Seven (soundtrack)

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Se7en (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack for the 1995 film Seven. It was released on September 26, 1995, by TVT Records on CD and cassette. The collection features songs by Marvin Gaye, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, and The Statler Brothers, along with two instrumental cues from Howard Shore’s score. It excludes Coil and Danny Hyde’s remix of Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” (used as a replacement for Shore’s opening theme) and David Bowie’s “The Hearts Filthy Lesson” heard in the opening and end credits.

Howard Shore recorded the film score with more than 100 musicians at Abbey Road Studios in London. The score was not officially released at first, and a bootleg circulated after the film’s release. In 2016, Howe Records released the complete score in a collector’s edition (volume seven). WaterTower Music also issued an archive edition in October.

The album includes 15 tracks from Shore’s score and runs about an hour. Reception was mixed: Filmtracks.com described the score as demanding and not easy listening, while Deseret News called it an eclectic, eerie but listenable mix and gave it 3 out of 5. Shore was named a runner-up by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association in 1995 and received a nomination for Best Soundtrack at the 1996 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.