Gregson-Williams returned to score music for The Equalizer 2 after scoring the predecessor.[1] The composer attributed that the film has a more emotional storyline,recalling his music sittings with Fuqua,"There is a scene where Denzel's character is trying to save this young boy from the criminality and drugs. This is not the focus of the film,but it shows the humanitarian side of his character. He actually cares about what is going on. Denzel is yelling in this poor boy's face trying to make him understand he has a choice to not go down the road of drugs and guns."[2] He added that this scene was the reason why Denzel wanted to do this story;Gregson-Williams opined that the music he wrote for the scene was very different than the music he wrote for the first film.[2] He composed the score within a month-long duration and recorded at the Sony Scoring Stage in Sony Pictures Studios and The Village,where he also mixed the soundtrack. The recording process went on for three months.[3]
Filmtracks wrote "Overall, the shorter, 43-minute album for this score is surely sufficient and can be combined by concept enthusiasts with the first movie's soundtrack for a seamless experience. For other listeners, there's little reason to explore this conservatively rendered, often depressing thriller score, as even the thematic highlights offer no memorably unique characteristics."[6] "The Equalizer II provides a very enjoyable action drama that has a touch of warmth deep down to make it a memorable and effective score."[7] Peter Debruge of Variety called the score "exciting", and Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called it as "bombastic".[8][9]
Music editor – Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz, Paul Thomason
Music production supervisor – Monica Zierhut
Technical assistance – Adam Olmsted, Alvin Wee
Copyist – BTW Productions, Booker White
Booklet editor and design – WLP Ltd.
Orchestra
Orchestrator – Ladd McIntosh
Conductor – Harry Gregson-Williams, Stephanie Economou
Contractor – Peter Rotter
Concertmaster – Tereza Stanislav
Cello – Adrienne Woods, Armen Ksajikian, Ben Lash, Christina Soule, Dennis Karmazyn, Eric Byers, Evgeny Tonkha, Jacob Braun, Michael Kaufman, Michelle Rearick, Paula Hochhalter, Ross Gasworth, Simone Vitucci, Trevor Handy, Helen Altenbach, Steve Erdody
Double bass – Christian Kollgaard, Edward Meares, Michael Valerio, Stephen Dress, Thomas Harte, Nico Abondolo
Viola – Alma Fernandez, Carolyn Riley, Corinne Sobolewski, David Walther, Zach Dellinger, Jonathan Moerschel, Karoline Menezes Smith, Laura Pearson, Matthew Funes, Meredith Crawford, Michael Nowak, Michael Whitson, Nikki Shorts, Robert Brophy, Shawn Mann, Brian Dembow
Violin – Alyssa Park, Amy Hershberger, Ana Landauer, Benjamin Powell, Bruce Dukov, Charlie Bisharat, Darius Campo, Eun-Mee Ahn, Grace Oh, Helen Nightengale, Irina Voloshina, Jessica Guideri, Lisa Liu, Luanne Homzy, Marc Sazer, Maya Magub, Natalie Leggett, Serena McKinney, Julie Gigante
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