RVSD Records announces the release of 
Giant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), featuring music by composer Neil Athale.
The Giant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) captures the swagger, energy, and emotional depth of Prince Naseem’s extraordinary rise, translating the sound and spirit of the 80s and 90s boxing world into music. Composed by Neil Athale (Wasteland, Strange but True, Twist), the score draws on electronic, techno, and hip-hop influences alongside cinematic orchestration, reflecting Naz’s journey from raw ambition to global icon while balancing spectacle with intimacy throughout.
The album features themes that evolve across the film, from propulsive fight cues built on period-authentic synths to a central melodic thread charting the relationship between Naz and his trainer Brendan. Blending vintage instruments such as the Prophet 5 and Minimoog alongside live performers and orchestral textures, Athale creates a score that is both era-defining and emotionally grounded, mirroring the intensity, vulnerability, and legacy at the heart of the story.
Neil Athale on composing the score, “At its core, the film tells the story of boxer Naseem Hamed and his trainer Brendan Ingle. Their relationship begins in warmth and trust, then fractures as fame and expectation take their toll. I wanted the score to trace that evolution: from the modest intimacy of early father–son moments, through the swagger and spectacle of world-title success, through to the eventual breakdown and then to finish with a final reconciliation.
Each period within the film inhabits its own sound world. I incorporate 80s synth textures for Naseem’s early fights, 90s techno and breakbeats as his confidence surges, and touch on hip hop and orchestral layers reflecting the global scale of his later career. Yet a recurring melodic theme ties it all together, symbolizing both men’s bond and the fragility of ambition.
I began composing before filming began, allowing music to shape the emotional pacing of scenes. Working closely with the director – my brother – gave us freedom to take creative risks, trusting that every cue would serve the story’s truth.
What I’m proudest of is how the score finds intimacy amid spectacle. Whether in the quiet heartbreak of the ‘Your Legacy’ & ‘Reconciliation’ scene or the kinetic energy of ‘The Robison Walk Out’ & ‘Robinson Fight,’ the music always seeks to reveal the humanity behind the legend and the journey Naseem and Brendan shared.”
Director Rowan Athale notes, “Neil Athale’s emotive, triumphant, often propulsive, always characterful score gave Giant the beating heart it needed. Neil told the story through a deeply layered score. He captured the magical beauty of the early father-son relationship of Brendan and Naz. The discordance as they began to fracture. And the heartbreak of their division. Neil grounded the film in the period setting in a way that allows the audience to live there. And he brought the intensity and propulsion to the fight scenes that made them felt, not simply seen. I could not be happier with Neil’s work on GIANT. He was instrumental in bringing it to life.”
GIANT (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)
Track List:
- The Prince is for Real (Intro)
- It’ll Feel Different
- WMC Fight
- Hill Walk
- Five Ways to Fight
- Beard Fight
- Belcastro Fight
- It’s Happening Again
- Robinson Walkout
- Robinson Fight
- Lift Confrontation
- A Gift from God
- Kelly Fight
- The Special One
- Leaving Sheffield
- Your Legacy
- Reconciliation
ABOUT NEIL ATHALE
Neil Athale is a British-Indian film composer known for bold, emotionally driven scores across award-winning and internationally released feature films. He brings his distinctive style and signature sound to the drama film Giant, starring Pierce Brosnan.
Athale’s feature debut, Wasteland, premiered to acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival and secured global distribution. He has since composed scores for a wide range of films, including the British drama North vs South; the comedy-dramas Golden Years and Gloves Off; the YA thriller Twist, starring Michael Caine and Lena Headey; and the U.S. noir thriller Strange But True, produced by Fred Berger (La La Land) and starring Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, and Brian Cox. Strange But True enjoyed a global theatrical rollout before reaching the Top 10 on Netflix in the U.K., U.S., and Canada.
In addition to his work as a composer, Athale is also an award-winning music supervisor, bringing an instinctive understanding of musical storytelling to both score and source music.
Originally from Yorkshire, he moved to London at 18 and began his career touring as a session guitarist before transitioning into songwriting and production. His grounding in commercial music, shaped by collaboration, experimentation, and melodic storytelling, continues to inform his distinctive approach to film scoring.
Athale’s work is defined by emotional clarity, a strong melodic identity, and a genre-crossing style that blends cinematic scale with human intimacy, establishing him as an exciting and original presence in contemporary film music.
ABOUT GIANT
Based on the remarkable true story of legendary British-Yemeni boxing champion Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed and his relationship with Irish boxing trainer Brendan Ingle, GIANT charts Naz’s inspiring rags-to-riches underdog tale from his humble beginnings in Sheffield to becoming champion of the world.
With his unorthodox style, cocky persona and sheer dominance of the sport, Naseem faced down the abhorrent racism and islamophobia that swept Britain in the 80’s and 90’s, to become a global sporting icon, both inside and outside of the ring.
The film explores the unlikely and tender relationship between Naz and his trainer Ingle – a steel industry worker who ran a humble boxing gym in a church hall in the North of England; and the instrumental role that Ingle played on Naz’s road to success. With exhilarating and visceral scenes in the ring, coupled with deeply moving and intimate moments behind the curtain, GIANT is an inspiring biopic of one of the greatest showmen the sporting world has even seen – the untold true story of the boy behind The Prince.
Pierce Brosnan (James Bond franchise, Mamma Mia!, The Love Punch, Mobland) stars as Brendan Ingle, with Amir El-Masry (The Night Manager, Limbo, The Crown, SAS: Rogue Heroes) playing Naseem Hamed. From executive producer Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Creed), GIANT is written and directed by film-maker Rowan Athale (Gangs of London).
