• Composed by Lorne Balfe
• Milan / 76m

When humans come back from the future to recruit some help to defeat alien invaders, Chris Pratt steps up. The Tomorrow War collects numerous artefacts from other, similar movies along the way and it’s got gaping holes in its logic, but it’s been successful enough for Amazon for a sequel to be commissioned. Director Chris McKay brings along his Lego Batman Movie composer Lorne Balfe for the ride. The long album starts off with some music focusing on the alien threat – the opening “Multiply” represents them with some slashing electronic effects and fascinating multi-layered vocals alongside some brassy clarion calls which vaguely recall Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Arrival and then in the second cue “Spikes Attack”, Balfe takes the same thematic base and turns it into some very decent action music with the familiar string ostinatos joined by satisfying trumpets and brass and a whole battery of percussion. Later, “The Whitespikes” is a pretty intense (and very dark) piece with some clever call-and-response ideas that form a pretty vivid musical picture of the invaders.