
As a result he referred Verbinski to Klaus Badelt, a relatively new composer who had been a part of Remote Control Productions (known as Media Ventures at the time) for three years. Zimmer declined to do the bulk of the composing, as he was busy scoring The Last Samurai, a project during which he claimed he had promised not to take any other assignments. However, due to creative differences between the producer Jerry Bruckheimer and him, Silvestri left the project and Gore Verbinski asked Hans Zimmer, with whom he had worked on The Ring, to step in. This track is played at the beginning of the credits.Ĭomposer Alan Silvestri was originally hired to write the score for The Curse of the Black Pearl. This track is played in the final scenes of the film. The beginning of the track plays when the curse is lifted and the pirates are beaten, and the end plays during their underwater march. This track plays when the pirates attack the Dauntless. The very end plays when Will appears on The Black Pearl. This track is played during the climatic battle near the close of the film. This track plays during the climactic fight and when Jack kills Barbossa. This track plays when Will rescues Jack from being hanged. This track is played predominantly when Will and Jack commandeer the Interceptor. This track is played during the battle between The Black Pearl and the Interceptor. This track plays while Jack and Will are walking underwater with the boat, preparing to commandeer the Interceptor.


This track plays during Elizabeth's dinner with Barbossa, when she discovers the cursed pirates for the first time. This track plays during the fight between Will and Jack in the Blacksmith shop. This track plays after Jack saves Elizabeth and while he escapes the British. This track plays when Captain Jack Sparrow drifts into Port Royal in his sinking boat. This track is heard at the beginning of the film, when the young Elizabeth meets Will Turner.
