther
- Viola
- Larry Hall
- Trumpet
- Junko Tamura
- Copyist
- Paul Henning
- Transcription
- Becky Bunnell
- Violin
- Warren Sherk
- Transcription
- Ceiri Torjussen
- Orchestration
- Emanuele Arnone
- Music Editor
- Belinda Broughton
- Violin, Concert Master
- Heather Calrk
- Flute, Principal
- Carmel Echols
- Vocals
- Roland Emmerich
- Executive Producer
- Mike Grego
- Clarinet, Principal
- James Honeyman
- Transcription
- Cheryl Kohfeld
- Viola
- Steve Richards
- Cello
- Doug Davis
- Cello
- Rick Todd
- Horn, Principal
- Jim Walker
- Flute, Principal
- Sid Page
- Violin, Concert Master
- Elizabeth Wilson
- Violin, Viola
- Jim Atkinson
- Horn, Principal
- Phil Ayling
- Oboe, Principal
- Rick Baptist
- Trumpet
- Steve Becknell
- Horn
- Chuck Berghofer
- Bass
- Charlie Bisharat
- Violin
- Charles Boito
- Clarinet
- Bill Booth
- Trombone, Principal
- Bill Boston
- Orchestration
- Robert Brousseau
- Violin
- Denyse Buffum
- Viola
- Darius Campo
- Violin, Principal
- Larry Corbett
- Cello
- Wade Culbreath
- Percussion, Principal
- Franklyn d'Antonio
- Violin
- Brian Dembow
- Viola
- Joel Derouin
- Violin
- Assa Drori
- Violin
- David Duke
- Horn
- Erika Duke-Kirkpartick
- Cello
- Steve Edelman
- Bass
- Bill Edwards
- Copyist
- Arni Egilsson
- Bass, Principal
- Tim Emmons
- Bass
- Mike Englander
- Percussion
- Jim Ercole
- Clarinet
- Christine Ermacoff
- Cello
- Alan Estes
- Percussion
- Kirstin Fife
- Violin
- Stefanie Fife
- Cello
- Armen Garabedian
- Violin
- Berj Garabedian
- Violin
- Pamela Goldsmith
- Viola
- M.B. Gordy
- Percussion
- Gary Gray
- Clarinet, Principal
- Dan Greco
- Percussion
- Susan Greenberg
- Flute
- Clayton Haslop
- Violin
- Todd Hemmenway
- Cello
- Paula Hochhalter
- Cello
- Carrie Holzman-Little
- Viola
- Alan Kaplan
- Trombone, Principal
- Dennis Karmazyn
- Cello
- Peter Kent
- Violin
- Larry Kenton
- Orchestration
- Brian Kilgore
- Percussion
- Miran Kojian
- Violin
- Armen Ksadjikian
- Cello
- Connie Kupka
- Violin
- Janet Lakatos
- Viola
- Dimitrie Leivici
- Violin
- Warren Luening
- Trumpet, Principal
- Robert Kraft
- Executive in Charge of Music
- Steve Kujala
- Flute











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