The composer has praised the work of Vangelis on the first Blade Runner movie as well as other work that Vangelis has done and stated that following in his footsteps is "an enormous challenge of mythical proportion." It appears as if Johannsson wasn't kidding since Hans Zimmer and Wallfisch have been brought on to help finish the project, which is an exciting prospect to see what the trio come up with together. Johann Johannsson has been attached to Blade Runner 2049 since the project was announced.
Wallfisch is best known for composing the score to Hidden Figures and the upcoming movies Annabelle: Creation, and the remake of Steven King's IT. We have Johann's breathtaking atmospheric sounds, but I needed other things, and Hans helped us."ĭenis Villeneuve has previously worked with Johannsson on Prisoners, Sicario and Arrival.
However, given the scale of the task, Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer joined the team to help Johann. "Johann Johannsson of Iceland composes the main theme as planned. The director says that Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch are coming on to help Johann Johannsson with the score, which has been called a monumental task by Johannsson.
Vangelis wrote the majority of the original score in London at his studio, writing and recording everything on his own.īlade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve spoke to France's Cine Live about the musical change in direction and was translated via PressReader. The music and sound design of Ridley Scott's 1982 movie Blade Runner was composed by Vangelis and is considered to be a legendary and important piece in the electronic music genre. Hans Zimmer will be scoring Blade Runner 2049 with Benjamin Wallfisch as well as the previously announced composer Johann Johannsson who has been attached to the movie since the beginning.