Sony recruits Black Panther composer Ludwig Göransson to score Venom. Now that Spider-Man’s successfully been rebooted within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony is looking to move forward with their own villain/antihero Spidey universe. To kick off this new attempt, they’ve landed Tom Hardy to play Eddie Brock in Venom. The first Venom trailer took a less is more approach when it comes to marketing the Symbiote, which has left many questioning Sony’s decisions.
However, on paper, Venom should be a great. Hardy playing the antihero is a great get, and he’s got the likes of Riz Ahmed, Michelle Williams, Woody Harrelson, and others in support. The film is being helmed by Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer too, and he’s got a great crew that helped him through production without any reports of trouble so far. And now they’re adding even more talent to the picture.
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Deadline reports that Black Panther composer Ludwig Göransson is set to score Venom for Sony. Ludwig’s work on Black Panther is one of the rare MCU scores to receive praise, especially for his Killmonger theme. Even though Göransson is closely tied with Coogler – he scored Creed and Fruitvale Station as well – this move actually marks a reunion between him and Fleischer, after previously working together on 30 Minutes or Less.
In all of his work, Göransson’s shown the ability to adapt his talents to the style of movie he’s working on. He’s spoken many times about how he traveled to Africa to study music there in an effort to make the music of Black Panther and Wakanda sound authentic. He won’t have to go to such lengths to give Venom a proper score, but this could be a chance for him to do something new again if he takes the reported horror/sci-fi approach to heart. Plus, it would be interesting to hear what theme Göransson gives Hardy’s Eddie Brock as well as Venom. After all, Göransson takes inspiration from the iconic composers of old, such as John Williams and Alan Silvestri, and establishes themes for each central character and arc.
What this also hopefully means is that Göransson is starting work soon (if he hasn’t already), and that this work could be potentially heard soon in a new trailer. There’s bound to be a new trailer in the coming months – if not weeks – so Sony can put a better trailer in front of the summer movie slate. Whenever it does arrive, fans could start to hear how he plans to make Venom sound, or even if he’s developing a recognizable and unique theme for Hardy’s anti-hero. If Black Panther is any indication, Venom is going to have a score that viewers will want to hear over and over.
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Source: Deadline
- Venom release date: Oct 5, 2018
- Silver and Black release date: Feb 8, 2019
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