ORIGINAL MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE BY DAN ROMER & SAUL SIMON MACWILLIAMS ABOUT CHASING CORAL

From the Filmmakers Wake Up the World

“Over three and a half years, our Communities around the world are embracing It can be in your home, school, place of team set out on a mission to reveal the great transformation that Richard speaks worship or with a local community group, of by transitioning to clean energy and an important story hidden beneath wherever you feel you can bring new people reducing emissions. If we are going to give into the conversation about our changing the waves. We went to far-reaching coral reefs and other ecosystems a chance we planet. corners of the planet, working with need to make this transition unstoppable. divers, photographers, filmmakers and There is still time for coral reefs, but no time scientists, all to be able to document Whether you live near a coral reef or to waste. the impact that warming ocean waters thousands of miles from the sea, slowing the warming of our oceans begins with making Sign-up to host a screening and are having on the world’s coral reefs. changes on land. We all can play an important role in revealing this story by hosting a get resources to help speed The result: Chasing Coral — a story Chasing Coral screening. the great transformation at: sharing visual evidence of what is now ChasingCoral.com acknowledged as the largest global coral bleaching event in history. We hope this is both a celebration of our ocean’s beauty and an urgent wake- “This is inevitable, this great up call to citizens, scientists, businesses transformation, and that’s what and policymakers.” makes me so optimistic, is — all we gotta do is give it a bit of a shove.” - Jeff Orlowski & - Richard Vevers from Chasing Coral Larissa Rhodes “We hope this is both a celebration of our ocean’s beauty and an urgent wake-up call to citizens, scientists, businesses and policymakers. ” - Filmmakers of Chasing Coral

Image © The Ocean Agency / XL Catlin Seaview Survey / Richard Vevers TRACK LIST

Chasing Coral Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Dan Romer - Co-Composer Saul Simon MacWilliams - Co-Composer Adam Christgau - Percussion David Boman - Engineer Dan Romer - Mixing Stephen Marsh - Mastering

An Alien World All of It Gone Anatomy of a Coral Symbiosis Nothing to Do Now But Wait Out of Focus It’s All Alive Not Natural No Going Back The Hardest Dive Goodbye Lizard Island It’s Not Too Late The Last Reef Tell Me How Long performed by Kristen Bell

Image © Slow Life Promo THE SOUNDS OF CORAL REEFS

Image © Richard Vevers How do you give coral reefs a voice?

Before scoring the film, Chasing Coral’s These different elements and the co-composers’ composing duo Dan Romer and Saul Simon approach contribute to a hauntingly beautiful MacWilliams determined that audience and cohesive score. members should feel sonically connected to the oceanic atmosphere. “Tell Me How Long”, the end credit song, was written by Dan Romer and Teddy Geiger. Prior In an effort to replicate the sound of an to writing the song, Dan had a conversation underwater world, many of the instruments were with Chasing Coral’s director, Jeff Orlowski, who recorded through an underwater microphone in expressed the concept of the coral “screaming Saul’s hot tub. in color”. These words made their way into the song and help drive the message that coral Dan and Saul initially developed a unique sound depletion is a detrimental loss to the ocean’s library and then orchestrated and recorded the ecosystem. score with this palette of sounds. First, Saul and Dan recorded cellos, guitars, wine glasses, and various instruments in the studio.

Then they played back the recordings through an underwater speaker and re-recorded these sounds with the hydrophone. Other instruments, such as Saul’s voice, the guitar, and the percussive elements were recorded live in their To complete the track, studio. Kristen Bell lent her beautiful and powerful voice for the song, amplifying the film’s urgent message.

Image © Netflix / Chasing Coral / The Ocean Agency Tell Me How Long Performed by Kristen Bell Music and Lyrics by Dan Romer and Terry Geiger Produced by Dan Romer Additional Production by TELL ME HOW LONG Saul Simon MacWilliams and Mike Tuccillo

Jonathan Dinklage - Violin Adele Stein - Cello Kristen Bell - Vocals Mike Tuccillo - Keys Jeff Gomillian - Recording Engineer Giosuè Greco - Additional Engineer Andrew Maury - Mixer Joe Laporta - Mastering Engineer

Verse 1 Verse 2 Bridge

I was just born, I been crawling I’ve been trying, I’ve been trying to tell you I scream in color ’til I learned to walk what’s inside my soul Tell me can you hear me When I met you, I was so young, I’ve been dying, I’ve been dying through the waves I didn’t know it could fall apart but the ocean changes slow if we keep on waiting Tell me what do I do, and it’s hard to see Do we lose the things that now I see what we’ve done but I know that it’s true we can save? and I know that’s true I gotta be better, If we hold each other you gave me nothing but love. so much better to you. we don’t have to let it slip away

Chorus Chorus Chorus / Outro

Tell me how long, tell me how long Tell me how long, tell me how long Tell me how long, tell me how long ’til we see the pieces that’ll break ’til we see the pieces that’ll break ’til we see the pieces that’ll break Tell me how long, tell me how long, Tell me how long, tell me how long, Tell me how long, tell me how long, tell me how long will it take tell me how long will it take tell me how long will it take ’til we wake up, ’til we wake up ’til we wake up, ’til we wake up ’til we wake up, ’til we wake up Tell me how long, tell me how long Tell me how long, tell me how long Tell me how long, tell me how long ’til we wake up ’til we wake up ’til we wake up I know we’re going to wake up. “I feel a responsibility to care for the Earth in whatever way I can, and I was honored to lend my voice to the original song. As we strive to make a better world for our children, I hope this film will ignite real action in advancing climate solutions in our global communities.” – Kristen Bell

Image © Netflix / The Ocean Agency / Chasing Coral This film is dedicated to all the young people who can and will make a difference.

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