Duncan Jones Is Re-Teaming With Composer Clint Mansell For 'Mute'

Duncan Jones Is Re-Teaming With Composer Clint Mansell For ‘Mute’

I’ve gone on the record aboutnot being a particularly big fan ofWarcraft, but that doesn’t change the fact that I still believe inDuncan Jones. After all, how could you possibly write off the man who madeMoonandSource Code? And for its many faults,Warcraftis still a work of passion that is too weird to be dismissed completely.

So I’m choosing to look to the future and towardMute, the science fiction noir Jones has been teasingsince 2009, when it was supposed to be his sophomore feature. Although this project isn’t an a direct sequel toMoon, it is apparently set in the same near-future world. So of course Jones would re-team with composerClint Mansell, who wrote the score forMoon.

This news comes from Jones' Twitter feed, where he responded to a fan question by casually dropping this fresh tidbit:

And this is very cool news because Mansell’sMoonscore is one of my favorite soundtracks of the past decade. It’s chilly and evocative and a perfect representation of the film’s quiet menace. I write with it on in the background all the time. Hell, I’m writing this article with this piece of music blasting from my speakers:

In addition to working with Jones, Mansell is the go-to composer for Darren Aronofksy, having composed music forPi,Requiem For a Dream,The Fountain,The Wrestler,Black Swan, andNoah. He also wrote the standout score for Ben Wheatley’s brilliantHigh-Rise. In an era where too many scores blend into the background and don’t leave an impression, Mansell’s big, bold, and instantly identifiable themes stand out in a big way. I’m very excited to see what he comes up with forMute.

Oh, and here’s whatMuteis about, just in case you haven’t been following this project:

Berlin. Forty years from today. A roiling city of immigrants, where East crashes against West in a science-fiction Casablanca. Leo Beiler, a mute bartender has one reason and one reason only for living here, and she’s disappeared. But when Leo’s search takes him deeper into the city’s underbelly, an odd pair of American surgeons seem to be the only recurring clue, and Leo can’t tell if they can help, or who he should fear most.

Mutehas spent the past six years seeking funding, but it finally appears to be on the right track, with Paul Rudd and Alexander Skarsgardjoining the cast late last year. Hopefully, we’ll get to learn more very soon.