Marvel Music/Hollywood Records have released Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and The Wasp digital soundtrack, featuring score by award-winning composer Christophe Beck (“Frozen,” “Trolls,” “Ant-Man”).
Beck’s diversity as a composer is evident in his body of work ranging from comedy (“The Hangover,” “American Pie,” “Hot Tub Time Machine”), documentaries (“Red Army,” “Waiting for Superman,” “We Are Marshall”) to romantic comedies (“American Made,” “The Muppets,” and “Crazy, Stupid, Love”). Beck scored the Golden Globe®- and Oscar®-winning animated film Disney’s “Frozen” (its soundtrack album has sold over 4 million copies and won a Grammy® for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media). Beck’s breakthrough success came via composing music for the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” for which he earned an Emmy®.
Beck explains that he was excited to create a theme for The Wasp, Ant-Man’s partner-in-crime, as well as incorporate more musical elements than the previous film. “For example, I had previously created a theme for the Ant-Man in the odd meter of seven which means seven, beats per bar. I created a theme for The Wasp that was in the odd meter of five. Many songs and scores are written in the more traditional 4/4 or 3/4 meters. But, when more beats are added to create a complex meter, it brings a dynamic, rhythmic effect to the music, which fits in with the multifaceted character of these two superheroes.”
About the movie
About Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and The Wasp”
From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes “Ant-Man and The Wasp,” a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink. In the aftermath of “Captain America: Civil War,” Scott Lang grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he’s confronted by Hope Van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from the past.
“Ant-Man and The Wasp” is directed by Peyton Reed and stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Tip “T.I.” Harris, David Dastmalchian, Hannah John-Kamen, Abby Ryder-Fortson, Randall Park, with Michelle Pfeiffer, with Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Douglas.
Kevin Feige and Stephen Broussard are producing, with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Charles Newirth and Stan Lee serving as executive producers. Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd & Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari wrote the screenplay. “Ant-Man and The Wasp” hits U.S. theaters on July 6, 2018.
