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{{Infobox album
| name         = Pinocchio (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
| type         = soundtrack
| cover        = Pinocchio - Alexandre Desplat.png
| alt          =
| artist       = Alexandre Desplat
| released     = {{Start date|2022|12|9}}
| recorded     = 2021–2022
| genre        = Film soundtrack
| length       = 84:31
| label        = Columbia
| producer     = Alexandre Desplat
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = Alexandre Desplat
 | type       = soundtrack
 | prev_title = The Lost King
 | prev_year  = 2022
 | title      = Pinocchio
 | year       = 2022
 | next_title = Barbie
 | next_year  = 2023
}}
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'''''Pinocchio (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)''''' is the soundtrack album to the 2022 [[Stop motion|stop-motion animated]] musical dark fantasy film of the same name. Based on the 1883 Italian novel ''[[Biology:The Adventures of Pinocchio|The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' by Carlo Collodi, and Gris Grimly's design from his 2002 edition of the novel, the film, directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, stars  Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, and Tilda Swinton. The score is composed by Alexandre Desplat in his second collaboration with del Toro after ''The Shape of Water'' (2017). The album featuring the original score and songs were set for release digitally on December 9, 2022 and in physical formats on December 16 by Columbia Records.

== Background ==
On August 23, 2012, Australian musician Nick Cave was reported to be involved in the project, but could not do so and the film went into [[Software:Development hell|development hell]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Radish |first=Christina |date=August 23, 2012 |title=Screenwriter/Composer Nick Cave Talks LAWLESS, Transitioning into Screenwriting, Guillermo del Toro's PINOCCHIO, THE THREEPENNY OPERA, and More |url=https://collider.com/nick-cave-lawless-pinocchio-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714000320/https://collider.com/nick-cave-lawless-pinocchio-interview/ |archive-date=July 14, 2020 |access-date=October 19, 2019 |website=Collider}}</ref> until [[Company:Netflix|Netflix]] brought the film rights and revived the project in October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=October 22, 2018 |title=Guillermo del Toro Directing 'Pinocchio' for Netflix |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/guillermo-del-toro-pinocchio-netflix-1202987621/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927104414/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/guillermo-del-toro-pinocchio-netflix-1202987621/ |archive-date=September 27, 2019 |access-date=October 19, 2019 |website=Variety}}</ref> On January 8, 2020, Alexandre Desplat was reported to compose the film score, thereby collaborating with del Toro, for the second time after ''The Shape of Water'' (2017).<ref name="Desplat">{{cite web |date=January 8, 2020 |title=Alexandre Desplat to Reteam with Guillermo del Toro on Netflix Animated Movie 'Pinocchio' |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/01/08/alexandre-desplat-to-reteam-with-guillermo-del-toro-on-netflix-animated-movie-pinocchio/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207041945/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/01/08/alexandre-desplat-to-reteam-with-guillermo-del-toro-on-netflix-animated-movie-pinocchio/ |archive-date=February 7, 2020 |access-date=January 8, 2020 |website=Film Music Reporter}}</ref>  While discussing the film's music in ''Deadline Hollywood''<nowiki/>'s ''Sound & Screen'' interview, Desplat said, "Like in ''The Shape of Water'', there are so many emotions. In both of these films, there are strong social and political content. In ''Pinocchio'', it's fascism with the movie being set in 1930s Italy. All of this together creates tension that the music can convey."<ref name=":0" />

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| quote = "I think the real key to it was always the emotion, trying to keep the vibrant heart of Pinocchio beating, and make sure that we always feel this innocence that he has. He doesn’t know anything about anything. But he believes in everything. He’s so open-minded. That’s the beautiful thing about Pinocchio."
| source = — Desplat, on the music of ''Pinocchio''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=2022-11-08 |title=How Alexandre Desplat Kept the “Vibrant Heart” and “Innocence” of ‘Pinocchio’ Alive With His Score |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/pinocchio-composer-alexandre-desplat-pinocchio-score-guillermo-del-toro-1235257439/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
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As with most of the projects, Desplat began scoring for the film after seeing the film's rough cut since he likes to see the images to see how the actors move and interact with one another.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=2022-11-11 |title=‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Composer Alexandre Desplat On Working With Director: “If I See That He Is Crying, I Have It Right” – Sound & Screen |url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/guillermo-del-toro-pinocchio-music-alexandre-desplat-interview-sound-and-stage-1235169736/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> The score for ''Pinocchio'' was created mostly using wooden instruments<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Ettenhofer |first=Valerie |date=2022-11-11 |title=The Score For Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio Was Performed With Only Wooden Instruments |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1098522/the-score-for-guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio-was-performed-with-only-wooden-instruments/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=/Film |language=en-US}}</ref> since Desplat likes "to find an ensemble of instruments that reflect the film or soul of the film" and the "softness" of the sound of wood. The sounds were implemented using assortment of woodwind, wooden percussions, strings, piano, harp, mandolin and guitar, and also an accordion made of wood.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Zee |first=Michaela |date=2022-11-11 |title=‘Pinocchio’: Alexandre Desplat on Songwriting With Guillermo del Toro and Using Only Wood Instruments (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/pinocchio-alexandre-desplat-guillermo-del-toro-wood-instruments-1235428361/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

Del Toro and Desplat made their maiden attempt in songwriting and composition,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Utichi |first=Joe |date=2022-10-11 |title=Guillermo Del Toro Enters Original Song Race With “Ciao Papa” From ‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio’ |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/guillermo-del-toro-original-song-ciao-papa-pinocchio-alexandre-desplat-mark-gustafson-1235140860/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> while Desplat's longtime friend and lyricist Roeban Katz had also contributed to the original songs. Desplat feels that working on original songs is "like a Lego game, as there is a big castle to build because there is this history of incredible songwriters before us for cinema and for animation — from the Sherman Brothers, Richard Rodgers to so many great songwriters.<ref name=":4" /> So you’re trying to have a conversation with the past, and at the same time, you try to play with this Lego castle that you have in front of you and build the most beautiful object that you can."<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> He compared the musical style of Pinocchio to that of Cole Porter and George Gershwin.<ref name=":3" /> The songs were interwoven into the film score, with new melodies being created. He added that "all the songs come back as instrumental motif through this score. They come back in many, many forms, different forms, shapes, tones, [tempo], and I think it gives the whole film continuity that would have been different if we would not have used the melody of the songs".<ref name=":1" /> The original songs were performed by the film's cast members, and all of them were recorded at various places.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lodderhose |first=Diana |date=2022-11-11 |title=Deadline’s Sound & Screen Film Underway Spotlighting Music From ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’, ‘Spirited’, ‘Nope’, Diane Warren & More |url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/2022-sound-and-screen-film-music-lineup-schedule-panelists-1235167772/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He added the songs are not lengthy, and it will not impact the film's storytelling.<ref name=":4" />

== Composition ==
Del Toro wrote the original song "Ciao Papa" which he described it as "the most moving song in the film, and the most important song. It talks about longing, it talks about the loss of a father, the loss of a son. It talks about the sort of wistful energy that, for me, is at the core of the tale of Pinocchio." Desplat added that the song was not interwoven into the score, hence it stands apart from the other musical numbers; he wanted to be a unique moment on the relationship between Pinocchio and Geppetto,<ref name=":3" /> and added "The combination of these two words — ‘Ciao,’ which is Italian, and ‘Papa,’ which works in any language — I felt that if the melody was as simple as these two words, it would be very easy to remember and to catch for anyone."<ref name=":2" />

On "The Pine Cone" melody, Desplat wanted to capture Geppetto’s grief in a pivotal moment, as he loses his child. Desplat set the theme "to be dramatic, and at the same time, extremely moving without being over the top or too romantic", adding that it is "difficult to find the music of grief".<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /> Desplat felt that Geppetto's son Carlo is the center of the film, in spite of his limited screen time, and that Pinocchio is the reincarnation of Carlo, adding, "It takes the whole film for Geppetto to admit that Pinocchio is his son replacing Carlo. That’s what Geppetto wants — he wants to find his little son again that he lost during the First World War." Hence for "Carlo's theme", he wanted to make the melody as similar to both characters, saying "It’s not only Carlo’s theme. It’s the theme of the little boy, of the lost soul — and of the hope that you have on your children to become one day, another person. As Pinocchio becomes Geppetto’s son, the theme takes over and becomes Pinocchio’s theme."<ref name=":2" />

== Promotion and release ==
The track "Ciao Papa" was released as the single from the album on November 18.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fuge |first=Jonathan |date=2022-11-18 |title=Pinocchio Sings 'Ciao Papa' in New Song from Guillermo del Toro's Stop-Motion Fairytale |url=https://movieweb.com/pinocchio-sings-ciao-papa-new-song-guillermo-del-toro-stop-motion-fairytale/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=MovieWeb |language=en-US}}</ref> The original soundtrack was announced by Columbia Records on the same date and is set for release digitally on December 9, followed by a physical release on December 16.

== Live performances ==
Desplat conducted the film's score at ''Netflix Playlist'', a showcase of music from film and television on November 7, 2022. Besides conducting the film's music, he also brought a young girl to perform "Ciao Papa" on stage. Steven Gizicki, the music supervisor of the film, had opined it as "one of Desplat's best scores".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reul |first=Katie |date=2022-11-08 |title=10 Biggest Takeaways From Netflix Playlist, a Film and Series Music Showcase |url=https://variety.com/2022/artisans/musicians/10-biggest-takeaways-from-netflix-playlist-film-and-series-music-showcase-1235426612/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2022-11-09 |title=Netflix Playlist Goes Live For First Time: ‘Glass Onion’ Johnson Cousins On Childhood Film Roots, Alexandre Desplat Conducts ‘Pinocchio’ & More |url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/netflix-playlist-glass-onion-rian-johnson-pinocchio-alexandre-desplat-1235167189/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> He also appeared at the ''Deadline Hollywood''<nowiki/>'s ''Sound & Screen'' conference and conducted the 60-piece orchestra at the live performance of the film score.<ref name=":0" />

== Track listing ==
All music is composed by Alexandre Desplat.
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| title1 = Better Tomorrows
| lyrics1 = Roeban Katz
| length1 = 4:16
| extra1 = Ewan McGregor
| title2 = Carlo's Theme
| length2 = 2:10
| extra2 = (score)
| title3 = My Son
| lyrics3 = Guillermo del Toro
| length3 = 2:48
| extra3 = David Bradley
| title4 = Going to Town
| length4 = 3:11
| extra4 = (score)
| title5 = The Pine Cone
| length5 = 2:07
| extra5 = (score)
| title6 = Sebastian J Cricket
| length6 = 3:38
| extra6 = (score)
| title7 = Geppetto’s Creature
| length7 = 4:48
| extra7 = (score)
| title8 = Everything Is New to Me
| lyrics8 = Katz, del Toro
| length8 = 2:19
| extra8 = {{hlist|Gregory Mann|Bradley}}
| title9 = The Circus
| length9 = 2:23
| extra9 = (score)
| title10 = Pinocchio
| length10 = 1:42
| extra10 = (score)
| title11 = We Were a King Once
| lyrics11 = Katz, del Toro
| length11 = 2:34
| extra11 = Christoph Waltz
| title12 = Spazzatura
| length12 = 2:56
| extra12 = (score)
| title13 = A Wooden Boy
| length13 = 2:21
| extra13 = (score)
| title14 = Memory of Carlo
| length14 = 1:57
| extra14 = (score)
| title15 = Friendship With Candlewick
| length15 = 1:25
| extra15 = (score)
| title16 = Ciao Papa
| length16 = 2:48
| lyrics16 = Katz, del Toro
| extra16 = Mann
| title17 = Resurrection
| length17 = 1:41
| extra17 = (score)
| title18 = Pinocchio Has Left
| length18 = 1:57
| extra18 = (score)
| title19 = Small Lies
| length19 = 0:49
| extra19 = (score)
| title20 = Fatherland March
| lyrics20 = Katz, del Toro, Patrick McHale
| length20 = 1:36
| extra20 = Mann
| total_length = 84:31
| title21 = In the Army
| extra21 = (score)
| length21 = 0:49
| title22 = Pinocchio Soldier
| extra22 = (score)
| length22 = 2:17
| title23 = Volpe’s Charm
| extra23 = (score)
| length23 = 1:37
| title24 = To Catania
| extra24 = (score)
| length24 = 1:41
| title25 = The Blue Fairy
| extra25 = (score)
| length25 = 2:31
| title26 = The Late Lamented
| lyrics26 = del Toro, McHale
| extra26 = Tim Blake Nelson
| length26 = 2:17
| title27 = The Sphinx
| extra27 = (score)
| length27 = 1:39
| title28 = Capice
| extra28 = (score)
| length28 = 1:59
| title29 = Pinocchio's Solitude
| extra29 = (score)
| length29 = 0:58
| title30 = Il Duce
| extra30 = (score)
| length30 = 1:03
| title31 = My Bubblegum
| lyrics31 = Katz, del Toro
| extra31 = Mann
| length31 = 1:44
| title32 = Paint Battle
| extra32 = (score)
| length32 = 2:37
| title33 = The Dogfish
| extra33 = (score)
| length33 = 0:46
| title34 = Shoot the Puppet
| extra34 = (score)
| length34 = 5:55
| title35 = The Mine
| extra35 = (score)
| length35 = 2:15
| title36 = Papa!
| extra36 = (score)
| length36 = 0:49
| title37 = Big Lies
| extra37 = (score)
| length37 = 2:19
| title38 = Saving Geppetto
| extra38 = (score)
| length38 = 1:14
| title39 = Pinocchio's Choice
| extra39 = (score)
| length39 = 1:37
| title40 = Big Baby II Duce March
| lyrics40 = Katz, del Toro, McHale
| extra40 = Mann
| length40 = 1:36
| title41 = Farewell to Geppetto
| extra41 = (score)
| length41 = 0:23
}}

== Reception ==
Mark Feeney of the ''Boston Globe'' wrote, "Alexandre Desplat’s score and songs — among other things, the movie’s sort of a musical — are a prime contributor to the sentimentality."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feeney |first=Mark |date=2022-11-16 |title=‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ comes with some strings attached - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/16/arts/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio-comes-with-some-strings-attached/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Robert Abele of the ''{{wipe|Los Angeles Times}}'' said, "The songs, though, by composer Alexandre Desplat and often sporting Del Toro’s own lyrics, benefit from being interludes of feeling instead of big showy numbers, particularly the nicely turned 'Ciao Papa'".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abele |first=Robert |date=2022-11-08 |title=Review: 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' entertains and disarms |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-11-08/review-guillermo-del-toro-pinocchio-netflix |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Patrick Gibbs of ''Slug Magazine'' called the score as "gorgeous and lively".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-16 |title=Film Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio |url=https://www.slugmag.com/arts/film-arts/film-reviews/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=Slug Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Fred Topel of ''United Press International'' wrote, "The all new songs by Alexandre Desplat sound like a child making up a song as he goes along, rather than Disney songwriters."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Movie review: 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' finds new heart, depth in classic |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2022/10/29/Guillermo-del-Toro-Pinocchio-review/4121667098260/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>

== Release history ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Release dates and formats for '''''Pinocchio (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)''''' 
! scope="col" |Region
! scope="col" |Date
! scope="col" |Format(s)
! scope="col" |Label
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Various
|December 9, 2022
|{{Hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Engineering:Streaming media|streaming]]}}
| rowspan="2" |Columbia
| rowspan="2" align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Soundtrack Album Details |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/11/17/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio-soundtrack-album-details/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|December 16, 2022
|[[Engineering:Compact disc|CD]]
|}

== Accolades ==
The song "Ciao Papa" for the film, is intended to be potential contender for Best Original Song category at the 95th Academy Awards, according to ''Billboard'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2022-11-18 |title=Could Taylor Swift & Doja Cat Earn Oscar Nominations in 2023? |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/oscars-2023-taylor-swift-doja-cat-nominees-predictions-1235172300/ |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> {{wipe|Los Angeles Times}} critic Michael Ordoña hinted the possiblities of the song being nominated in various ceremonies, including Academy Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-17 |title=Here's the best of the original song contenders in a curated Spotify playlist |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2022-11-17/oscars-original-song-contenders-playlist |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 95%;"
! scope="col" style="width:20%;" |Award
! scope="col" style="width:15%;" |Date of ceremony
! scope="col" style="width:25%;" |Category
! scope="col" style="width:35%;" |Recipient(s)
! scope="col" style="width:5%;" |Result
! scope="col" style="width:5%;" class="unsortable" |{{Ref heading}}
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Hollywood Music in Media Awards
| rowspan="2" |November 16, 2022
|Best Original Score in an Animated Film
|Alexandre Desplat
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=November 3, 2022 |title=Rihanna, Lady Gaga & More Nominated for 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Awards: Full List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-hollywood-music-in-media-awards-nominations-full-list-1235166027/ |accessdate=November 3, 2022 |website=Billboard}}</ref>
|-
|Best Original Song in an Animated Film
|Alexandre Desplat, Roeben Katz, and Guillermo del Toro ("Ciao Papa")
| {{won}}
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Pinocchio]]

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