‘Supergirl’ May Get a Last-Minute Musical Change

When you see Supergirl in a couple months, it might sound different from how you were expecting.

Eagle-eyed fans have noted that the film’s website reveals a new composer for the film’s score: Tom Holkenborg, perhaps best known by his stage name Junkie XL. Previously known for the recent Mad Max movies and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, he replaces Ramin Djawadi, who was first attached to the film at the time of its trailer a couple of months back and even had a small bit of his music play during its reveal.

At the time of writing, WB hasn’t explained why Djawadi stepped down. Both he and Holkenborg have previous superhero movie experience; the former did scores for Batman Begins and Eternals, and Holkenborg on Batman v Superman and the 2021 version of Justice League. (He would’ve done the 2017 film, but Danny Elfman replaced him.) Movies switching composers mid-production isn’t a wholly new phenomenon;  Rogue One’s score famously switched from Alexandre Desplat to Michael Giacchino in post-production.

We’ll have to wait and hear how the Supergirl score fares under Holkenborg’s direction—preferably before it hits theaters on June 26. Until then, we’ll always have Djawadi, however briefly. io9 has reached out for clarification or comment, and will update if or when we hear back.

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