Explore the songs, music and score of Netflix action movie

Outside the Wire exploded onto Netflix on January 15th but just what songs appear in the film’s soundtrack? Who composed Outside the Wire’s score?

The music in a film or TV show can often make or break the final product.

The same can be said for Netflix’s newest sci-fi action film, Outside the Wire, which arrived on January 15th.

But just what songs appear in Outside the Wire’s soundtrack and who composed the film’s score?

Outside the Wire on Netflix

Outside the Wire exploded its way onto Netflix on January 15th, 2021.

Set in Eastern Europe in the near-future of 2036, Outside the Wire tells the story of a drone pilot, Harp (Damson Idris), who is sent into a conflict-ridden warzone where he serves under an android officer, Leo (Anthony Mackie).

Together, Leo and Harp, alongside the US Army’s new robotic soldiers, must work together to take down a local crime lord (Pilou Asbæk) who is vying for access to a deadly doomsday device.

Outside the Wire’s soundtrack

As well as the film’s cinematic score, which we’ll get onto in a moment, Outside the Wire features plenty of songs that set the mood and reinforce the film’s Eastern European setting.

The songs featured in Outside the Wire’s soundtrack include:

Outside the Wire’s score

• Outside the Wire’s score is composed by Lorne Balfe.

The Scottish composer has been working in the film, TV and video game industry since the late 1990s and has worked as a composer on almost 150 productions according to IMDb.

Lorne Balfe’s most recognisable work includes Assassin’s Creed III and Revelations, The Crown, The Lego Batman Movie, Pacific Rim: Uprising as well as Dunkirk and Fifa 19’s The Journey alongside Hans Zimmer and more recently BBC One and HBO’s His Dark Materials.

Unlike much of his work, however, Lorne Balfe’s score for Outside the Wire has not been made available on the like of Spotify at the time of writing.

Outside the Wire is available to stream now on Netflix after releasing on January 15th, 2021.

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