Artnewspress: It looks as though Marvel has replaced the composer for the upcoming Black Widow film.According to Film Music Reporter, Lorne Balfe has been composing music for this new addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Scottish composer’s previous credits include Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Bad Boys for Life, The LEGO Batman Movie, and 12 Strong. Balfe is also a regular contributor of additional music to films scored by Hans Zimmer, including The Dark Knight, Sherlock Holmes, Inception, Rush, and many more. Balfe was also behind the soundtracks for many video games, such as Assassin’s Creed III, and worked with Hans Zimmer on the score for Beyond: Two Souls.
Black Widow won’t be Balfe’s first MCU project; he’s also credited for additional music alongside Ramin Djawadi for the original Iron Man.
It appears Balfe will replace Alexandre Desplat who was confirmed to be working on the film earlier this year. Desplat is an Oscar-winning composer who worked on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Parts 1 & 2 and The Grand Budapest Hotel. He was also hired by Disney to work score Star Wars: Rogue One but was later replaced after reshoots.
This is pretty late in the films post-production to be replacing the composer as Black Widow was initially set to hit theatres on May 2020 in the United States. It has since been delayed to an unconfirmed date due concerns regarding the COVID-19 virus. This reportedly won’t affect the MCU timeline despite being the first film in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
