Wolf Man (soundtrack)
| Wolf Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
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| Released | January 17, 2025 | |||
| Recorded | 2024 | |||
| Studio | AIR Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Film score | |||
| Length | 48:58 | |||
| Label | Back Lot Music | |||
| Producer | Benjamin Wallfisch | |||
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Wolf Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2025 film Wolf Man directed by Leigh Whannell. The film score is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch and released under the Back Lot Music label on January 17, 2025.
Development
[edit]In December 2024, Benjamin Wallfisch, who previously composed Whannell's The Invisible Man (2020) returned to score Wolf Man.[1] Having liked Wallfisch's score for the former, Whannell suggested something similar to "Denouement" from the film's soundtrack that would close the film on a "big emotional note". The original piece for the climactic sequence had "something kind of spare and haunting for the ending", but Whannell wanted to do the similar approach he did for The Invisible Man. Upon, Whannell's insistence, Wallfisch had composed a new piece for the climactic sequence which the former liked it, and that became "Goodbye".[2]
The score was recorded at the AIR Studios in London, with a 90-piece orchestra from the Chamber Orchestra of London performed the score, conducted by Geoff Alexander and David Kyrstal supervised the orchestration.[2] The sound mixing was completed at the Warner Bros. Studios Burbank.[2]
Release
[edit]The soundtrack was released under the Back Lot Music label on January 17, 2025.[3] A vinyl edition, with the album being pressed on an 180-gram LP record is published by Mutant and set to be released on April 25, 2025.[4]
Reception
[edit]Peter Debruge of Variety called the score "discordant" and "often indistinguishable" with its creepy noises.[5] Calling it as a "bowel-churning orchestral score", David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter complimented the music as "its own kind of savage beast".[6] Michael Gingold of Fangoria called it as "occasionally overemphatic but generally shivery score."[7] Jeremy Mathai of /Film called that Wallfisch's score "frequently evokes the imagery of stomping feet chasing after our heroes — to supply the tension".[8] Jake Wilson of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote "Benjamin Wallfisch's lush score giving way to an all-out assault on the eardrums when we enter Blake's physically disordered point of view."[9]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Goodbye" | 2:54 |
| 2. | "Vista" | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Encounters" | 2:33 |
| 4. | "30 Years Later" | 2:10 |
| 5. | "Crash" | 2:42 |
| 6. | "Basement" | 2:36 |
| 7. | "Scars" | 2:31 |
| 8. | "Door Attack" | 2:11 |
| 9. | "Helpless" | 3:36 |
| 10. | "Time to Go" | 3:05 |
| 11. | "Greenhouse" | 1:52 |
| 12. | "What Am I Thinking" | 1:54 |
| 13. | "Wolf Fight" | 1:55 |
| 14. | "Transformation" | 3:33 |
| 15. | "He's Back" | 4:02 |
| 16. | "Wolf Man" | 8:12 |
| Total length: | 48:58 | |
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from Film Music Reporter:[10]
- Music composer and producer: Benjamin Wallfisch
- Additional music: Sturdivant Adams, Ian Arber
- Additional programming: David Majzlin
- Music supervisors: Gabe Hilfer, Devoe Yates
- Music editor: Brett 'Snacky' Pierce
- Recording studio: Air Lyndhurst Studios, London
- Recording: Rupert Coulson
- Digital recordist: John Prestage
- Assistant engineer: Rebecca Hordern, Eve Morris
- Score editor: Chris Barrett
- Mixing studio: The Mix Lab, Santa Monica, California
- Mixing: Scott Smith, Benjamin Wallfisch
- Supervising orchestrator: David Kyrstal
- Orchestrators: Patrick Cunningham, Michael J. Lloyd, Evan Rogers, Sebastian Winter, Sturdivant Adams, Ian Arber
- Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of London
- Orchestra conductor: Geoff Alexander
- Orchestra contractor: Gareth Griffiths
- Music preparation: Jill Streater
- Score co-ordinators: Darrell Alexander, Gareth Griffiths
Release history
[edit]| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | January 17, 2025 | Back Lot Music | [11] | |
| April 25, 2025 | Vinyl | Mutant | [12] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Benjamin Wallfisch Scoring Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man". Film Music Reporter. December 2, 2024. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ^ a b c Davids, Brian (January 17, 2025). "Wolf Man Filmmaker Leigh Whannell Talks Key Deleted Scene and Why He's Unwilling to Make The Invisible Man 2". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
- ^ "Wolf Man Soundtrack Album Details". Film Music Reporter. January 16, 2025. Archived from the original on January 16, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ DiVincenzo, Alex (January 17, 2025). "Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man Howls on Vinyl from Mutant". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on January 18, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (January 15, 2025). "Wolf Man Review: Blumhouse's Emo Monster Mash Is a Far Cry From Its Brilliant 'Invisible Man' Model". Variety. Archived from the original on January 26, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ Rooney, David (January 15, 2025). "Wolf Man Review: Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner in a Horror Redo That Satisfies but Never Soars". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 24, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ Gingold, Michael (January 15, 2025). "Review: Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man is a different, affecting beast". Fangoria. Archived from the original on January 17, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ Mathai, Jeremy (January 15, 2025). "Wolf Man Review: Leigh Whannell's Half-Effective Fright Fest Will Leave You Feeling Torn In Two". /Film. Archived from the original on January 17, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ Wilson, Jake (January 15, 2025). "Leigh Whannell's new horror update Wolf Man is ruthlessly effective". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on January 17, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ "Wolf Man: Credits". Film Music Reporter. January 17, 2025. Archived from the original on February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ Wallfisch, Benjamin (January 17, 2025). "Wolf Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Back Lot Music. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025 – via Apple Music.
- ^ "Benjamin Wallfisch: Wolf Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Made By Mutant. January 16, 2025. Archived from the original on January 22, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.