Gosford Park (soundtrack)

Patrick Doyle's score was performed by ensembles of six to twelve members (the exact size depended on the piece) conducted by James Shearman. The arrangements utilized a six or seven piece string section, two woodwinds, piano, harp, classical guitar, and accordion, playing in various combinations. For swing and musette arrangements, a rhythm section of acoustic guitar, bass, and drums was added to the orchestra. On the swing pieces, guitarist John Parricelli played the Django Reinhardt-style acoustic lead guitar and Jamie Talbot played saxophone solos. The title piece is a piano solo performed by Brian Gascoigne.

Doyle's daughter Abigail sang two songs composed by Patrick Doyle, "Only for a While" and "The Way It's Meant to Be".

The original score's orchestrations were done by Doyle, Shearman, and Lawrence Ashmore.

Actor Jeremy Northam, who portrayed English composer and musical theater performer Ivor Novello in the film, recorded several Novello theater songs for the soundtrack. In the film, Novello (as played by Northam) is featured singing four of these compositions while accompanying himself at the piano during a dinner party. For the soundtrack recording, Northam was accompanied on the four dinner party songs by classical pianist Christopher Northam, his older brother. In addition, Northam recorded Novello's song "The Land of Might-Have-Been" for the soundtrack in an orchestral arrangement that also featured Christopher Northam's piano.

In addition to the vocal performances, Christopher Northam recorded Novello's "Waltz of My Heart" as a piano solo for the soundtrack.