The Kraken Suite | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Original Soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer

The lap dog of Davy Jones, the Kraken is one of the most iconic parts of the Pirates franchise and for good reason. Alongside it's horrid visage and ruthlessness, Zimmer's theme for the dreaded beast is magnificent. Not only is it frantic and adrenaline pumping with the guitar, odd instrumentation, and chanting, but also the lower, deeper strings portraying the predator of the sea very well.
* = edited/rearranged
TRACKLIST:
0:00 You Look Good Jack
0:34 Row to Tia Dalma
0:55 Dutchman Arrival
2:44 Wheel of Fortune + Dutchman Arrival
2:59 Dutchman Arrival*
3:41 The Kraken
7:30 Kraken Second Attack + Kraken Second Attack (Alternate)
8:44 Kraken Second Attack
9:08 3-Way Sword Fight + The Kraken
9:20 The Kraken + You Look Good Jack
9:23 The Kraken
11:42 You Look Good Jack + The Kraken
11:46 Kraken Attaches to Black Pearl
11:59 Davy Jones Ship to Ship
12:09 Kraken Third Attack
13:37 The Kraken
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[@RexfromIslaNublar]

5:09 You hear the organs play, you know that you’re gonna die

[@thatrandombritishguy9155]

3:18 - 3:39 Davy: "You have a debt to pay. You've been captain of the Black Pearl for 13 years, THAT was our agreement." Jack: " Tecnicly I was captain for 2 years until I was viciously mutineed upon. " Davy: "Then you were a poor captain but a captain nonetheless. Have you not introduced yourself all these years as Captain Jack SPARRA!" Dutchman crew: [laughter] Jack: 😑

[@iconicnzz6414]

Obviously I think all of Zimmer's music for PotC is phenomenal, but any tracks relating to Davy Jones and the Kraken are particularly unique. He had this odd idea of mixing Jones' ethereal take on the sea with hard rock meets gothic choral music to essentially define Jones' niche in PotC. I can't wait for the Davy Jones suite, keep up the good work! (PS: Love the Watto LEGO Minifig, I'm a LEGO Lover too!)

[@phenometal2420]

Do not forget the Beckett's death piece of music! :)

[@Ginn31]

It's got symphonic metal vibes. I freaking love that genre. That's why I've always been drawn to Kraken's Theme.

[@karateka_95]

2:59 I really, really like how heavy this sounds and plays in tandem with Jones' footsteps as he boards the ship wreck. This motif that's often repeated sounds so merciless and intimidating and I think it conveys the beast's nature very well.

[@statera5854]

Agreed

[@legofan845]

Agree

[@MichaelTheRead]

The sheer _desperation_ and intensity at 12:46 is palpable. Every instrument is fighting to play as hard and loud as it can.

[@forceisstrong]

Star Wars may be my fav but when it comes to music . . . . .

[@xtreme412]

ikr!?

[@Captain_James_Matthew]

I met this terrifying creature once. The year was 1729, and me crew and I had just finished raiding a small village of the coast of Cuba. We were sailing towards Tortuga when we heard a tremendously loud sound, and then it appeared, right in front of our eyes: a giant, green-ish tentacle, rising with ferocious speed above our ship’s main mast. We all screamed in terror, knowing that we would most likely not survive this. Then the tentacle came crashing down on our ship, breaking the poop deck in two, and sending several of me men spiraling into the air. The rest of us ran, panicking. Some jumped overboard, others ran below decks, or tried to climb high into the rigging. Me, not wanting to desert me ship but knowing I had to get away from this wretched creature, flung myself onto a rope ladder and began climbing. And as I did, more and more tentacles rose up from the sea and plunged themselves into our ship, shaking the whole vessel violently. I lost my footing and fell from the rigging, only to find meself entangled in some ropes at the end of the ladder. Then it happened, I felt a tentacle grab onto me left leg. I reached frantically for the rigging, but it did no good. The tentacle pulled on me leg and I was ripped from the rigging, and went soaring through the air, straight towards the churning sea. But suddenly, the tentacle let go of me leg, leaving me to fall onto the almost destroyed deck. One of me crew members had managed to load a cannon and fire it at the creature, luckily hitting the tentacle that had grabbed me leg. The last thing I remember was falling towards the broken staircase, and falling into one of the cracks. I woke up the next morning floating on a piece of wood, the wreckage of me once magnificent ship nearby and no sign of me crew anywhere. 🏴‍☠️

[@Saulstraupol]

Heed me tale of a ship in the night with the storm in its sails

[@materfan08]

Haha nice

[@madsthomsen8106]

"Let no joyful voice be heard-ah! Let no man look up at the sky with hope! And let this day be _cursed_ by we who ready to wake... THE KRAKEN-AH!"

[@nicholasheredia4235]

“NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!”

[@MichaelTheRead]

Good job adding the "-ah's" at the end. 😁👌

[@madsthomsen8106]

@@MichaelTheRead Wouldn't feel Jones-y without them. 😉

[@helpme9746]

@@MichaelTheRead i read them as michael jackson high pitched ahs Lmao

[@barb7124]

Ee-you well watch thess

[@jaredbremer941]

2:59 is just so heavy, it’s so good

[@raptor_zero9429]

11:46 Badass underrated theme

[@Drake_4]

5:14 I love this so much. It honestly sounds like a victory song for The Kraken

[@pp4151]

Before you "accidentally hit the rif*, you'll also hear a Kraken whistle!(some strange frequency sound)

[@brainbomb.]

It be sounding like a pipe.

[@MichaelTheRead]

6:30 Those cellos go so...freaking...HARD. I LOVE IT! And the strings at 6:56 sound like a klaxon alarm.

[@Ginn31]

It literally represents the Kraken. Force of nature. We can only run or hide, the klaxons blaring away to warn us. Terrifying amazing.

[@rodgill9376]

At first, I thought it was guitars playing in this but its actually lower strings plugged into guitar amps. That's the reason why it had that kind of "heavy metal" or "hard rock" sounding vibe. I really like that attention to detail.

[@samogolobic6209]

Idk why am i so addicted to this music

[@samogolobic6209]

Yeah i agree

[@samogolobic6209]

Yep ur right its really addictive

[@samogolobic6209]

Ikr its sooo like good and coop vibe

[@statera5854]

I wish they didn't kill off the kraken, I hoped to see the black pearl take the kraken on again. Killing it this time

[@samogolobic6209]

I doubt any ship could kill the kraken. Not even the dauntless with its 112 guns

[@Multiversalwatcher]

Me personally: the kraken vs queen Ann’s revenge

[@Ginn31]

Kraken's theme got symphonic metal vibes. I love it.

[@thundersaAscam]

Bruh I wish the kraken had more screen time

[@AdamRee-lx8uh]

Does it matter? At least we get to see it in action and how it does.

[@novacisefitch7320]

@@AdamRee-lx8uh Yes for use who love monsters lol very much so

[@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u]

I like how they used it in the third movie

[@alexgomez6723]

@@user-dnf83n0s8sg9uAs a dead corpse?

[@GotaGB]

​@@user-dnf83n0s8sg9usay sike right now!

[@PrimalElf]

Perfect visual effects, Perfect presence and Perfect soundtrack. One of the greatest and most terrifying beasts in cinema history

[@matthewbuza3120]

The kraken theme music is as scary as the kraken itself

[@pale0_stuff]

Nothing to say exept, MASTERPIECE, just like 5:10 👏🏻👏🏻

[@myself8354]

Me on ark with my tuso. "Let no joyfully voice be heard! Let no survivor look to the sky with hope, and let this server be cursed! By we who ready to summon the TUSO!!!"

[@Katyusha3071]

Who here believes the legend is real because I do

[@paulandrieu673]

Giant Squid ? Yes. Kraken ? No.

[@zinogre6225]

@@paulandrieu673 I heard something recently about a submarine that had been attacked by something and they found sucker marks all over its hull that were far larger than any known squid (including giant and colossal) so honestly I wouldn’t doubt for a second that there could be a supermassive squid species living in deep water who only extremely rarely come to the surface and mistake a boat for a whale or some kind of prey. Over 70% of life in the ocean is undocumented if I remember correctly, especially stuff that lives down there in the domain of the Sperm Whale and the Giant/Colossal Squid. That being said, it ain’t looking anything like potc lol.

[@DietaryCandle]

⁠@@zinogre6225 doubt there could be suction marks all over the hull, a submarine is not meant to withstand much physical pressure. more likely just fake news to be honest

[@DeusVultCrusader]

@@zinogre6225 HOPEFULLY it doesn't look like the kraken in potc imagine being on your boat and this thing just come out of nowhere and eat your ship in like 15 seconds lmao

[@BloodySox_18]

My favorite parts Movie: 0:01 0:35 0:55 2:59 7:30 - 8:44 9:08 - 9:20 11:46 11:59 12:09 Soundtrack: 3:41 9:23 13:37

[@ma_ta9203]

13:42 🔥🔥

[@themayo3151]

Kraken is actually kind of terrifying if you think about it

[@Randomrainfrog]

You think? A massive squid capable of sinking ships with little effort? Terrifying? I never thought of that

[@weegee7676]

Nahhh man I got this friend called Todd that would beat him

[@gobeulinours7213]

Even if you don't think about

[@Hobo66.]

No, it's goofy

[@darkeye4368]

Only if you believe such things

[@MrSserpent]

Only it's not a guitar, some instruments like double-bass were just connected via guitar preamp I also love to imagine that Zimmer took some inspiration from the Jaws theme

[@misterintercourse5605]

This theme is so fucking cool man. Awesome suite.

[@RustyHorizon]

70th comment. Also, I’m gonna use this music to inspire my second book.

[@glicthmonkey0]

Jack sparrow our debt is settled

[@aresfalcon1011]

"A captain goes down with his ship"

[@ElDiarioDeKarlana]

@@aresfalcon1011 "Sparraaaaawwww!"

[@materfan08]

He escaped

[@ricardohidalgo4907]

DON'T MESS WITH THE KRAKEN

[@aram7619]

this is amazing. it deserves much more views

[@Wot_198]

KRAKEEEN!!!!!

[@sagaragola5414]

3:00 ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@zbielskythesurvivor]

"I am the Sea" - 13:40

[@Xgp_15A2]

I was sad this was missing the krakens 3rd attack

[@NathanRoberts-rv5zk]

What attack is that?

[@captainjacksparrowthehedge8186]

​@@NathanRoberts-rv5zkthe attack on the black pearl

[@captainjacksparrowthehedge8186]

You mean the theme from the Kraken's attack on the Pearl? It's here

[@soundtrackssuitesbybenjami8368]

Nice ......

[@WylRobins0n]

This is begging to be used in a D&D game.

[@spartanatreyu]

my thoughts exactly

[@MinersLoveGames]

Plan to spring this on my party when they do the Salvage Operation adventure from Ghosts Of Salt Marsh when the octopus attacks.

[@danielverdin3370]

Crawling apocalypse anyone

[@phoenixmurphy6606]

Absolutely, I’m doing a pirate Campaign specifically, and this is the theme for the main boss

[@JeanetteIronLady]

Literally Chills!!! 🥶😵

[@Monster88897]

My favorite parts: 0:01 0:35 0:55 2:59 3:41 9:23 13:37 7:30 8:44 9:08 11:42 11:46 11:59 12:11

[@Frandash380]

Kraken Robes this video

[@tigershark1313]

Listen to the kraken while playin AC IV sailing around end game taking and sinkin ships. Try it, you can fire the cannons to the music without even knowin it. Makes it feel even more awesome.

[@Guck_Dat]

Great Theme

[@abbyslittleshopofweirdness4453]

cool

[@octopus-klkert3959]

It’s so scary if you think about the sea ocean

[@xtreme412]

cool!

[@octopus-klkert3959]

And the kraken

[@NIGHTMARE14756]

"ITS THE FLYING DUTCHMAN"

[@killahalka]

13:40

[@dumbidiot4548]

13:40 is like water out of those paper cones

[@mcchicken4806]

KRAKENNNN!!!

[@suburban1]

[2:59] [13:37]

[@hamzaf3448]

I genuinely hate how the kraken wasn't in the third movie and was just dead

[@leo.choznacki8474]

Just imagine Luffy with Jack Sparrow against the kraken with this music

[@yurabuchkov8138]

Add captain assassins edvard from black flag and it's will be a absolute epic.

[@gr8m887]

The worlds still the same, mate. There's just... less of it.

[@DietaryCandle]

less in it*

[@Jess3674]

If D&D hadn't fucked up Game of Thrones, we coudl have had a hella cool scene with Euron Greyjoy trying to summon a Kraken with the use of blood magic, and this score would have been similar to the music they would have used for that.

[@bestoned1841]

Lori loud what’s the deal 2:56 2:58

[@OperationFoxley19441]

This is just Brilliant, when I think of the Kraken in this film I automatically think of a Karen and how this music relates to a Karen.

[@djamilaroumane3798]

🎉😮😅

[@GotaGB]

Karen the Kraken... You know, it's sounds like an interesting idea for a character.

[@eldonkeeper5961]

666

[@savagejourny]

Love this

[@dumbidiot4548]

no reason to go this fucking hard with 9:23