Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced on 9 January 2012 that Thomas Newman , frequent collaborator of Skyfall director Sam Mendes , would score '' Skyfall '' . On describing how the job became his , Newman said , " I very shyly gave Mendes a call or emailed him and said , just so you know , I ’d be overjoyed to do it , but would never want to be presumptuous . He emailed me back , saying I was just about to call you , let ’s meet for lunch ! " Newman took over musical duties for the film from David Arnold who was busy directing the musical aspects of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic closing ceremonies . However , Arnold later commented that the reason behind the selection of Newman had been because of his past work with Mendes . Newman 's collaborator J. A. C. Redford did the orchestration
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Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack