A24’s comedy-horror movie Death of a Unicorn was released earlier this year with a very different composer attached than the one initially announced two years ago.
The film’s theatrical release features a score by Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of No Nation) and Giousuè Greco (“Welcome to Wrexham,” Dìdi), but a recent interview with the LA Times reveals that A24 scrapped the completed Death of a Unicorn score by horror master John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies.
While Carpenter himself doesn’t elaborate on the details, the interview also notes that the filmmaker and composer owns the music rights and plans to release the score soon.
Though details regarding the release of his scrapped Death of a Unicorn have yet to be revealed.
Death of a Unicorn is a fantasy nightmare comedy from writer-director Alex Scharfman and producer Ari Aster (Midsommar, Hereditary).
A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.
Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, and Richard E. Grant star. Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani, Jessica Hynes, and Stephen Park round out the cast.
It’s a shame to learn that the project scrapped one of the most exciting parts about its announcement: a fresh Carpenter score. At least it sounds like we’ll get to hear his vision for the project soon. The comedy-horror movie underperformed at the box office but quickly became a hit for streaming, now available on HBO Max.
