The soundtrack for
Mad Max: Fury Road
was provided by
Tom Holkenborg
, aka
Junkie XL
-- a Dutch composer, musician, and producer who previously worked on
The Dark Knight Rises
,
Paranoia
, and
Man of Steel
, among other films. For Fury Road, he was up to the task of providing thunderous sounds -- battering drums, screaming guitars, urgent strings and horns, all physical and skillfully orchestrated -- to match the intense action. Even the relatively quiet, drone-like interludes are rife with tension. Outside the context of the film -- as a soundtrack for joyriding, for example -- it could be dangerous. ~ Andy Kellman