The Lincoln Lawyer (soundtrack)

Two soundtracks were released for the 2013 American drama film The Lincoln Lawyer starring Matthew McConaughey and directed by Brad Furman. The first, The Lincoln Lawyer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), an album featured the original songs used in the film, were released on March 15, 2011. The second album, The Lincoln Lawyer (Original Motion Picture Score), featured an original score composed by Cliff Martinez, also released on the same date. Lakeshore Records distributed both the albums into digital and physical formats.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack to the film featured songs performed by Bobby Bland, Erick Sermon, Marvin Gaye, Kavinsky, The Miracles, Deadmau5, Kaskade, Marlena Shaw amongst others. According to McConaughey, "the soundtrack for Mick Haller was much different than any other soundtrack I've had, for any other character. That's always fun to go through". He complimented Furman's musical sense on selecting specific songs for the character who provided him 40 songs upon McConaughey's request which helped him with the pace, movement and approach.

The 2010 single "Nightcall" performed by French musician Kavinsky was also featured in the soundtrack of Drive, also composed by Martinez.

Score
Cliff Martinez composed the original score for The Lincoln Lawyer. He used a mixture of electronics without the use of synthesizers to provide an ambient score and used recordings of orchestral sounds that have been pitched and stretched beyond recognition to provide an organic score. Most of the orchestral recordings are pitched and detuned without using synthesizers. He further used percussion instrument to amplify the rhythmic and tonal characteristics of the ambient textures and soundscape. Martinez composed nearly 50 minutes of score for the film. The score was released through Lakeshore Records on March 8, 2011.