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‘The Invisible Man’ Composer Benjamin Wallfisch on Using Silence and Channeling Bernard Hermann

It’s not often a film composer is asked to use silence as part of his sonic soundscape for a particular project, but that’s exactly how Benjamin Wallfisch approached his excellent score for Universal’s horror-thriller The Invisible Man. The film is ostensibly based on the classic monster movie of the same name, but co-writer/director Leigh Whannell has in truth crafted a wholly unique take on a story in which a man turns himself invisible. This is a monster movie that makes the victim the protagonist, as Whannell’s film finds a domestic abuse survivor named …