Jeremiah Fraites, co-founder and songwriter of the Grammy-nominated alternative folk band The Lumineers, has composed the score for The Long Walk, Variety has learned. Based on Stephen King‘ 1979 novel of the same name, The Long Walk is directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) and written by JT Mollner (Strange Darling). “Francis [Lawrence] […]
Jeremiah Fraites, co-founder and songwriter of the Grammy-nominated alternative folk band The Lumineers, has composed the score for The Long Walk, Variety has learned.
Based on Stephen King‘ 1979 novel of the same name, The Long Walk is directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) and written by JT Mollner (Strange Darling).
“Francis [Lawrence] and I had a really great initial phone call that helped inform what instrumentation we thought would work,” commented Fraites. “Strings and piano felt right in servicing the expected horror you’d find in Stephen King canon. The real challenge for me was going to be writing music that would properly represent the deep relationships these boys were forming while on this brutal walk.”
“We met years ago when the band the Lumineers did a song for the [The Hunger Games] Catching Fire soundtrack — Jeremiah and I had remained friends after that, and stayed in contact,” added Lawrence. “He’d send me vinyl versions of his solo albums and it was exactly that work that made me think he’d be perfect for The Long Walk.”
“I’m forever grateful to [producer] Roy Lee and Francis for the opportunity to write my first feature film score,” said Fraites. “It was the thrill of a lifetime to score this film. Having been a fan of Francis’ work already for years, it was definitely a pinch-me moment to realize I was now getting the opportunity to write music over the incredible picture I was being sent.”
The Long Walk arrives in theaters on September 12 from Lionsgate.
Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza) stars as Raymond Garraty, a 16-year old who takes part in an annual contest in which 100 teens must journey, nonstop and under strict rules, until only one is left alive.
David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Garrett Wareing (“Manifest”), Tut Nyout (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”), Charlie Plummer (The Clovehitch Killer), Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends), Roman Griffin Davis (), (“Pretty Little Liars: Origin Sin”), (“Welcome to Derry”), (“The Walking Dead”), (), and () also star.
