Music
‘Wolf Creek 2’ OST Exclusive Preview
As promised in Friday’s article, today we’re bringing you an exclusive preview of the Wolf Creek 2 OST, which was composed by Johnny Klimek. The soundtrack is available for digital download tomorrow via iTunes
Klimek explains:
The score is purely electronic, meaning I used a lot of ‘organic’ orchestra recordings and treated them electronically. Greg [McLean] told me that he wanted a very disturbing sounding score, something that makes the audience feel uncomfortable. He was going for a more atonal vibe, almost like sound design, not a typical horror score.
Head below to listen to this exclusive preview.
Wolf Creek 2 OST track list:
01. Wolf Creek 2 Opening – Johnny Klimek
02. Head Shot – Johnny Klimek
03. Watering Hole – Johnny Klimek
04. Mick Kills Rutger – Johnny Klimek
05. Katarina Escapes – Johnny Klimek
06. Katarina’s Funeral – Johnny Klimek
07. True Isolation – Johnny Klimek
08. The Semi Chase – Johnny Klimek
09. Wandering On Foot – Johnny Klimek
10. Paul’s Awakening – Johnny Klimek
11. Hunt And Whip – Johnny Klimek
12. Paul In The Hot Seat – Johnny Klimek
13. Knuckle Down – Johnny Klimek
14. Dazed Confused – Johnny Klimek
15. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) – The Tokens
16. Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf
17. I Fall To Pieces – Patsy Cline
18. Caro Nome – Nellie Melba
19. The Blue Danube Waltz – The Image Orchestra
Synthwave outfit GUNSHIP has released a new official music video this morning for their cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” featured on the soundtrack to Corin Hardy’s (The Nun, The Hallow) supernatural horror film Whistle.
To bring it full circle, Corin Hardy directs the music video himself, incorporating previously unseen footage from Whistle. More specifically, the new music video features an extended sequence from the film.
This collaboration builds on GUNSHIP’s longstanding relationship with Hardy, who previously contributed vocals to the band’s track “Cthulhu.”
“Working with Corin is a total dream,” said GUNSHIP. “He’s an old friend who we bonded with over our love for cinema and music, and we were honored to have our song featured in the film. After the Whistle premiere, we were chatting over a pint, and he told us about a beautiful pseudo ‘one shot’ sequence he was heartbroken to lose in the final film. We suggested resurrecting it and using it as a music video. Corin got it immediately, and the result is perfect. It’s heartbreaking, haunting and pure 80s noir soaked.”
Corin Hardy added: “I wanted Whistle to feel like a horror movie I might have watched around the late 1980s, alongside films like A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Lost Boys, and The Breakfast Club. Films steeped in teen-angst and heightened feelings. Music was such a huge part of creating the romance of those cinematic worlds. Gunship’s synth-drenched cover of Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Time After Time’ was always top of my list. Their unique heart-on-your-sleeve sound was the perfect choice for a key moment in the movie. To come together post-release and create this extended music video is simply the cherry on top. Dan, Al & Al (Gunship) have provided the film a real companion piece in the world of Whistle… it makes me want my MTV again!”
It’s a fitting collaboration, as music serves a narrative purpose in Whistle. Music, the director told Bloody Disgusting, was a means of immersing viewers in this world and its characters’ perspectives. Hardy even touched on this particular track: “So in a way, the music you’ll listen to is effectively what Chrys is listening to, which is her dad’s record collection. Then there are other songs like the Gunship track, which is a Cyndi Lauper cover, which is more like Rel’s [Sky Yang] music. It comes in when we have a sequence in Rel’s romantic heartbreak moment. So yeah, I made a character list of who might be listening to what.”
Whistle sees a misfit group of unwitting high school students confronted with mortality when they blow a cursed Aztec Death Whistle, setting a terrifying chain of events in motion.
Dafne Keen (Logan, “The Acolyte“), Sophie Nélisse (“Yellowjackets”), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Jhaleil Swaby (“Supergirl”), Ali Skovbye (Grizzly Night, “Firefly Lane”), Percy Hynes White (“Wednesday”), Michelle Fairley (“Game of Thrones”), and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead).
The supernatural teen horror movie is available to stream on Shudder now.