Hollywood Records has released Alien: 
Romulus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by BAFTA® and Grammy®-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch, available today, August 16, on digital platforms, coinciding with the film’s premiere. The soundtrack is also available to pre-order now on vinyl, courtesy of Mutant and will include 6 bonus tracks.
Wallfisch reflects on the score, “It was an honor to work with Fede Álvarez and my love for the original films made it a joy to contribute to this iconic franchise. By immersing myself in the musical legacy of Horner and Goldsmith, the aim was to embody the tone of what came before while creating fresh elements through a fusion of electronics and traditional orchestral textures. The score is a reflection of the film’s complex characters and the eerie, tension-filled atmosphere of deep space, blending new techniques with the timeless sound of the Alien universe.”
In addition, Hollywood Records has released its newest episode of their music docuseries, The Big Score. In this episode, composer Benjamin Wallfisch delves into his exhilarating score for Alien: Romulus. Wallfisch, known for his orchestral mastery and innovative blend of electronics, explores how his love for film music and orchestral giants like Stravinsky, shape his unique approach. He shares insights on crafting themes that interweave human and alien elements, using silence as a powerful tool, and experimenting with choir and complex sound design. Watch the episode here.
ABOUT ALIEN: ROMULUS
The sci-fi/horror-thriller takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. The film stars Cailee Spaeny (“Priscilla”), David Jonsson (“Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy”), Archie Renaux (“Shadow and Bone”), Isabela Merced (“The Last of Us”), Spike Fearn (“Aftersun”), Aileen Wu. Fede Alvarez (“Evil Dead,” “Don’t Breathe”) directs from a screenplay he wrote with frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues (“Don’t Breathe 2”) based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett. “Alien: Romulus” is produced by Ridley Scott (“Napoleon”), who directed the original “Alien” and produced and directed the series’ entries “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” Michael Pruss (“Boston Strangler”), and Walter Hill (“Alien”), with Fede Alvarez, Elizabeth Cantillon (“Charlie’s Angels”), Brent O’Connor (“Bullet Train”), and Tom Moran (“Unstoppable”) serving as executive producers.
Alien: Romulus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Tracklisting –
- The Chrysalis
- That’s Our Sun
- Wake Up
- Entering Nostromo
- Searching
- There’s Something in the Water
- XX121
- He’s Glitchy
- Run!
- Prometheus Fire
- Guns V Acid Blood
- The Hive
- Andy
- Gravity Purge
- Elevator Shaft Attack
- Get Away from Her
- The Offspring
- Collision Warning
- Raine
- Sleep
BONUS TRACKS:
Lockdown
Awakening
Romulus Hangar Bay
Body Temperature
I Have A New Directive
The Hive
ABOUT BENJAMIN WALLFISCH
Golden Globe, BAFTA®, 2x Grammy®, Emmy® and 5x World Soundtrack Award nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch has worked on over 80 feature films. His most recent projects include Twisters, directed by Lee Isaac Chung, Alien: Romulus, directed by Fede Alvarez, both of which will release this summer, 2024. Wallfisch also scored Kraven the Hunter, directed by J. C. Chandor which will release in December 2024.
Benjamin’s most-known work includes Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 (with Hans Zimmer), Andy Muschietti’s It and It Chapter Two, David F. Sandberg’s Shazam!, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man, Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives, Andy Muschietti’s The Flash for DC / Warner Bros, and Simon McQuoid’s Mortal Kombat.
Other notable projects include Academy Award® Best Picture nominee, Hidden Figures, directed by Ted Melfi (co-composed with Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer), David F. Sandberg’s box office hit Annabelle: Creation, Gore Verbinski’s A Cure for Wellness, the Steven Spielberg produced short film Auschwitz, directed by James Moll, James Marsh’s King of Thieves, and Steven Knight’s Serenity. On the invitation of Hans Zimmer, he contributed music based on Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations for Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk.
To date, his movies as composer have made over $2.6 billion in worldwide box office receipts, and in 2019 Variety inducted him into their ‘Billion Dollar Composer’ series in recognition of this. With over 25 albums of his music released, Benjamin has performed live in over 100 concerts worldwide, leading orchestras such as the London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony at venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Sydney Opera House and Royal Festival Hall. He has collaborated, recorded and performed his music with artists including Lang Lang, Herbie Hancock and Yuja Wang and has over 50 concert music commissions to his name.
Benjamin is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and British Academy of Film and Television Arts and is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London. In 2019 he founded The Scoring Lab, a state-of-the art scoring production company and Dolby Atmos Certified mix studio in the heart of Santa Monica, California.
