beasts_of_no_nation

After bursting on to the scene with his beautiful, string-heavy score for Beasts of the Southern Wild, composer Dan Romer has worked on a number of projects, but easily the highest-profile thus far is Cary Fukunaga‘s harrowing triumph Beasts of No Nation. Reteaming with the director after the 2012 short film Sleepwalking in the Rift (seen below), the full score, which employs ambient synthesizers to give an ethereal feel, is now available to stream.

“I didn’t write a note until I saw the film. Originally Cary gave me free reign. He was like, ‘Follow your heart.’ I came up with something with a lot of strings, percussion, horns, and piano. Cary was like, ‘Great, now let’s tear it apart,'” Romer tells Business Insider. “In the months that I worked on that film I don’t think a day went by that I didn’t cry. The experience Agu goes through, it’s so intense and beautiful.”

Check out the full score below along withe the aforementioned short film.

Beasts of No Nation is now streaming on Netflix.

No more articles