Incubus Frontman Brandon Boyd Is Scoring His First Film, a WWII Sci-Fi Thriller Called Unknown Company

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Brandon Boyd of Incubus at a Pre-Grammy celebration event in Toluca Lake, California

Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd is making his feature film scoring debut on the indie WWII sci-fi thriller Unknown Company. He’s teaming up with musician and composer Gregory Rogove on the film, which stars The Walking Dead’s Ross Marquand and follows a small unit of American soldiers sent behind enemy lines in the final days of World War II to recover the wreckage of an unidentified object.

What starts as a military mission turns into something far stranger that tests the soldiers’ loyalty and their grip on reality.

Boyd said he and Rogove had worked together before, and after seeing a rough cut he knew this was the right project for their first film score. “I’m a huge horror and sci-fi fan and I immediately felt intuitions about the sounds and moods that needed to accompany this picture. The film is creepy, beautiful and dark and we composed music that meets the film there.”

Directed by Vincent Talenti and now in post-production, the ensemble also includes Hugh Scott, Zak Steiner, Mace Coronel, Kevin Brooks, Sarah Hay, and Nolan North.

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Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd, now making his feature film scoring debut, at a Pre-Grammy celebration in Toluca Lake, California on January 23, 2020. Photo by Amy Graves / Getty Images.
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At NBC Studios in Los Angeles, Brandon Boyd takes the mic for Incubus’s performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, November 2001. Photo by Kevin Winter / Getty Images.
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Mouth wide open mid-scream, Boyd commands the outdoor stage at the Rolling Rock Town Fair in Latrobe, PA on August 4, 2001, tattoo prominently displayed on his raised arm. Photo by Getty Images.
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