Clint Mansell Says, “Shhhhh!”

Just three days ago, soundtrack composer Clint Mansell posted these 17 tracks under the collective title *Shhhhh!*, combined with a “Shushing Face” emoji, to his SoundCloud account. A commenter on the opening track, [“Don’t Say a Word,”](https://soundcloud.com/clint-mansell/01-dont-say-a-word?in=clint-mansell/sets/shhhh-ost) asks if it’s the score to *Ghost in the Shell*. However, a quick check of the titles seems to confirm what the collection’s title, in retrospect, suggests — that this is the music from *Mute*, the film by Dunan Jones that debuted on Netflix earlier this year. There’s a snippet of what is said to be the *Mute* end-credits score [on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0IvorFqqt0) from back in February, and it is identical to the “I Would Drive All Night(Slight Reprise)” track here (the final one, number 17). Another clue: the penultimate track includes the name “Leo,” the *Mute* lead character, played by Alexander Skarsgard (except in flashbacks to him as a young boy). The set was originally posted at [soundcloud.com/clint-mansell](https://soundcloud.com/clint-mansell/sets/shhhh-ost). He announced it, coyly, [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/iamclintmansell/status/1036296748644294656), and though someone there guessed it as the *Mute* score, Mansell hasn’t replied as of this writing.