Home (score)

== Reception ==

== Reception ==

James Southall of ''Movie Wave'' wrote "You’ll know not to expect too much of Home and it does its job just fine, a cheap and cheerful piece of pure entertainment that maintains attention throughout and (unlike most similar efforts) sticks in the head, albeit only because of its main theme’s similarity to something else.  There are far, far worse ways of spending 40 minutes."{{Cite web |last=Southall |first=James |date=2015-04-21 |title=Home soundtrack review {{!}} Lorne Balfe |url=https://www.movie-wave.net/home/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916040244/https://www.movie-wave.net/home/ |archive-date=2015-09-16 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Movie Wave |language=en-GB}} ''[[Filmtracks]]'' wrote "Overall, few could have expected such an intelligent and entertaining score to result from Balfe for ''Home''. It's among the more brilliantly conceived and executed children's scores of its generation, utilizing the songs and its own themes with extraordinary appeal. The recording sounds fantastic as well, begging for a lossless appreciation that is truly required in this case given the scope and ambience of the work."{{Cite web |date=2021-12-17 |title=Home (Lorne Balfe/Various) |url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/home.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251231110610/https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/home.html |archive-date=2025-12-31 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=[[Filmtracks]] |language=en}}

James Southall of ''Movie Wave'' wrote "You'll know not to expect too much of ''Home'' and it does its job just fine, a cheap and cheerful piece of pure entertainment that maintains attention throughout and (unlike most similar efforts) sticks in the head, albeit only because of its main theme's similarity to something else. There are far, far worse ways of spending 40 minutes."{{Cite web |last=Southall |first=James |date=2015-04-21 |title=Home soundtrack review {{!}} Lorne Balfe |url=https://www.movie-wave.net/home/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916040244/https://www.movie-wave.net/home/ |archive-date=2015-09-16 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Movie Wave |language=en-GB}} ''[[Filmtracks]]'' wrote "Overall, few could have expected such an intelligent and entertaining score to result from Balfe for ''Home''. It's among the more brilliantly conceived and executed children's scores of its generation, utilizing the songs and its own themes with extraordinary appeal. The recording sounds fantastic as well, begging for a lossless appreciation that is truly required in this case given the scope and ambience of the work."{{Cite web |date=2021-12-17 |title=Home (Lorne Balfe/Various) |url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/home.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251231110610/https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/home.html |archive-date=2025-12-31 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=[[Filmtracks]] |language=en}}

TFG1Mike of ''Geek Cast Radio'' wrote "Home is a wonderful animated film for 2015, and Lorne Balfe along with Stargate compose the music so well. This score is by far one of my favorites of the year."{{Cite web |last=TFG1Mike |date=2015-10-05 |title=Review of Home Original Motion Picture Score |url=https://geekcastradio.com/cartoons/review-of-home-original-motion-picture-score/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825064035/https://geekcastradio.com/cartoons/review-of-home-original-motion-picture-score/ |archive-date=2019-08-25 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=The GeekCast Radio Network |language=en-US}} Peter Debruge of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the score "inspirational".{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=2015-03-08 |title=Film Review: ‘Home’ |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-home-1201448174/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401185949/https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-home-1201448174/ |archive-date=2015-04-01 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}} Virginia Kublawi of ''Geeks + Gamers'' wrote "The film's original music by Lorne Balfe and Stargate is a mixed bag. There are some decent score pieces here, though the occasional humming of the five-note sequence from Close Encounters of the Third Kind was distracting. I don't understand why this reference was made."{{Cite web |last=Kublawi |first=Virginia |date=2021-10-11 |title=REVIEW: Home (2015) |url=https://geeksandgamers.com/review-home-2015/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011101947/https://geeksandgamers.com/review-home-2015/ |archive-date=2021-10-11 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Geeks + Gamers |language=en-US}}

TFG1Mike of ''Geek Cast Radio'' wrote "''Home'' is a wonderful animated film for 2015, and Lorne Balfe along with Stargate compose the music so well. This score is by far one of my favorites of the year."{{Cite web |last=TFG1Mike |date=2015-10-05 |title=Review of Home Original Motion Picture Score |url=https://geekcastradio.com/cartoons/review-of-home-original-motion-picture-score/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825064035/https://geekcastradio.com/cartoons/review-of-home-original-motion-picture-score/ |archive-date=2019-08-25 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=The GeekCast Radio Network |language=en-US}} Peter Debruge of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the score "inspirational".{{Cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=2015-03-08 |title=Film Review: ‘Home’ |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-home-1201448174/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401185949/https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-home-1201448174/ |archive-date=2015-04-01 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}} Virginia Kublawi of ''Geeks + Gamers'' wrote "The film's original music by Lorne Balfe and Stargate is a mixed bag. There are some decent score pieces here, though the occasional humming of the five-note sequence from ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' was distracting. I don't understand why this reference was made."{{Cite web |last=Kublawi |first=Virginia |date=2021-10-11 |title=REVIEW: Home (2015) |url=https://geeksandgamers.com/review-home-2015/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011101947/https://geeksandgamers.com/review-home-2015/ |archive-date=2021-10-11 |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Geeks + Gamers |language=en-US}}

== Track listing ==

== Track listing ==