Hollywood Records announces the release of the Predator: Badlands Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with music by Sarah Schachner and Benjamin Wallfisch. The digital soundtrack is available at Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and other digital platforms. The film is out in theaters now.
20th Century Studios’ “Predator: Badlands,” directed by Dan Trachtenberg (“Prey”), opens exclusively in theaters today. The newest entry in the “Predator” franchise is set in the future on a remote planet, where a young Predator (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Elle Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary
Commenting on the score, Sarah Schachner says “My score for Predator: Badlands channels the film’s wide emotional range, from epic and brutal to heartfelt and humorous, giving voice to both the Yautja ancestry and the emotional journey at the story’s core. Fusing intimate strings, bold brass, and alien vocal textures, I aimed to capture the spirit of companionship, survival, and discovery in a new world.”
Benjamin Wallfisch comments, “Continuing to write inside of the Predator franchise is a dream come true, especially as it means another collaboration with my good friend and film-making genius, Dan Trachtenberg. It was a joy also to collaborate with the great Sarah Schachner to find a totally unique sound for this totally one-of-a-kind movie. I’m very excited for everyone to finally get to hear what we’ve been cooking up!”
ABOUT BENJAMIN WALLFISCH
Golden Globe, BAFTA, 2x Grammy, Emmy and 5x World Soundtrack Award nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch has worked on over 80 feature films. His most recent projects include TWISTERS, directed by Lee Isaac Chung, ALIEN: ROMULUS, directed by Fede Alvarez, both of which released this summer, 2024. Wallfisch also scored KRAVEN THE HUNTER, directed by J. C. Chandor which released in December, 2024 and WOLF MAN from director Leigh Whannell which released in January, 2025. He also co-scored PREDATOR: BADLANDS with Sarah Schachner.
Wallfisch continues his collaboration with Andy Muschietti with his score for the HBO horror prequel series IT: WELCOME TO DERRY, which is now streaming weekly on HBO Max.
Benjamin’s most-known work includes Denis Villeneuve’s BLADE RUNNER 2049 (with Hans Zimmer), Andy Muschietti’s IT and IT CHAPTER TWO, David F. Sandberg’s SHAZAM!, Leigh Whannell’s THE INVISIBLE MAN, Ron Howard’s THIRTEEN LIVES, Andy Muschietti’s THE FLASH for DC / Warner Bros, and Simon McQuoid’s MORTAL KOMBAT.
Other notable projects include Academy Award Best Picture nominee, HIDDEN FIGURES, directed by Ted Melfi (co-composed with Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer), David F. Sandberg’s box office hit ANNABELLE: CREATION, Gore Verbinski’s A CURE FOR WELLNESS, the Steven Spielberg produced short film AUSCHWITZ, directed by James Moll, James Marsh’s KING OF THIEVES, and Steven Knight’s SERENITY. On the invitation of Hans Zimmer, he contributed music based on Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations for Christopher Nolan’s DUNKIRK.
To date, his movies as composer have made over $2.6 billion in worldwide box office receipts, and in 2019 Variety inducted him into their ‘Billion Dollar Composer’ series in recognition of this.
With over 25 albums of his music released, Benjamin has performed live in over 100 concerts worldwide, leading orchestras such as the London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony at venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Sydney Opera House and Royal Festival Hall. He has collaborated, recorded and performed his music with artists including Lang Lang, Herbie Hancock and Yuja Wang, and has over 50 concert music commissions to his name.
Benjamin is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London. In 2019 he founded The Scoring Lab, a state-of-the-art scoring production company and Dolby Atmos Certified mix studio in the heart of Santa Monica, California.
ABOUT SARAH SCHACHNER
Sarah Schachner is an Emmy and Grammy-nominated composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. Schachner is known for her bold, emotionally charged scores across film, television, and blockbuster video games.
Upcoming projects include Predator: Badlands, directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, which hits theaters November 7th.
Notable film and television credits include Prey, directed by Dan Trachtenberg, for which she received an Emmy-nomination in the “Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)” category; Netflix’s Chef’s Table; and more.
Notable video game credits include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, for which Schachner received a Grammy nomination in the “Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media” category; Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare; Anthem; Assassin’s Creed: Origins; Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare; Assassin’s Creed: Unity; and more.
Schachner has composed music for NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn as well as an immersive sound installation for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
She has also written and produced for an eclectic mix of artists including: 070 Shake, Christine and the Queens, Mike Dean, and Travis Scott.
TRACKLIST
- Yautja Prime
- Brothers
- Earn Your Place
- Bad Plant
- Badlands
- Genna
- Spiky Plants
- Meet Thia
- Other Half
- Tessa
- Razor Grass
- Copycat
- The Alpha
- Lost and Found
- The Kalisk
- Sisters
- Wolfpack
- Infiltration
- Leg Fight
- Let’s Go Hunt
- Chosen Family
- Last Chance
- Betrayed
- The Partnership
- Dek of the Yautja
- Prey to None
