Underwater – Complete Score – Limited Edition – Marco Beltrami / Brandon Roberts

The complete score to the 2020 sci-fi horror movie, Underwater. Directed by William Eubank, the film was reasonably well received however suffered a loss financially at the box office underperforming globally. However, one of the highlights was Marco Beltrami’s score which was all of this insane, tight, and murky excitement is lifted up by an absolutely perfect score from Marco Beltrami. It rings with shades of what Elliot Goldenthal did with his score for Sphere, but there’s a modernist take on it with the electronics. The repetitive, thumping rhythms feel like a panic attack and it rotates with an eerie, echoing sound in the quieter moments. Very few bits of the film don’t have some sort of score, and while that often takes away from quieter moments Beltrami instead adds tension and mystery to the tone of the entire exercise. Meshing strings, synth, piano, and thundering orchestral sounds, the guy is able to take this schlocky B-movie and deliver the legitimate best piece of film music heard all year.