Composer Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, God of War) is reteaming with director Christopher Landon on the upcoming thriller Drop. The film starring Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond, Gabrielle Ryan, Jeffery Self, Travis Nelson & Ed Weeks, follows a widowed mother who goes on her first date in years and is relieved that her date is more charming and handsome than she expected, but their chemistry begins to curdle as she begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone. Jillian Jacobs & Chris Roach (Fantasy Island, Truth or Dare) wrote the screenplay. Michael Bay (The Rock, Armageddon, Transformers) & Brad Fuller (A Quiet Place, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) are producing the project for Platinum Dunes, alongside Jason Blum (Get Out, Halloween) & Cameron Fuller (Dead Sea) for Blumhouse. McCreary has previously scored Landon’s last four features, Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2U, Freaky and We Have a Ghost. Drop will be released in theaters nationwide on April 11, 2025 by Universal Pictures.
Don't know how this score will turn out, but HAPPY DEATH DAY 2 U is one of my most played Bear McCreary CDs in my collection. I love the 'cut you up' emotional beats in amongst the thrilling action/suspense stuff.
1. Drop Main Title (2:23) 2. Palate (2:34) 3. Security Camera (3:34) 4. Initial Endeavor (2:53) 5. Out of Range (5:00) 6. Prelude to a Kiss (2:41) 7. A Tip for Hope (2:02) 8. Scars from the Past (2:09) 9. Domestic Violet (1:41) 10. Yahtzee (2:00) 11. Home Invasion (7:15)
Although this film is quite enjoyable while it's on (being 95 mins helps), it's also one of the most ridiculous/preposterous thrillers I've ever seen. At times, it's laugh-out-loud funny in its sheer unbelievability (although it's educational too, cos I had no idea what a DROP is/was or that it even existed...F.U GEN.Z). It's the definition of a No-Brainer in the literal sense. It makes stuff like CELLULAR seem like a documentary. The music was...there. Did its job in a totally unmemorable way. Nowhere near the quality of the HAPPY DEATH DAY scores (for the same director).
Yeah. It's rare to even see a Main Title sequence with credits these days, and I though Bear Mc-Sparks n Shadows might use it to really give us old-schoolers something to drool over (remembers DRACULA, THE FURY, OMEN Trilogy...sigh) but...nah...generic by-the-numbers stuff
