Big Band Score Written By Grammy, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Emmy - nominated Composer Benjamin Wallfisch

Release Date On CD/Vinyl: 5th October 2018

From the producers of Legend and Baby Driver, and featuring an all-star cast of homegrown legends led by Sir Michael Caine, King Of Thieves is the darkly funny, incredible true story of the Hatton Garden robbery, the most daring heist in British criminal history, directed by James Marsh (The Theory Of Everything).

Scoring duties on King of Thieves came to Golden Globe, BAFTA, Grammy and Emmy nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch. Wallfisch’s career spans over 70 feature films, most recently including Denis Villeneuve’s critically acclaimed Blade Runner: 2049, in collaboration with Academy Award-winning composer and regular collaborator Hans Zimmer; Andy Muschietti’s It; Academy Award Best Picture nominee, Hidden Figures (in collaboration with Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer).

For King of Thieves, Wallfisch composed a big band score with a Quincy Jones vibe in the best tradition of 1960s film scores. It’s homage to masters such as Henry Mancini, John Barry and Lalo Schifrin.

Director James Marsh said this of the score:

In our initial discussions, Ben and I had found a common inspiration in the work of John Barry. We wanted that kind of mysterious, lush, retro feel to our score but reimagined for the 21st century through Ben's unique sensibility. The music here can be enjoyed happily away from the film but I don't think the converse is true. As with all the best scores, the music in King Of Thieves is the air the film needs in order to breathe.

 

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