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If you\u2019ve been to the cinema in the last few weeks you\u2019ll likely have heard the music of Benjamin Wallfisch. The gifted British composer wrote the music for a pair of blockbuster sequels,\u00a0Twisters<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Alien: Romulus<\/em>, released almost back to back over the summer.<\/p> It\u2019s just the lastest big-screen success for the composer, who is the eldest son of cellist Raphael Wallfisch and violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch, following scores for last summer\u2019s\u00a0The Flash<\/em>, hit horror franchise\u00a0IT<\/em>\u00a0and so much more, including working with Hans Zimmer<\/a> on the scores for\u00a0Hidden Figures<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Blade Runner 2049<\/em>. And it comes ahead of his next projects, Marvel\u2019s\u00a0Kraven the Hunter<\/em> and HBO’s IT<\/em> prequel series, Welcome to Derry<\/em>.<\/p> I sat down with Benjamin Wallfisch for a chat about his blockbuster summer, his journey to become one of Hollywood\u2019s most trusted (and talented) composer and what it was like to grow up in such a musical family…<\/p> You\u2019ve had quite the summer, what was your schedule like having to deliver scores for two such big films back to back?<\/strong> And they\u2019re two very different films and scores; how do you pivot from one to the other?<\/strong> And when I was working on\u00a0Twisters<\/em>\u00a0with Lee Isaac Chung, his sense of what the music would bring was so strong and so powerful. Both him and Fede gave me so much freedom as well. So it felt like I was in a wonderful environment in both cases, and to just try things and be daring.<\/p> I guess that isn\u2019t always the case? Having so much freedom?<\/strong> In the case of\u00a0Twisters<\/em>\u00a0so much of the music is not scored \u2013 there are so many amazing songs in the movie, and I wanted to make sure we didn\u2019t attempt to double-up on that. So there\u2019s a definite disctinction where I wanted to capture the essence of Oklahoma in some of the moments, but then still have it be very much from the point of view of the story, and make sure the tornadoes themselves had a voice and musical identity.<\/p>