Overview
- Searchlight released the latest trailer on Wednesday, Oct. 28, and the clip drew massive attention online with reports of more than 5 million views within 24 hours.
- Behemoth! premiered earlier this month as the New York Film Festival Centerpiece and is scheduled for a wide theatrical release on December 4 through Searchlight Pictures.
- Director Tony Gilroy assembled a nine-composer group called the Behemoth! Collective, naming Michael Giacchino, James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, Michael Abels, Emily Bear, Henry Jackman, Nami Melumad, Brandon Roberts, and Lukas Frank to create the film’s multiple fictional scores.
- Pedro Pascal plays Alex Serian, a cellist who returns to Los Angeles after 20 years, and Pascal has said learning to convincingly play the cello was the hardest thing he has done for a role.
- Early festival reaction has been largely positive with an aggregate Rotten Tomatoes score near 86 percent, and critics’ praise for performance and sound design has sparked awards-season conversation about Gilroy’s return and the unusual, collaborative approach to the film’s music.