Musique Fantastique

January 8, 2022

Composer Imrad Ahmad Scores Forthcoming Horror Film WITCH

Directed by Craig Hinde (producer on ONE THOUSAND FLAMES, UNRAVEL, BLACK SITE) and Marc Zammit (ONE THOUSAND FLAMES, HOMELESS ASHES), WITCH is a forthcoming film taking place in a small town in 1575 England. William (Ryan Spong) embarks on a journey to prove the innocence of his wife, Twyla (Sarah Alexandra Marks), falsely accused of being a witch and will be put to death if found guilty. William must hunt down the real witch, to save Twyla from death. Cast also includes Russell Shaw, Fabrizio Santino, Daniel Jordan, Mims Burton, and others.

Composer Imrad Ahmad, known for scoring The Ford Brothers’ acclaimed zombie films THE DEAD (2010) and its sequel, THE DEAD 2: INDIA (2013), as well as (NEVER LET GO, ADVENTURE BOYZ, THE LOCKDOWN HAUNTINGS), has scored the film. Imrad is a British Indian Film Composer and Music Artist from London, U.K. His latest feature film THE LEDGE (2022) starring Ben Lamb was released in February 2022 by Paramount Home Entertainment in the USA; in June 2022, it reached no. 7 in the Top 10 Films on Netflix UK. Other credits include music for several documentaries, notably additional music for Scott Free Productions’ INDIA IN A DAY (2016) which was directed by Richie Mehta and executively produced by Ridley Scott. Imran has enjoyed a long association with indie producer B7 Media and created original scores for several full-cast audio dramas broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Notable productions include the New York Festivals Radio Award winners’, THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (2014) starring Derek Jacobi and Hayley Atwell, DAN DARE (2018) starring Heida Reed and Ed Stoppard and I, ROBOT (2017) starring Hermione Norris. He also scored the ten-part Audible docudrama series THE SPACE RACE (2019) narrated by Kate Mulgrew.

For more information on the composer, see the composer’s website, and read my interview with Imrad Ahmad about soring THE DEAD and its sequel in my February 2015 Soundtrax column.

A Skylark Vision production, WITCH is currently forthcoming with a release date to be announced. For more details, follow the film’s Twitter account

Watch the film’s trailer, below: