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{{Infobox album
| name         = Annabelle Comes Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| type         = soundtrack
| artist       = [[Joseph Bishara]]
| cover        = Annabelle Comes Home (soundtrack).jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = June 21, 2019
| recorded     = 2018–2019
| venue        = 
| studio       = {{Hlist|Eastwood Scoring Stage, [[Warner Bros. Studios Burbank|Warner Bros. Studios]], [[Burbank, California|Burbank]]|[[Capitol Studios]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]}}
| genre        = [[Film score]]
| length       = 53:25
| label        = [[WaterTower Music]]
| producer     = [[Joseph Bishara]]
| misc         = {{Extra chronology 
 | artist      = [[Joseph Bishara]]
 | type        = film
 | prev_title  = [[The Curse of La Llorona]]
 | prev_year   = 2019
 | title       = Annabelle Comes Home
 | year        = 2019
 | next_title  = [[Body Cam (film)|Body Cam]]
 | next_year   = 2020
}}
{{Extra chronology 
 | artist      = [[The Conjuring Universe|''The Conjuring'' Universe]]
 | type        = film
 | prev_title  = [[The Nun (soundtrack)|The Nun]]
 | prev_year   = 2018
 | title       = Annabelle Comes Home
 | year        = 2019
 | next_title  = [[The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (soundtrack)|The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It]]
 | next_year   = 2021
}}
}}
'''''Annabelle Comes Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)''''' is the [[film score]] to the 2019 film ''[[Annabelle Comes Home]]'' directed by [[Gary Dauberman]], a sequel to ''[[Annabelle: Creation]]'' (2017) and as the sixth installment in [[The Conjuring Universe|''The Conjuring'' shared universe]]. The film score is composed by [[Joseph Bishara]] and released through [[WaterTower Music]] on June 21, 2019.

== Development ==
Franchise veteran [[Joseph Bishara]] returned to compose for ''Annabelle Comes Home'' during early 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-27 |title=Joseph Bishara Scoring Gary Dauberman's 'Annabelle Comes Home' |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/03/27/joseph-bishara-scoring-gary-daubermans-annabelle-comes-home/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328110814/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/03/27/joseph-bishara-scoring-gary-daubermans-annabelle-comes-home/ |archive-date=2019-03-28 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> It was recorded at the Eastwood Scoring Stage in [[Warner Bros. Studios Burbank]] and [[Capitol Studios]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles]], performed by the [[Hollywood Studio Symphony]] orchestra. The album was released through [[WaterTower Music]] on June 21, 2019, five days prior to the film's release.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-21 |title=Annabelle Comes Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://www.watertower-music.com/release/annabelle-comes-home-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810234146/https://www.watertower-music.com/release/annabelle-comes-home-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/ |archive-date=2023-08-10 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website= |publisher=[[WaterTower Music]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Jonathan Barkan of ''[[Dread Central]]'' noted it as "yet another stellar Joseph Bishara score amplify every scene."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barkan |first=Jonathan |date=2019-06-24 |title=ANNABELLE COMES HOME Review - The Best CONJURING Spinoff So Far |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/296171/annabelle-comes-home-review-the-best-conjuring-spinoff-so-far/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913175423/https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/296171/annabelle-comes-home-review-the-best-conjuring-spinoff-so-far/ |archive-date=2024-09-13 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=[[Dread Central]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Justin Lowe of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' and Tim Grierson of ''[[Screen International]]'' described it as a "shiveringly shrill" and "slithering" score.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowe |first=Justin |date=2019-06-24 |title='Annabelle Comes Home': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/annabelle-comes-home-review-1220528/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008210545/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/annabelle-comes-home-review-1220528/ |archive-date=2021-10-08 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grierson |first=Tim |date=2019-06-25 |title='Annabelle Comes Home': Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/annabelle-comes-home-review/5140581.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019145343/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/annabelle-comes-home-review/5140581.article |archive-date=2019-10-19 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=[[Screen International]] |language=en}}</ref> Ben of Soundtrack Universe summarized "''Annabelle Comes Home'' is simply another effort in a line of scores that have become nearly interchangeable with one another in tone and style. If one enjoyed Bishara's prior work for the franchise, then ''Annabelle 3'' should satisfy."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-03 |title=Annabelle Comes Home (Capsule review) |url=https://soundtrack-universe.com/2019/07/annabelle-comes-home-capsule-review.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704112234/https://soundtrack-universe.com/2019/07/annabelle-comes-home-capsule-review.html |archive-date=2019-07-04 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Soundtrack Universe |language=en}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' described it as a "spine-chilling" score.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=2019-06-24 |title=Film Review: 'Annabelle Comes Home' |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/annabelle-comes-home-review-1203251355/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916084950/https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/annabelle-comes-home-review-1203251355/ |archive-date=2020-09-16 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| title1 = Doll Opening
| length1 = 0:48
| title2 = Cemetery Pulls
| length2 = 1:15
| title3 = It's The Doll
| length3 = 2:23
| title4 = Doll Container
| length4 = 2:52
| title5 = Annabelle Comes Home
| length5 = 0:43
| title6 = Cross Keepsake
| length6 = 0:56
| title7 = Priest Follows
| length7 = 0:53
| title8 = No Secrets 
| length8 = 1:12
| title9 = Locked Away
| length9 = 0:53
| title10 = Artifact Room
| length10 = 2:13
| title11 = Doll Drops
| length11 = 0:31
| title12 = Lost Somebody
| length12 = 0:40
| title13 = Life Somehow
| length13 = 1:25
| title14 = Led To Doll
| length14 = 0:54
| title15 = Miss Me 
| length15 = 1:06
| title16 = Sometimes See Things
| length16 = 2:08
| title17 = Feely Meely
| length17 = 2:01
| title18 = Gone Missing
| length18 = 1:12
| title19 = Bedtime Tale
| length19 = 0:40
| title20 = Artifact Leading
| length20 = 2:12
| title21 = You Did This
| length21 = 0:24
| title22 = Doll Slumber
| length22 = 1:22
| title23 = Cathode Force
| length23 = 2:55
| title24 = Drawn By Voices
| length24 = 1:37
| title25 = Coins Roll
| length25 = 1:28
| title26 = The Ferryman
| length26 = 0:44
| title27 = Color Wheel
| length27 = 1:38
| title28 = Wants A Soul
| length28 = 3:59
| title29 = Red Eyed Hunt
| length29 = 1:17
| title30 = Armor Tells
| length30 = 1:30
| title31 = Hauntings Compel 
| length31 = 1:39
| title32 = Locked Behind Glass
| length32 = 0:52
| title33 = Talk Somewhere Else
| length33 = 0:44
| title34 = Birthday Made
| length34 = 2:08
| title35 = Good Out There
| length35 = 2:30
| title36 = Wheel Traces Doll 
| length36 = 0:34
| total_length = 52:18
}}

== Personnel ==
Credits adapted from [[WaterTower Music]]:<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |last=Joseph Bishara |title=Annabelle Comes Home (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |author-link=Joseph Bishara |publisher=[[WaterTower Music]]}}</ref>{{div col}}
* Music written, composed, produced and conducted by – [[Joseph Bishara]]
* Performer – [[Hollywood Studio Symphony]]
* Orchestration – Dana Niu
* Contractor – Peter Rotter
* Concertmaster – Daphne Chen
* Recording – Chris Spilfogel, Fernando Morales Franchini
* Mixing – Chris Spilfogel
* Mastering – [[Dave Collins (audio engineer)|Dave Collins]]
* Score editor – Julie Pearce
* Pro-tools operator – Tom Hardisty
* Soundtrack coordinator – Jen O'Malley
* Copyist – Eric Stonerook
* Art direction – Sandeep Sriram
* Cello – Richard Dodd (principal), Alisha Bauer, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith
* Contrabass – Stephen Dress (principal), Ian Walker, Michael Valerio, Stephanie Payne, Thomas Harte
* Harp – Alison Bjorkedal (principal), Lara Somogyi
* Keyboards – Vicki Ray (principal), Robert Thies
* Percussion – Cory Hills (principal), Matthew Cook, Nicholas Terry
* Trombone – Alexander Iles (principal), William Reichenbach 
* Tuba – Doug Tornquist (principal), Gary Hickman
* Viola – Leah Katz (principal), Aaron Oltman, Alma Fernandez, Andrew Duckles, Carolyn Riley, Zach Dellinger, Lauren Baba
* Violin – Eric Gorfain (principal 2nd), Ana Landauer, Benjamin Powell, Benjamin Jacobson, Charlie Bisharat, Eliza Chorley, Helen Nightengale, Irina Voloshina, Katie Sloan, Lorenz Gamma, Luanne Homzy, Lucia Micarelli, Marisa Kuney, Maya Magub, Minyoung Chang, Natalie Leggett, Phillip Levy, Tamara Hatwan
{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Joseph Bishara}}
{{The Conjuring Universe}}


[[Category:2019 soundtrack albums]]
[[Category:The Conjuring Universe]]
[[Category:WaterTower Music soundtracks]]
[[Category:Horror film soundtracks]]
[[Category:2010s film soundtrack albums]]
[[Category:Joseph Bishara soundtracks]]

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