Platoon will release the original soundtrack for Apple Original Films' Wolfs on Friday, September 20th. The action comedy, directed by Jon Watts, stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt as two rival fixers who cross paths when they're both called in to help cover up a prominent New York official's misstep. Over one explosive night, they set aside their petty grievances–and their egos–to finish the job. The film's score was written by Emmy winning film and TV composer Theodore Shapiro, known for his impressive body of work featuring productions including Severance starring Adam Scott, Meryl Streep's The Devil Wears Prada, The Eyes of Tammy Faye with Jessica Chastain, and Bill Murray's St. Vincent.
"When writing any score," shares Shapiro, "I like to assemble a good list of ingredients. For the score to Wolfs, Jon Watts had a fascinating combination of ideas that formed the ingredient list. He wanted a largely electronic score. But he also wanted the music to have subtle reflections of Carl Stalling's music for Looney Tunes cartoons. And he wanted the kind of bold colors that might have a tinge of a spaghetti western feeling, plus a variety of strange percussion sounds. Those ingredients form the sound of Wolfs. The score features the cimbalom, an Eastern European stringed instrument that is struck with hammers; a variety of vintage synthesizers; a host of odd percussion; and also subtle gestures that cling to the action the way a cartoon score might. It is an unusual concoction but one that hopefully captures the essence of Jon's singular vision."