--- title: Coldplay Miracles from Unbroken Soundtrack description: Coldplay's song "Miracles" from the soundtrack to the movie "Unbroken." canonical: https://time.com/3630083/coldplay-miracles-unbroken/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-11T19:31:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:46:53.137Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Listen to Coldplay’s 'Miracles,' from the Soundtrack to "Unbroken" og:description: Coldplay's song "Miracles" from the soundtrack to the movie "Unbroken." og:url: https://time.com/3630083/coldplay-miracles-unbroken/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Listen to Coldplay’s 'Miracles,' from the Soundtrack to "Unbroken" twitter:description: Coldplay's song "Miracles" from the soundtrack to the movie "Unbroken." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Listen to Coldplay’s 'Miracles,' from the Soundtrack to _Unbroken_  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 11, 2014 7:31 PM UTC  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 11, 2014 7:31 PM UTC If someone were to commission a song to play over the credits of a movie about heroic determination that comes out on Christmas Day, Coldplay’s “Miracles” would be it. It’s the kind of song that will make you feel, despite the hundred dollars you’ve spent to take your family to the movies — five dollar Milk Duds and all — that at least you’ll all go home feeling cozy and inspired. “Miracles” appears on the soundtrack to _Unbroken_, Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut about Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who ended up a prisoner of war in Japan during World War II. The song is poppy and easy on the ears (depending on your ears), bordering on anthemic as it builds to a cathartic release in the final minute. It’s a good example of why many of Coldplay’s early fans lamented a turn to a more mainstream sound after the band’s first couple of albums. Nevertheless, the song is more than fitting for its purpose, and the likely popularity of the movie over the holiday season will ensure that it’s heard by many. The _Unbroken_ soundtrack comes out on Dec. 15. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3630083/coldplay-miracles-unbroken/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3630083/coldplay-miracles-unbroken/"},"headline":"Listen to Coldplay’s 'Miracles,' from the Soundtrack to Unbroken","datePublished":"2014-12-11T19:31:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:46:53.137Z","description":"An anthemic tribute to the film's heroic protagonist","url":"https://time.com/3630083/coldplay-miracles-unbroken/","keywords":["Music","Angelina Jolie","Coldplay","Unbroken"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3630083/coldplay-miracles-unbroken/","name":"Listen to Coldplay’s 'Miracles,' from the Soundtrack to Unbroken"}}]}] ```