Less than a year after Danny Boyle and Alex Garland kicked off their new 28 Years Later trilogy, the second addition to it has now been released, with 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple out in UK cinemas.

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This film sees Ralph Fiennes's Dr Kelson investigating the nature of the infection, while Alfie Williams's Spike finds himself in a world of danger as he gets to know the sadistic Jimmy gang, led by Jack O'Connell's Sir Jimmy Crystal.

As well as featuring a dramatic score, the movie also includes some supremely effective needle drops - including one you won't be forgetting in a hurry.

But what sons do feature on the film's soundtrack and who composed the score? Read on for everything you need to know about the soundtrack of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

Who composed the score for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple?

Ralph Fiennes as Dr Kelson in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, covered in blood and standing in a train carriage looking focused.
Ralph Fiennes as Dr Kelson in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Sony Pictures

The musical score for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple was composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir, an Icelandic musician who has been behind the scores of other films such as Sicario 2: Soldado, Joker, Tár, Women Talking, A Haunting in Venice and Joker: Folie à Deux.

Guðnadóttir also wrote the score for HBO and Sky series Chernobyl, as well as director Nia DaCosta's most recent film prior to The Bone Temple, Hedda.

This is in contrast to the first 28 Years Later film, the soundtrack for which was provided by Scottish hip hop group Young Fathers.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - Full list of songs

Jack O'Connell as Jimmy Crystal stands with his eyes closed and making gestures with his fingers surrounded by his cult followers in a fire lit bone temple.
Jack O'Connell as Jimmy Crystal. Sony Pictures

The soundtrack for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple includes a number of notable established songs, including three Duran Duran tracks that are played as part of Dr Kelson's (Ralph Fiennes) personal collection of records. These include Ordinary World, Girls On Film and Rio.

The film also features the use of Radiohead’s Everything in Its Right Place and, perhaps most notably, Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast, in one particularly dramatic, memorable sequence.

It also comes to an end with the return of In the House, In a Heartbeat, the track originally recorded for and featured in 28 Days Later, by that film's composer John Murphy.

Outside of these tracks, the film also uses a brand-new score from Hildur Guðnadóttir, which has now been released in full.

Look below to find a link to the listen to the album, while there is a full track listing beneath that.

  1. Bare Bones
  2. Pool Fight
  3. Meeting Station
  4. Building Temple
  5. Temple High
  6. Charity
  7. The Barn
  8. Roof Drop
  9. Really Old Nick
  10. Ropes
  11. Moon
  12. Jimmy in the Temple
  13. Bone Closure
  14. Obey Me
  15. All the Jimmys
  16. The Bone Temple

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is now showing in UK cinemas.

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