Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Though this sequel is a decade belated, Composer Carl Thiel says director/musician Robert Rodriguez “wanted to keep that same original Sin City vibe, but add more to the musical atmosphere; taking the existing character motifs (originally composed by John Debney, Graeme Revell and Rodriguez) and expanding them to include new characters like Ava, Joey and Johnny.” Carl says the director/sometime composer offered Ava a theme that was “very slick and had a lot of ‘bendy’ strings that followed her character. It was inspiring to work off because the melody he wrote for her is very unpredictable, a lot like her character.” Thiel notes that on most collaborations with Rodriguez “music takes a backseat to the story. But when I started working on this new Sin City he told me, “For this movie we really need to go over the top. The music is just as important as the narration and the visuals, so it gave us the freedom to take more chances than we would have done on a regular score.”