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July 12, 2023

Animated RESIDENT EVIL: DEATH ISLAND Film Soundtrack Released by Sony – Score by Japanese Composer Rei Kondoh

RESIDENT EVIL: DEATH ISLAND is a 2023 Japanese adult computer-animated action horror film set in the same universe as the RESIDENT EVIL video games. It is the fifth installment and fourth film in the animated RESIDENT EVIL series, following the 2017 film RESIDENT EVIL: VENDETTA and the 2021 miniseries RESIDENT EVIL: INFINITE DARKNESS. According to Capcom, the film will take place in the year 2015.; this places the film after the events of RESIDENT EVIL 6 (set in 2013) and RESIDENT EVIL: VENDETTA (set in 2014), but before RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD (set in 2017).

The film is directed by Eiichiro Hasumi and features the voices of Matthew Mercer, Stephanie Panisello, Nicole Tompkins, Kevin Dorman and Erin Cahill. In the game, D.S.O. agent Leon S. Kennedy is on a mission to rescue Dr. Antonio Taylor from kidnappers when a mysterious woman thwarts his pursuit. Meanwhile, B.S.A.A. agent Chris Redfield is investigating a zombie outbreak in San Francisco, where the cause of the infection cannot be identified. The only thing the victims have in common is that they all visited Alcatraz Island recently. Following that clue, Chris and his team head to the island, where a new horror awaits them.

Rei Kondoh (RESIDENT EVIL: DAMNATION, THE WONDERFUL 101, REDEMPTION REAPERS, BAYONETTA 3, TEKKEN: BLOODLINE TV series) has released a soundtrack album for the animated sci-fi horror movie RESIDENT EVIL: DEATH ISLAND. Kondoh is a prolific composer and sound designer at T’s Music. He has worked on more than twenty video games through his career, including various games on the BAYONETTA, FIRE EMBLEM, and MARIO PARTY franchises. Kondoh has also composed music for TV series and cinema, as well as original music albums. The soundtrack album features the composer’s original score from the fifth installment in the animated RESIDENT EVIL series and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services.

The animated feature opened in Japanese theaters last weekend and will be released in the U.S. on July 25 on Digital, Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

-via filmmusicreporter (which see for film’s trailer), and other sources.

Listen to a track from the score: