Kris Bowers (Bridgerton, Green Book, King Richard, Mrs. America, Space Jam: A New Legacy, When They See Us, Dear White People) has recently been scoring Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ limited series Secret Invasion. The show is developed by Kyle Bradstreet (Mr. Robot) based on the Marvel Comics storyline of the same title and stars Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn as the Skrull Talos, as well as Kingsley Ben-Adir, Emilia Clarke and Olivia Colman. The 6-part crossover event series directed by Thomas Bezucha (Let Him Go, The Family Stone) & Ali Selim showcases a faction of shape-shifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years. Bradstreet is also executive producing the project with Kevin Feige (Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther), Victoria Alonso (Loki, WandaVision) and Louis D’Esposito (Moon Knight, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier). Secret Invasion will premiere this year on Disney+.
1. Nick Fury (Main Title Theme) (2:02) 2. He’s One of Them (3:01) 3. Stolen Identity (2:01) 4. Moscow Madness (4:39) 5. Child Survivor (3:38) 6. The Promise (3:18) 7. They’re All Spies (4:15) 8. Sonya (2:26) 9. A Need for Vengeance (4:08) 10. Shootout (2:34) 11. I Choose Blood (5:33) 12. Blown Cover (9:24)
1. Gravik (1:41) 2. Ambush (7:01) 3. Beloved (2:59) 4. Be Your Enemy (4:46) 5. Operatives Assembly (3:47) 6. Hello Skrulls (2:45) 7. Nothing But a Monster (2:10) 8. The Harvest (3:55) 9. Funeral Pyre (1:34) 10. House Ambush (1:37) 11. This Is Personal (4:03) 12. The Last Stand (3:21) 13. Leave Earth Alone (3:32) 14. Super Skrulls (5:19) 15. Come with Me (3:16) 16. Take Off (2:05)
Okay, am I the only one who actually likes this main theme? I find it quite hummable.
I think the main theme is okay, but the scoring of the show in general was pretty stock. It did the job, but that was about it.
The series itself had a great cast but to me it couldn’t have been duller or more pointless. I actually think it’s a symptom the disease that may finally kill Marvel. It’s six episodes without a beginning or an end. Long-running characters die with zero impact. (Given how often characters in that universe are resurrected, I think maybe this is a problem they can’t overcome – you just assume it’ll turn out to have been a trick, and in one case in this series, it is.) The finale features the obligatory Big Fight, which not only makes no sense (why it happened at all is a mystery), it looks terrible and is a combination of every super-power in all of Marvel put into a blender. I think they’re at that point where there are so many overlapping superpowers that there’s really no way to explain why anything can or can’t happen.
I watched this while recuperating from some minor surgery. It will take a lot to get me back at this point.
Oh yeah I concur with Schiffy that the score itself is fairly generic. I’m sure The Rock is an influence on this sort of stuff. But the theme/main title itself is solid, IMO.
