Ivor Novello–winning and Oscar–nominated composer Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider Verse, The Trial of the Chicago 7) delivers a bold, immersive score for Project Hail Mary, blending rhythmic percussion, soaring choral vocals, orchestral movements, synths and electronic textures. Focus track ‘Life is Reason’ utilises these elements to brilliant effect to bring listeners onboard Rocky and Grace’s experimental mission, encapsulating the transportive cosmic soundscape.

Project Hail Mary was a soundtrack journey like no other. Right from the beginning, we all talked about trying to make a score that subconsciously connected you to being a human and the world around you - whether through trying to use sound that felt unusually elemental - wood (woodblocks), metal (steel drums), glass (cristal bachet), water (leaking taps!) or through the sounds a human could make - from large choirs to mouth drum machines, delicate and electronically treated solo voices to noisy hand clap stomp ensembles using their entire bodies to deliver percussive scale. I wanted to create an organic and unusual sound world that hopefully felt new and unexpected yet still reached and touched the emotional beats that we long for in great film making experiences, that could envelop you in the awe and wonder of the universe yet still deliver the fun and thrill of discovering a brand new friendship, even if it does happen to be with a rock from another planet. It was a crazy journey that I am very proud of that called out for an approach I’d never embarked on before. Fingers crossed this musical Hail Mary worked…!