Release Date: 16 October 2026
Format: Box Set Vinyl
Label: Mutant
£119.99
Daniel Pemberton Project Hail Mary Limited Vinyl 4LP Set
Overview:
This limited edition collectable box set features
Daniel Pemberton's expanded original score - featuring approx 15 minutes of material not available in any other format. Including 2x Bonus Tracks not available on the Vinyl release
The film's original soundtrack album, including needle-drops from the film
24 page booklet featuring liner notes by Composer Daniel Pemberton
Exclusive Project Hail Mary 3-inch patch
Note: Artwork depicted on product page is digital mock-up. Final product may vary slightly in person.
In approaching the score to Project Hail Mary, composer Daniel Pemberton was challenged with balancing the film’s massive scale with the intimacy of its two-character narrative. An initial starting point for Pemberton was at the guidance of filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who used the phrase “Hope Core” to describe the film. Crafting music that contained both scale and wonder, but also vulnerability and fragility, Pemberton gravitated toward an organic, human-centered sound, using materials like wood, metal and steel drums alongside vocals and percussive stomping and clapping to keep the score tactile and imperfectly human.
One of the score’s defining elements is a sample of a squeaky water tap, which Pemberton recorded and transformed into a fragile, slightly unstable instrument. The sound mirrors the emotional starting point of the film, gradually expanding as the main character moves from isolation toward connection. As the story unfolds, Pemberton layers in manipulated human voices, off-kilter textures and heartbeat-like percussive elements to expand the score into a full tapestry of choir, orchestra and rhythm. The result is a musical journey that grows from a single, fragile tone into something vast and communal, capturing the film’s core themes of communication, discovery, and the physical presence of humanity.
Of the score, composer DANIEL PEMBERTON says, ""Project Hail Mary was a soundtrack journey like no other. Right from the beginning, we all talked about trying to make a score that subconsciously connected you to being a human and the world around you - whether through trying to use sound that felt unusually elemental - wood (woodblocks), metal (steel drums), glass (cristal bachet), water (leaking taps!) or through the sounds a human could make - from large choirs to mouth drum machines, delicate and electronically treated solo voices to noisy hand clap stomp ensembles using their entire bodies to deliver percussive scale. I wanted to create an organic and unusual sound world that hopefully felt new and unexpected yet still reached and touched the emotional beats that we long for in great film making experiences, that could envelop you in the awe and wonder of the universe yet still deliver the fun and thrill of discovering a brand new friendship, even if it does happen to be with a rock from another planet. It was a crazy journey that I am very proud of that called out for an approach I’d never embarked on before. Fingers crossed this musical Hail Mary worked…!”
Featured Tracks:
Disc: 1
1. Ryland Grace, Cognition Assessment
2. Last Man On Ship
3. Invalid Operation
4. Newscast
5. Space Dots
6. Water Based
7. Humanity
8. Box In A Box
9. Top Secret Clearance
Disc: 2
1. Barrier Language
2. Anybody Home?
3. Connection
4. Clock Numbers
5. Learning To Communicate
6. Finding Rocky Voice
7. Messy Room
8. Second Dream
Disc: 3
1. Grace Go Home
2. Time Go Fishing
3. Excessive Centrifugal Force
4. Rocky Sacrifice
5. Measuring Mistake
6. Three Hours
7. Gravitational Aftermath
8. Wake Up Buddy
Disc: 4
1. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
2. Pata Pata
3. El Amancer (2a Version)
4. Rainbows
5. Winds Of Change
Release Date: 24 July 2026
Format: LP Double Vinyl
Label: Sony Music Classical
£34.99
Release Date: 26 February 2021
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Polydor
£15.99
