We at Collider are happy to bring you an exclusive preview of the upcoming score for 20th Century Fox’s sci-fi thrillerThe Darkest Minds. Based on the book of the same name byAlexandra Bracken, the story takes place in a world where nearly all of America’s children have been wiped out by a plague. The ones that remain acquire special powers, and Ruby (Amandla Stenberg) is a 16-year-old girl who might be the most powerful among her peers when teens start mysteriously developing new abilities. When she and her friends discover that running isn’t enough, they turn around and start a resistance against the adults who betrayed them.
The score hails fromBenjamin Wallfisch, whose excellent resume ranges fromA Cure for WellnesstoITtoBlade Runner 2049. This specific track, titled “Lady Jane,” is full of vigor and wonderfully pulsing, and we can only assume it accompanies an action sequence of some sort.
Take a listen to the track below, followed by a new promo. Directed byJennifer Yuh Nelson,The Darkest Mindshits theaters on August 3rd, which is also when Milan Records will release the digital version of Wallfisch’s score. The CD version will be released on August 24th.
Here’s the official synopsis forThe Darkest Minds:
When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. Sixteen-year-old Ruby, one of the most powerful young people anyone has encountered, escapes her camp and joins a group of runaway teens seeking safe haven. Soon this newfound family realizes that, in a world in which the adults in power have betrayed them, running is not enough and they must wage a resistance, using their collective power to take back control of their future.
