Exclusive: Benjamin Wallfisch Composes Arachnid Terror With IT CHAPTER TWO Track “Spider Attack”
Jonathan Barkan
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Next week sees the release of Andy Muschietti’s It Chapter Two, the sequel to the 2017 Stephen King adaptation that went on to become the highest-grossing horror film of all time. And to celebrate the impending series of clown-driven terrors, we’ve got our hands on an exclusive stream from the original soundtrack, which is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch!
Titled “Spider Attack”, the cue comes during the 3rd act of the film, when a rather horrifying monstrosity attacks the Losers Club. Heavily inspired by a certain legendary 1984 sci-fi/horror film, the sequence is frantic and grotesque, all set to the pulse-pumping music Wallfisch has created. I promise that it’s a scene that will stand out as one of the highlights of the movie!
Thinking on his compositions for this film as well as working once again with Muschietti, Wallfisch explains, “Andy has created such an ambitious and extraordinary movie in IT Chapter Two, with incredible scope on every level. One of our earliest discussions for the new score was how we could take what we did for the first movie and give it more scale and ambition – to reflect the scope of the film. To start with, we used a much larger orchestra and choir and also created several new themes; when we occasionally reprise moments from the first score, we re-recorded them with more complex and ambitious arrangements, like the music itself had gone through 27 years of maturing. But the most exciting challenge was how to develop the original themes and create new ones that fit alongside them. There was a lot more music required, which really allowed room for the original themes to develop and evolve in a way driven by the emotional complexity of how The Losers Club grapple with inner demons from the past and painful memories, and ultimately unite to confront their biggest fears. Pennywise is even more vengeful and flagrant this time, and the music had to also reflect that increased darkness, whilst never losing sight of the adventure and emotion that are at the core of the movie. It was such a joy to reunite with my good friend Andy Muschietti to help bring this story home – the movie is a true masterpiece from the filmmakers and I’m so honored to have had the opportunity to be involved.”
Wallfisch’s original soundtrack for It Chapter Two is hitting digital platforms tomorrow. Pre-orders can be found right here.
A vinyl version of the album will be released later this year. It will soon be made available for pre-order.
