Mank (Original Musical Score)

Mank (Original Musical Score)

Mank (Original Musical Score) was scored by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for David Fincher's film Mank. This is the fourth of several soundtracks that Reznor and Ross have worked on for Fincher. It was released digitally on December 4, 2020, and a special Bandcamp version included an additional 35 bonus tracks consisting of outtakes, demos and alternate versions. Per John Crawford on Echoing the Sound, it was confirmed that this score has the Null 13 release number.

A vinyl edition was originally announced for early 2021, but only a few promo copies in a special casebound folio were produced for awards season in March 2021. The retail vinyl album finally appeared at a few independent record stores in mid-December 2022, due to a distribution error, and had an official release on February 2, 2023. The three LP album comes in a hinged box with a foil-stamped canvas spine.

Tracklisting

Digital

1. "Welcome to Victorville" - 2:16
2. "Trapped!" - 1:17
3. "All This Time" - 2:02
4. "Enter Menace" - 0:49
5. "First Dictation" - 2:23
6. "A Fool's Paradise" - 1:34
7. "Once More Unto the Breach" - 2:06
8. "About Something" - 0:54
9. "Glendale Station" - 1:17
10. "What's at Stake?" - 0:54
11. "Every Thing You Do" - 3:01
12. "Cowboys and Indians" - 1:21
13. "Presumed Lost" - 1:09
14. "(If Only You Could) Save Me" - 3:19
15. "Means of Escape" - 0:49
16. "All This Time (A White Parasol)" - 0:34
17. "M.G.M." - 2:51
18. "A Respectable Bribe" - 1:04
19. "I, Governor of California" - 1:33
20. "A Leaden Silence" - 0:55
21. "San Simeon Waltz" - 4:55
22. "Time Running Out" - 0:44
23. "Mank-heim" - 1:25
24. "Lend Me a Buck?" - 1:21
25. "You Wanted to See Me?" - 1:04
26. "In Your Arms Again" - 3:19
27. "The Dark Night of the Soul" - 1:09
28. "Clouds Gather" - 0:13
29. "Way Back When" - 3:20
30. "An Idea Takes Hold" - 3:41
31. "Marion's Exit" - 3:18
32. "Absolution" - 1:06
33. "Scenes from Election Night" - 4:24
34. "Election Night-mare" - 1:32
35. "All This Time (Dance Interrupted)" - 1:01
36. "All This Time (Victorious)" - 1:13
37. "I'm Eve" - 0:33
38. "A Rare Bird" - 2:11
39. "Look at What We Did" - 2:31
40. "Menace Returns" - 0:33
41. "Forgive Me" - 2:16
42. "Final Regards" - 1:12
43. "Where Else Would I Be?" - 1:04
44. "The Organ Grinder" - 1:52
45. "All This Time (Not No More)" - 1:14
46. "Costume Party" - 1:10
47. "Dulcinea" - 0:38
48. "Shoot-out at the OK Corral" - 1:43
49. "The Organ Grinder's Monkey" - 2:25
50. "An Act of Purging Violence" - 0:38
51. "All This Time (Happily Ever After)" - 4:46
52. "A Rare Bird (Reprise)" - 2:26

Bandcamp Bonus Tracks

53. "Dark Corners" - 2:56
54. "Constellations" - 2:20
55. "Internal Logic" - 3:34
56. "Picture Frame" - 2:35
57. "An Idea Takes Hold" (demo) - 3:36
58. "Maybe Another Time" - 4:17
59. "Uncertainty Strikes" - 2:05
60. "Reasons to Continue" - 5:17
61. "The Organ Grinder's Monkey" (demo) - 5:41
62. "Look At What We Did" (demo) - 3:41
63. "M.G.M." (demo) - 2:55
64. "A Fool's Paradise" (demo) - 3:54
65. "How It Could Have Been v1" - 1:47
66. "Enter Menace (demo)" - 5:21
67. "Welcome to Victorville" (demo) - 1:57
68. "It Can Get Cold at Night" - 4:22
69. "Marion's Exit" (demo) - 3:47
70. "A Rare Bird" (demo) - 2:14
71. "What's at Stake" (demo) - 3:51
72. "You Can Count on Me" - 2:34
73. "A Respectable Bribe" (demo) - 2:23
74. "Way Back When" (demo) - 1:59
75. "Possibilities" - 2:31
76. "I Never Thought It Would Be You - 3:15
77. "Scenes From Election Night" (demo) - 3:31
78. "In Your Arms Again" (demo) - 1:07
79. "An Act of Purging Violence" (demo) - 2:22
80. "First Dictation" (demo) - 1:55
81. "Glassy Eyes" - 5:44
82. "Election Night-mare" (demo) - 3:10
83. "How It Could Have Been v2" - 1:51
84. "Shoot-out" (demo) - 4:05
85. "Glendale Station" (demo) - 4:39
86. "About Something" (demo) - 6:56
87. "All This Time" (piano demo) - 4:44

Vinyl

Promo vinyl box set

Retail vinyl box set

     A1  "Welcome to Victorville" - 2:16
     A2  "Trapped!" - 1:17
     A3  "All This Time" - 2:02
     A4  "Enter Menace" - 0:49
     A5  "First Dictation" - 2:23
     A6  "A Fool's Paradise" - 1:34
     A7  "Once More Unto the Breach" - 2:06
     A8  "About Something" - 0:54
     A9  "Glendale Station" - 1:17
     A10  "What's at Stake?" - 0:54
     A11  "Every Thing You Do" - 3:01

     B12  "Cowboys and Indians" - 1:21
     B13  "Presumed Lost" - 1:09
     B14  "(If Only You Could) Save Me" - 3:19
     B15  "Means of Escape" - 0:49
     B16  "All This Time (A White Parasol)" - 0:34
     B17  "M.G.M." - 2:51
     B18  "A Respectable Bribe" - 1:04
     B19  "I, Governor of California" - 1:33
     B20  "A Leaden Silence" - 0:55
     B21  "San Simeon Waltz" - 4:55
     B22  "Time Running Out" - 0:44

     C23  "Mank-heim" - 1:25
     C24  "Lend Me a Buck?" - 1:21
     C25  "You Wanted to See Me?" - 1:04
     C26  "In Your Arms Again" - 3:19
     C27  "The Dark Night of the Soul" - 1:09
     C28  "Clouds Gather" - 0:13
     C29  "Way Back When" - 3:20
     C30  "An Idea Takes Hold" - 3:41
     C31  "Marion's Exit" - 3:18
     C32  "Absolution" - 1:06

     D33  "Scenes from Election Night" - 4:24
     D34  "Election Night-mare" - 1:32
     D35  "All This Time (Dance Interrupted)" - 1:01
     D36  "All This Time (Victorious)" - 1:13
     D37  "I'm Eve" - 0:33
     D38  "A Rare Bird" - 2:11
     D39  "Look at What We Did" - 2:31
     D40  "Menace Returns" - 0:33
     D41  "Forgive Me" - 2:16
     D42  "Final Regards" - 1:12
     D43  "Where Else Would I Be?" - 1:04

     E44  "The Organ Grinder" - 1:52
     E45  "All This Time (Not No More)" - 1:14
     E46  "Costume Party" - 1:10
     E47  "Dulcinea" - 0:38
     E48  "Shoot-out at the OK Corral" - 1:43
     E49  "The Organ Grinder's Monkey" - 2:25
     E50  "An Act of Purging Violence" - 0:38
     E51  "All This Time (Happily Ever After)" - 4:46
     E52  "A Rare Bird (Reprise)" - 2:26

Samplers

For Your Consideration Sampler

For Your Consideration sampler

This CD sampler has the same tracklisting as the digital release, spread over two discs and splitting between "In Your Arms Again" and "The Dark Night of the Soul". A one-track Best Original Song sampler was also released for "(If Only You Could) Save Me".

Oscars For Your Consideration Sampler

Oscars For Your Consideration sampler

A separate For Your Consideration CD release was created for the Oscars campaign, which contained a different tracklisting from the retail release. This sampler was also posted for online streaming at the Netflix awards website.

Disc 1

1. "Opening" - 2:15
2. "Alcohol" - 0:13
3. "He Cut A Month + Hollywood and Vine" - 1:05
4. "Sara and Drunk Mank" - 2:01
5. "Car Wreck" - 0:48
6. "First Dictation" - 2:22
7. "Lederer Arrives" - 1:33
8. "Introduce Charlie to Selznick" - 2:05
9. "Writers' Pitch" - 0:54
10. "You Don't Know My Aunt" - 1:16
11. "Screaming" - 0:53
12. "Fuddy Duddy AKA Source on Set" - 1:14
13. "Cowboys and Indians" - 0:54
14. "Dinner Seating Arrangements" - 0:39
15. "Letter from the Lieutenant" - 1:09
16. "Seconal" - 0:49
17. "Ferry Memory" - 0:34
18. "Half the Wit" - 0:45
19. "Walk with Mayer" - 1:42
20. "Butt Scratch" - 0:24
21. "A Respectable Bribe" - 1:03
22. "Foot in Mouth" - 0:54
23. "Acceptance Waltz" - 4:55
24. "Notebooks and Bottles" - 0:44
25. "German for Blabbermouth" - 1:24
26. "Lend Me a Buck" - 1:20
27. "Mank to Thalberg's Office" - 1:03
28. "Mank's Taunt" - 0:11
29. "In Your Arms Again" - 1:33
30. "Agreed to No Screen Credits" - 1:09
31. "(If Only You Could) Save Me + Billboard" - 0:37 (misprinted as two separate tracks on the CD sleeve)
32. "Way Back When" - 0:25
33. "Poker Game" - 1:30
34. "Shelly's Reel Intro + Shelly's Reel" - 2:10
35. "Marion's Exit" - 3:04
36. "Absolution" - 1:06
37. "Election Night Opening + Election Night Upbeat Montage + Election Night Mank Speaks His Mind" - 4:15
38. "Election Night Nightmarish Montage" - 0:53 (misprinted as appearing on Disc 2 on the CD sleeve)

Disc 2

39. "Election Night Dance with Sara" - 1:01
40. "Election Night Victory" - 0:44
41. "I'm Eve" - 0:32
42. "Best Thing You've Ever Written" - 2:10
43. "Parkinson's" - 2:19
44. "Suicide" - 0:15
45. "Marion Arrives" - 0:33
46. "Reconcile" - 2:15
47. "Funeral Source + Handkerchief" - 1:26
48. "Welles Phone Call" - 1:04
49. "Costume Dinner" - 1:52
50. "Sara Speaks" - 1:20
51. "Fireplace" - 1:10
52. "Dulcinea" - 0:37
53. "Willie's Been Paying, Welles Arrives" - 1:42 ("Paying" misprinted as "Playing" on the CD sleeve)
54. "Organ Grinder's Monkey" - 2:24
55. "Welles Blowout" - 0:38
56. "All This Time" - 4:55
57. "New Perspective" - 2:26

Credits

• Project Coordination: Peter Rotter, Steve Barnett
• Orchestrations and Arrangements: Conrad Pope
• Big Band Arrangements: Dan Higgins
• Foxtrot Arrangements: Tim Gill
• Orchestration Realization: Bill Newlin
• Additional Orchestrations: Liz Finch, Larry Rench, Nan Schwartz
• Score Preparation: Edward Trybek, Henri Wilkinson, Jonathan Beard, Jordan Cox
• Orchestra Contractor: Peter Rotter
• Vocal Contractor: Jasper Randall
• Music Editor: Sally Boldt
• Scoring Editor: Jeff Gartenbaum

• Mixed by Alan Meyerson, Rich Breen, Atticus Ross, Scott Michael Smith
• Mix assistant: Eva Reistad
• Mastered by Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound NJ
• Engineering: Atticus Ross, Brendan Dekora, Tommy Simpson, Nick Chuba, Scott Michael Smith
• Assistant Engineer: Aldo Arechar

The Players: Adam Bravo, Alan Steinberger , Alexander Iles, Andrew Duckles, Anthony Parnther, Benjamin Devitt, Bruce Dukov, Charlie Bisharat, Chris Bleth, Daniel Higgins, Doug Tornquist, Dylan Hart, Gareth Price, Geri Rotella, Jacob Braun, Jason Fabus, Jon Lewis, Julie Burkert, Lara Wickes, Laura Brenes, Luanne Homzy, Marcia Dickstein, Maya Magub, Michael Valerio, Nicholas Schaadt, Peter Erskine, Robert Schaer, Scott Smith , Stephen Kujala, Steve Erdody, Steven Holtman, Stuart Clark, Thomas Hooten, Thomas Ranier, Timothy Gill, Trent Reznor, Wade Culbreath, William, Reichenbach, Zach Dellinger

(IF ONLY YOU COULD) SAVE ME: Features Adryon de León

Thank you: David Fincher, Kirk Baxter, Ren Klyce, Mariqueen Reznor and Claudia Sarne.

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Accolades

Award	Category	Result
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—Oscars	Best Original Score	Nominated
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs)	Original Score	Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Original Score	Nominated
Critics Choice Awards	Best Score	Nominated
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association	Best Score	Nominated
Hollywood Foreign Press Association—Golden Globes	Best Original Score	Nominated
Music City Film Critics' Association	Best Score	Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Original Score	Nominated
Satellite Awards	Best Original Score	Nominated
Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards	Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film	Nominated
Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards	Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media ("(If Only You Could) Save Me")	Nominated

External Links

• Mank on Netflix
• IMDb Page
• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross category at nincatalog.com
• Mank (Original Musical Score) at Amazon
• Mank (Original Musical Score) at eBay
• Mank (Original Musical Score) WITH EXTRAS at Bandcamp