| # | title | sub- title | CD lo- ca- tion | music description | time sig- na- ture | where used in film | total length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Sparrow | Blarney | 0:00 | slow, comic, drunken, single cello, add incidental strings on 2nd verse, ends with horn staccato alternating with low horn staccato bass notes, fade at end | 3/4 | scenes where Jack is intentionally using long confusing sentences, and when verbally sparring with Elizabeth | 6:05 |
| . | " | Celtic | 1:38 | starts off with a few seconds of a single background fiddle note, cheerful, dance-like, single fiddle on main melody, add strings, add horns, has 2nd part with different chords, has 3rd verse (Modified from the CBP soundtrack, track #1, at 0:00, "Fog Bound," track #6, at 1:00, "Walk the Plank.") | 4/4 | asking for Jack's whereabouts in Tortuga, Jack running off from cannibals with a pole on his back, when Elizbeth gets a definite compass setting, end credits | " |
| . | " | . | 2:54 | transition between verses of "Jack Sparrow: Celtic", starts softly with low string melody, other strings playing triplets as background rhythm, ends in swelling horns | . | . | " |
| . | " | Celtic | 3:12 | contains a 1 b2 2 James Bond-like melody | 4/4 | . | " |
| . | " | . | 4:03 | patterned scale climb on strings, using triplets | . | . | " |
| . | " | Juggernaut | 4:15 | loud, dramatic, minor key, orchestral, sparse melody falling mostly on 1st downbeat, suspended chord, low sustained horn bass notes, add male choral backing, high violin pedal point triplets | 4/4 | . | " |
| " | " | Fast Blarney | 5:17 | basically = "Jack Sparrow: Blarney", but the melody notes are clustered, 2nd verse adds many strings, ends abruptly with the strings | 3/4 | . | " |
| 2 | The Kraken | Bass | 0:00 | very low-pitched repeating bass riff: 1 1 b3 1, 1 b7 6, 1 1 b3 1, 1 6 b7, very soft marching drums, add more low strings following the melody | 4/4 | . | 6:53 |
| " | " | Kashmir | 0:40 | like Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir", triplets of orchestral notes, loud, dramatic, faint background men's choral like "The Good, the Bad and The Ugly" | 6/4 | Kraken attack on Edinburgh Trader, end credits | " |
| " | " | Bass | 0:56 | short length, ends with bells | 4/4 | . | " |
| " | " | Tentacle | 1:17 | bells, organ, mysterious bass melody, minor key, suddenly jumping to loud orchestral sound, loud, melody starts off with quick 5 4 5 | 4/4 | Kraken attack on Edinburgh Trader, immediately after the huge tentacle comes down in slow motion, smashing the ship in two | " |
| " | " | Bass | 2:21 | starts with single bell that ended previous section | 4/4 | . | " |
| " | " | Kashmir | 2:29 | ends with march-like drums, only | 6/4 | . | " |
| " | " | Rock | 2:51 | starts with only drums, I bVII I bII I, distorted guitar, 1/2-step pull-off on horn blasts on 2nd verse, key change, horns sound vaguely like '60s "Batman" theme | 4/4 | Kraken attack on Edinburgh Trader, end credits | " |
| " | " | Synthesizer | 4:03 | string synthesizer, rockish | 4/4 | . | " |
| " | " | Quadruplets | 4:27 | 4-note low-pitched string transition | 8/4 | . | " |
| " | " | Kashmir | 4:55 | . | 6/4 | . | " |
| " | . | Rock | 5:10 | I bVII I bII I, 1/2-step trill on violins, then on horns with key change | 4/4 | . | " |
| " | " | Kashmir | 5:53 | . | 6/4 | . | " |
| " | " | Tentacle | 6:12 | . | 4/4 | . | " |
| 3 | Davy Jones | Locket | 0:00 | locket chimes only, minor key | 6/8 | locket atop Davy Jones' organ | 3:15 |
| . | " | Locket-and-Strings | 0:36 | add strings to locket chime part | 6/8 | . | " |
| . | " | Organ | 1:13 | pipe organ, accompanied throughout by pairs of identical bass notes | 6/8 | Davy Jones playing his pipe organ | " |
| . | " | Organ-and-Strings | 1:38 | change key, add strings to organ part, change key, add choral | 6/8 | crew heaving on deck of Flying Dutchman | " |
| . | " | Heartbeat | 2:23 | pairs of drum thumps and sustained violins in background, fading horns | 6/8 | end credits | " |
| . | " | Locket-with-Sustain | 2:36 | basically = "Davy Jones: Locket-and-Strings" but with violin sustaining a single note instead of playing the melody | 6/8 | . | " |
| 4 | I've Got My Eye On You | Dirge | 0:00 | tolling bell, low repeating bass note, scratching violins on a single high note in background, mysterious, sombre, low horn melody, primitive beat like intro to Extreme's "Decadence Dance", male vocal background, dirge-like, pairs of drum thumps | 4/4 | Turkish prison bridge scenes, coffins thrown into the ocean at night | 2:25 |
| . | " | Triumphant | 1:29 | march-like drums, horns, minor key (Modified from the CBP soundtrack, track #2, at 0:16, "The Medallion Calls.") | 6/8 | Jack emerging from coffin, rowing | " |
| . | " | Blarney | 2:05 | basically = "Jack Sparrow: Blarney", accompanied by a plucked string instrument, short length of this part, ends on a single drum beat | 3/4 | . | " |
| 5 | Dinner Is Served | Pelegostos | 0:00 | native drums, female choral background, orchestral strings and horns, minor key | 4/4 | aerial scene on cannibal island, approaching hilltop throne area | 1:29 |
| . | " | Swinging | 0:52 | waltz, strings, calliope-like, comedy | 6/8 | swinging cages | " |
| 6 | Tia Dalma | Pantano | 0:00 | drum beat intro, male choral, 1 2 b3, 1 2 b7, 1 2 b3 4 b3 2 4, trail off with same melody on low-pitched strings, high sustained violin (Modified from the CBP soundtrack, track #1, at 1:04, "Fog Bound," track #5, at 2:47, "Swords Crossed.") | 4/4 | aerial view of longboats at the mouth of the Pantano River | 3:57 |
| " | . | Bayou | 0:54 | slow, paired bass notes dropping 1 octave between 1st and 2nd notes, female background singers, wood percussion strikes on every downbeat | 4/4 | longboats through the bayou at night, fireflies | " |
| . | " | Chimes | 1:35 | start with key change and single violin, slow, sad strings, chimes, minor key, metallic buzz, choral ooh's, tremolo picked string instrument, glissando notes on violin 1/2-step downwards | 4/4 | Tia telling about Davy Jones and his heartbreak | " |
| . | " | Destiny | 3:19 | starts with light drum beat on brushes, single bass note duo, short part, female vocal background, all notes in octaves | 4/4 | . | " |
| 7 | Two Hornpipes (Tortuga) | . | . | happy fiddle, strummed guitar, starts on alternating I & IV chords, mandolin, uses only {I, IV, V} chords, add strings | 4/4 | Tortuga tavern band, same song before and after tavern brawl | 1:14 |
| 8 | A Family Affair | . | 0:00 | buzzy distorted sustained bass notes in beginning, slow, sad, low-pitched string melody | . | Will and Bootstrap aboard the Flying Dutchman | 3:34 |
| " | " | . | 0:30 | brief low melody from "Davy Jones", paired cello notes in background | 4/4 | . | " |
| " | " | . | 0:44 | speed increases, scale-like melody with all repeated melody notes, male choral, 1 1 2 2 b3 b3 2 2, 1 1 2 2 b3 b3 6 6 4 4 2 2, moves into loud dramatic strings, ends in two repeated back-and-forth violin notes like "Bond Below Disco Volante" (from "Thunderball") | 13/4 | . | " |
| " | " | . | 1:52 | slow, sad melody on violin, string background, faint ooh's in background | 4/4 | . | " |
| " | " | . | 2:17 | starts with thumped typani, low cello melody, 1 2 b3 2 b3 2, 1 2 b3 6 4 2, brief "Davy Jones" theme on mid-pitched violin | 4/4 | . | " |
| " | " | Locket-and-Strings | 2:54 | locket chimes and strings, like "Davy Jones: Locket-and-Strings" but male vocals on melody, ends with off-key note gently asserting itself, but doesn't slow at end | 6/8 | . | " |
| 9 | Wheel Of Fortune | Virginian | 0:00 | low pedal point on string, clicking background percussion, drums, ascending strings, like intro to "The Virginian" (TV) (Modified from the CBP soundtrack, track #10, at 0:00, "To The Pirates' Cave!") | 6/8 | fights | 6:45 |
| . | " | Leading | 0:26 | fast, drums, melody on horns, strings, violins, minor key, main melody notes fall on beats #1: 1... b3... 2... 4... 5 b6 7..., with the last unresolved leading note sustained 2 bars | 4/4 | fight scenes | " |
| . | " | Shifting | 0:38 | omit violins, only mid-pitched strings, drums, minor key, main melody notes fall on beats #1 and #3, main melody notes start 1 b3 1 b3 1 b3 #4, many key shifts, men's choral background | 4/4 | fight scenes | " |
| . | " | . | . | transition part | 4/4 | . | " |
| . | " | Waterwheel | 1:06 | action music, horns, minor key, catchy and melodic primary melody, sparse melody landing mostly on beats #1 & #3, raise key, this part ends in silence, followed by sustained violin transition, has bridge, ends in silence | 4/4 | fight scenes | " |
| . | " | Decapitation | 2:02 | starts in silence, much quieter and slower than before, no drums, 1-note cello strokes alternate with 1-note violin strokes | 2/4 | Jack flings a coconut at Hadras' head, which decapitates Hadras | " |
| . | . | Aunido | 2:13 | clicking percussion, string bass melody during high sustained violin on a single note, ends in rumbling gong-like noise with single reverby flute note | 4/4 | Hadras' head giving directions to its body while the head is on the ground | " |
| . | " | Locket | 2:44 | basically = "Davy Jones: Locket", with low-volume mysterious string accompaniment, cymbal-like noise in background, short, dramatic string 5 4 5 fragment, ends abruptly with sustained dissonant chord on horns | 6/8 | . | " |
| . | " | Celtic | 3:14 | basically = "Jack Sparrow: Celtic", with more accompaniment and drums, strings, ends in horns | 4/4 | Jack putting the heart into the jar of dirt at the longboat on Isla Cruces | " |
| . | " | Juggernaut | 3:36 | basically = "Jack Sparrow: Juggernaut" | 4/4 | . | " |
| . | . | Fast Blarney | 4:10 | . | 3/4 | . | " |
| . | . | Ascent | 4:34 | ascending strings, long scale-based climb on violin | 4/4 | swordfight on Isla Cruces beach | " |
| . | " | Juggernaut | 5:16 | basically = "Jack Sparrow: Juggernaut", ends in silence | 4/4 | . | " |
| . | " | Escape | 5:52 | starts in silence, then rumbling typani, then sudden loud horn-and-string melody | 4/4 | the remaining Black Pearl crew escaping via longboat from Isla Cruces | " |
| . | " | Bass | 6:01 | basically = "The Kraken: Bass", but with repeated notes, bass rhythm not as regular, uses brushes on drums, ends abruptly | 4/4 | Hadras confronting Norrington while Norrington is escaping with the chest on Isla Cruces | " |
| " | " | Virginian2 | 6:15 | starts on flute, low pedal point strings, single mid-pitched repeated cello note throughout, pleasant strings, ends on unresolved chord | . | Hadras' hermit crab head crawling after his departing body and crew on Isla Cruces | " |
| 10 | You Look Good Jack | . | 0:00 | slow, mysterious, lush strings, brief Middle Eastern melody, first on flute, then violin, various wandering melodies on strings with lush orchestral string background | . | Jack meets Bootstrap | 5:34 |
| " | " | . | 1:16 | starts with low rumbling and low bass strings, brief slow Davy Jones theme on low strings, ends with strings played in octaves | . | . | . |
| " | " | . | 1:45 | airy flute sound, low bass strings with slowly repeating 1 b3 1 5 1 b3 1 b3 1 5 1 b3 1 5, mysterious flute, bell | 4/4 | . | . |
| " | " | . | 2:14 | starts with gong, drums, low-pitched string melody, increasing speed, rising volume, ending on rumbling tympani and mysterious flute, heartbeat | . | . | . |
| " | " | . | 3:16 | drums, fast, loud | 6/8 | . | . |
| " | " | . | 3:45 | electric guitar, rock-like, strummed dissonant distorted guitar chords, abrupt end | 4/4 | . | . |
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| " | " | . | 4:37 | buzzing vocals, eerie female vocals with much reverb, like "2001: A Space Odyssey" | . | . | . |
| " | " | . | 4:59 | heartbeat, very low bass riff as if starting "The Kraken: Bass", ends in dissonant string chord swelling in volume | . | . | . |
| 11 | Hello Beastie | . | 0:00 | starts off with low rumbling, slow, graceful, sad low-pitched strings and horns, then resolved suspended chord, ending in ascending major chords | . | . | 10:12 |
| . | " | . | 0:37 | female choral, rising in volume but soon ends with a sustained violin | . | . | " |
| . | " | . | 1:10 | slow, low-pitched, sad violin, male choral, some dissonant chords | 3/4 | . | " |
| . | " | . | . | female choral, rising in volume but diverted into other chords | . | . | " |
| . | . | Rising | 2:54 | female choral, steadily rising in volume on a single note without diversion, bass rises along, ends in silence | . | Jack freeing himself from the manacles on the mast, Kraken rising up behind him, ending in Kraken roaring at him, ending in silence | " |
| . | " | Sacrifice | 3:20 | starts from silence on low-pitched tympani, triplets, low horn melody, powerful strings and horns, increasing volume | . | Jack attacking Kraken | " |
| . | " | Beckett | 5:27 | fragment of "Lord Cutler Beckett" on guitar and horn, mid-pitched violin on same note, once per beat | 4/4 | . | " |
| . | " | . | 6:32 | slow, relatively quiet, scale-like melody, tremolo picking on string instrument | . | . | " |
| . | " | . | . | slow, soft strings, French horn towards end | . | . | " |
| . | " | Barbossa | 9:33 | drums, increase speed, pick string instrument 4 times per beat, like James Bond Theme melody 1 b2 2 (three times), add strings, slowly increase volume, quick ending with horns and strings playing melody of "Jack Sparrow: Celtic" | . | Barbossa's entrance | " |
| 12 | He's A Pirate - Tiësto Remix | . | . | spoken fragments, Jack quote "Where did you get that?", sound of drawn swords, Norrington quote "On your feet.", techno, synthesizer riff 1 2 b3, 1 2 b3, 1 2 b3 4 b3 2 | . | (nowhere) | 7:02 |
| 13 | He's A Pirate - Pete N' Red's Jolly Roger Radio Edit | . | . | available only from the Best Buy version of the CD | . | (nowhere) | . |
| 14 | He's A Pirate - Chris Joss Ship Ahoy Tribal Mix | . | . | available only from the Best Buy version of the CD | . | (nowhere) | . |
SoundtrackNet: Music by Hans Zimmer [7-29-06]
Detailed descriptions of the music on the album, track by track.
The score lengths shown on this link's webpage
tend to be 1-2 seconds longer than the lengths shown on this page.
The CD does not give score lengths, so probably all such lengths are determined by individual users.
SoundtrackNet: Trailers [7-30-06]
Music from the trailers, both the theatrical trailer and teaser trailer.
Best Buy [8-8-06]
Best Buy sells a special version of the CD with two extra tracks of remixes.
Created: July 22, 2006
Updated: April 19, 2007