The movie adaptation of
Sonic the Hedgehog will be scored by Tom Holkenborg, known professionally as Junkie XL. The award-winning film composer officially confirmed this information during a recent interview with Film Music Magazine. Holkenborg is best known for scoring some of the biggest Hollywood productions, including
Mad Max: Fury Road and
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Sonic the Hedgehog is helmed by Jeff Fowler
(Gopher Broke, Where the Wild Things Are), starring Ben Schwartz (
Modern Family, DuckTales), James Marsden (
Enchanted, X-Men: The Last Stand), Tika Sumpter (
Ride Along, Think Like a Man), Neal McDonough (
Captain America: The First Avenger, Band of Brothers), Adam Pally (
Californication, Taking Woodstock), and Jim Carrey (
Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty).
As you may know, Holkenborg has also crafted the
Deadpool score, which was helmed by none other than Tim Miller, one of the producers on
Sonic The Hedgehog, so there's a big chance that Paramount is aiming for a similarity energetic soundtrack in their take on Sega's best-selling video game series.
The live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie will be released in US cinemas on November 8, 2019.