Original soundtrack to Wes Anderson’s 2025 film ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, starring Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend and Hope Davis.The soundtrack blends Alexandre Desplat’s original score with a mix of classical and jazz recordings.Classical highlights include Stravinsky, Bach, and Beethoven, with a handful of Desplat’s compositions for the film referencing Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet ‘L’Oiseau de feu’ (‘The Firebird’).Jazz highlights include Gene Krupa’s ‘Drum Boogie’, Glenn Miller’s big band standard ‘A String of Pearls’ and ‘Mud Bug’ by the Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq Sextet, recorded specifically for the film.
Tracks:
1: Airplane Crash #1 - Various Performers2: Apollon Musagète: 'Apotheosis' - RCA Victor Orchestra3: A.Z.K. Land and Sea - Various Performers4: Palazzo Korda - Various Performers5: Piano Sonata No. 2 in a Op. 2 IV Rondo - Robert Corben6: Petrouchka, 1947 Version: 'Tableau 1, the Shrovetide Fair' - RCA Victor Orchestra7: The Gap Explodes - Various Performers8: The Trans-mountain Locomotive Tunnel - Various Performers9: Drum Boogie - Gene Krupa & His Orchestra10: Mud Bug - Fuasi Abdul-Khaliq Sextet11: The Jungle Unit of the Intercontinental Radical Freedom Militia Corps - Various Performers12: Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude (Chorale) - Munich Bach Choir & Münchener Bach-Orchester13: Hach Baregel - Ahuva Tsadok and Nachum Nardi14: Heaven #5 (Dost Thou Not Fear God) - Various Performers15: A String of Pearls - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra16: Pictures at an Exhibition: 'Promenade 1' - Berliner Philharmoniker17: L'oiseau De Feu (The Firebird) - Introduction/Le Jardin Echanté De Kachtchei/Disparition Du Palais Et Des Chevaliers Pétrifiés, Allégresse Générale - RCA Victor Orchestra