Original score from the 2025 sci-fi feature film directed by Jaco Bouwer, starring Debby Ryan, Andrew McCarthy and Drew Van Acker, produced by East of Infinity and released by Blue Harbor Entertainment (USA).

THE STORY: A sole survivor astronaut returns from a disastrous mission with no memory of what killed his crew. Working with a interrogator, he races to recover the truth before a deadly threat he unknowingly brought back reaches Earth.

THE SCORE: “Orion was a unique project to work on because of its science-fiction setting, combined with a thought-provoking, mystery-driven narrative that relies on the concentrated interaction and dialogue between two characters. Alongside a tone that deliberately obscures the story’s underlying deception, I wrote music that underscored the immediate reality of the two main actors—one that, in a sense, was not looking ahead and wasn’t yet aware of what was happening beneath the surface. I combined an undemanding electronic score with minimal acoustic elements, highlighting the intimate character dynamics between the two main actors and creating an environment in which the soundtrack could develop, ‘sound’, and platform the unfolding perceptions toward a budding trust between the two main characters. I wanted the sound world to feel transparent, especially alongside the visceral dialogue, which led to a slow paced, lyrical, ‘melody-strong’ approach to the score. The sound/language created for the alien communication device was strongly influenced by the actor’s interaction with this machine. Because of his use of more fluid, flowing gestures when operating the’talking’ machine, I decided to ‘simulate’ this action through implementing tones that were not static, but instead moved across pitches, and tone colours.” – Pierre-Henri Wicomb

THE COMPOSER: Pierre-Henri Wicomb is a South African composer working in musical environments encompassing everything from contemporary acoustic/electroacoustic music, theatre/film soundtracks to composition collaborations with [unrehearsed] audience members. Wicomb’s concert music has featured at the Festival D’Automne (Paris), New York City Electronic Music Festival, International Computer Music Conference (Utrecht), Festivalen for Svensk Konstmusik (Stockholm), Forum Wallis contemporary music festival (Leuk, Switzerland) and ISCM World New Music Days, to name a few. Wicomb’s tv/film music include soundtracks for the series Spinners, which was broadcasted by Canal + in France while also being the first South African series to be screened at the Canneseries, and the award winning anthology of Disney, Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire. He wrote the soundtrack for Jaco Bouwer’s widely praised eco horror Gaia, for which Wicomb won a South African Film and TV Award (SAFTA), as well as Breathing In,both released by MovieScore Media.

MMS26667 ORION (Original Motion Picture Score)
Music Composed by PIERRE-HENRI WICOMB
Release date: October 9, 2026