Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music will release a soundtrack album for the post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure Afterburn. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, The Machinist, Come Play, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, The Killer’s Game, Sexy Beast). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 16 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first track below. Afterburn is directed by J.J. Perry and stars Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju, Samuel L. Jackson and Daniel Bernhardt. The movie based on the Red 5 comic/graphic novel series of the same name by Scott Chitwood & Paul Ens takes place after a massive solar flare destroys the Earth’s eastern hemisphere and follows a mercenary who is hired to retrieve the Mona Lisa but discovers his mission is not as he first thought.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 19, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror thriller Him directed by Justin Tipping and starring Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox, Jim Jefferies and Tim Heidecker. The film’s original music is composed by Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) (Midsommar, Beau Is Afraid, Blue Beetle, Beef, Eddington, Eenie Meanie, Snowpiercer, Invasion, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness). Loma Vista Recordings has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Denzel Curry, Gucci Mane, Guapdad 4000, Mobb Deep and Tierra Whack today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening wide is the romantic fantasy drama A Big Bold Beautiful Journey directed by Kogonada and starring Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Hamish Linklater, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lily Rabe, Billy Magnussen, Yuvi Hecht, Sarah Gadon and Kevin Kline. Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, The Boy and the Heron, My Neighbor Totoro, Departures) has composed the film’s original score. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as four songs by Laufey (including an original track) and a song by Mitski today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Sony Pictures release.
Roque Banos Scoring J.J. Perry’s ‘Afterburn’
Composer Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, The Machinist, Come Play, Sexy Beast) is reuniting with director J.J. Perry (Day Shift) on the upcoming post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure Afterburn. The film starring Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju, Samuel L. Jackson and Daniel Bernhardt is based on the Red 5 comic/graphic novel series of the same name by Scott Chitwood & Paul Ens. The movie takes place after a massive solar flare destroys the Earth’s eastern hemisphere and follows an emboldened treasure hunter for hire who travels to Europe to uncover the coveted Mona Lisa, only to learn the world needs a hero more than it needs a painting.