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August 5, 2023

Bobby Krlic Scores DC’s Upcoming BLUE BEETLE Superhero Movie

BLUE BEETLE is an upcoming superhero film based on the DC Comics character Jaime Reyes aka Blue Beetle, produced by DC Studios and The Safran Company. The film was directed by Angel Manuel Soto and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer. It is intended to be the fourteenth installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film stars Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle alongside Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez.

Summary: An alien relic chooses Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the teenager with a suit of armor that’s capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.

The music for the film is by Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak), a British artist, composer, music producer based in Los Angeles. Krlic started out producing and performing music as solo artist The Haxan Cloak, releasing two critically acclaimed full-length albums. As a music producer, Krlic has worked with artists such as Björk, Father John Misty, Khalid, Troye Sivan, Goldfrapp, Serpentwithfeet, The Body and noise-rock band, HEALTH. Krlic was invited to collaborate with Oscar-winning film composer Atticus Ross on soundtracks including Michael Mann’s BLACKHAT and Steve Hoover’s documentary ALMOST HOLY. Since then, he went on to score Ari Aster’s MIDSOMMAR (for which he won the Ivor Novello in 2020) and a number of major network television shows including TNT’s Snowpiercer and ANGEL OF DARKNESS, Hulu’s REPRISAL and Netflix’s SEVEN SECONDS.

The BLUE BEETLE movie is slated for theaters on August 16th, 2023.

Watch the BLUE BEETLE trailer: