Editing City of Angels (film) (section)

===Music===
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The [[film score|score]] was composed by [[Gabriel Yared]], often using three notes to convey ascent. Pop [[synthesizer]]s, pianos and strings were used for the three-note compositions where the angels observe Los Angeles, where the child in the prologue dies and where Seth experiences Maggie's despair, respectively.{{sfn|Laing|2007|pp=35-36}} Yared also employed violins and celli, sometimes using one to accompany a line of [[voice-over]] dialogue and another for follow-up dialogue.{{sfn|Laing|2007|p=42}} Choirs and distant voices reminiscent of [[Jürgen Knieper]]'s ''Wings of Desire'' score can be heard.<ref name="Albers"/>

The soundtrack debuted at number 23 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart on the issue dated April 18, 1998.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Billboard 200 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=August 1, 1998 |volume=110 |issue=16 |page=84 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQ4EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22city+of+angels%22+billboard+200&pg=PA82 |access-date=January 28, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029183759/https://books.google.com/books?id=mQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA82&dq=%22city+of+angels%22+billboard+apr+1998&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YnToUq__GIWvkAePr4H4Cg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22city%20of%20angels%22%20billboard%20200&f=false |archive-date=October 29, 2017 }}</ref> Its two singles, the [[Goo Goo Dolls]]' "[[Iris (song)|Iris]]" and [[Alanis Morissette]]'s "[[Uninvited (song)|Uninvited]]", were released to U.S. radio in March and were still receiving substantial radio airplay by August.<ref name="YahooMusic">{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12039296 |last=Rosen |first=Craig |title='City' A Set-Up For New Alanis, Goo Goo Dolls Albums |work=[[Yahoo! Music]] |date=August 27, 1998 |access-date=November 11, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614124544/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12039296 |archive-date=June 14, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

While composing "Iris" for the film, songwriter [[John Rzeznik]] described feeling inspired to write the lyrics from the point of view of a character, rather than in his own voice.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Siegler |first=Dylan |title='Dizzy' Track Listing |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=September 5, 1998 |page=123 | publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. }}</ref> Music author [[John Braheny]] wrote that Rzeznik's composition in "Iris" follows a [[musical form|form]] where a melody, represented by A, is given [[Repetition (music)|AAA repetition]], with an added repeating chorus lyric.{{sfn|Braheny|2006|p=87}}