In October 2025,it was announced that Sarah Schachner and Benjamin Wallfisch would compose the film score for Predator:Badlands.[1] Both composers had worked with the director in the previous instalments of the franchise,Prey (2022) and Predator:Killer of Killers (2025). Trachtenberg did not want to use the themes composed by Alan Silvestri from the original Predator films,as both composers had used the original themes for their respective installments and did not want to do that again. He wanted to find something special for the sound of the Yautja culture and felt the film needed its own identity and original music without borrowing themes from Silvestri's score. This decision provided the musical landscape for Predator:Badlands. The score was recorded at the Simon Leadley Scoring Stage at the Trackdown Studios,Sydney and performed by the Sydney Scoring Orchestra.[2]
Release
Predator:Badlands (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) was released through Hollywood Records on November 7,2025,the same day as the film's release.[3][4]
Reception
Zanobard Reviews rated 8/10 and wrote "Sarah Schachner and Benjamin Wallfisch's thunderously vocal score for Predator:Badlands succeeds in just how dramatically different it is,with the use of the Yautja language as a powerfully chanting theme for Dek alongside pounding drums standing out significantly –altogether almost making up for the complete lack of Alan Silvestri material."[5]Richard Lawson of The Hollywood Reporter and Peter Debruge of Variety called it "bombastic" and "thrilling".[6][7] Tim Grierson of Screen International noted that the duo's "percussion-heavy electronic score" drives the film.[8]
Paul Klein of Filmhounds called it "a truly pulse pounding score by both Sarah Schachner and Benjamin Wallsfisch".[9] Eric Goldman of MovieWeb wrote "Prey composer Sarah Schachner and Killer of Killers composer Benjamin Wallfisch team for a stirring score".[10] Sarah El-Mahmoud of Cinemablend wrote "Predator:Badlands carves out its own identity,from its memorable score by Prey composer Sarah Schachner alongside Killer of Killers’Benjamin Wallfisch,and a real attention to detail as a whole."[11] Jordan Farley of GamesRadar+ called it a "chest-thumping,percussive score,which incorporates Yautja vocals in a hair-raising way".[12] Jeremy Mathai of /Film wrote "composers Sarah Schachner and Benjamin Wallfisch's chameleonic score [is] memorably bombastic and electronic in certain portions,an all-out orchestral extravaganza in others."[13]
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