Milan Records announced Friday June 19, 2025 the digital release of the original score toSpike Jonze’s 2013 sci-fi romanceHer. Composed byArcade FireandOwen Pallett, this marks the first time the Oscar-nominated score has been available digitally, nearly eight years after the film’s release.
HerfollowsJoaquin Phoenixas Theodore Twombly, a lonely writer who falls in love with an A.I. voiced byScarlett Johansson. It’s a beautiful, but often austere film, perfectly matched by the lush, hypnotic sound Arcade Fire is known for. Pallett has been a longtime collaborator with Arcade Fire, most notably on their Grammy-award-winning albumThe Suburbs.
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While the film blends its sci-fi and romance elements seamlessly, finding that balance in the score proved a bit more elusive. “It seemed as if the soundtrack had originally planned to connect with the sci-fi aspects of the story,” said Pallett, “but Spike was urging a shift toward the score emphasizing the romantic element.”
“There is a mysterious alchemy in the way sound and picture work together, notes and moods shifting and reacting to one another like a kaleidoscope,” added Arcade Fire’sWin Butler. “And even in the absence of visuals, the emotional landscape still remains. We hope you have a moment of stillness to get lost in the music as we did writing and recording it.”
The score was released on vinyl in February, though supplies quickly sold out, leading to a second pressing, and launching it to the top spot on Amazon’s Best Sellers in CDs & Vinyl List. The album is also available as a limited edition cassette tape exclusively at Urban Outfitters.
The score forHerisavailable digitally here. Check out the cover art and complete tracklist below.
1. Sleepwalker
2. Milk & Honey #1
3. Loneliness #3 (Night Talking)
4. Divorce Papers
5. Morning Talk / Supersymmetry
6. Some Other Place
Song on the Beach
Loneliness #4 (Other People’s Letters)
