Original Motion Picture Score

The Engineer

Score by Lionel Cohen  ·  2023

Official Album Cover for The Engineer
Winner — Mammoth Film Festival Best Score

The Sound

Lionel Cohen delivers a revolutionary sonic experience for The Engineer (2023). Blending the brutal, rhythmic rigidity of industrial music with haunting, authentic Middle Eastern instrumentation, the score creates an atmosphere of relentless geopolitical tension. It is a fusion of clockwork precision and desert mysticism that heightens the film's high-stakes narrative.

The Film

Based on the true story of the manhunt for Yahya Ayyash, the film is a gripping political thriller. Directed by Danny A. Abeckaser, it features a stellar international cast:

  • Emile Hirsch
  • Tsahi Halevi
  • Danny A. Abeckaser
  • Angel Bonanni
  • Robert Davi

Tracklist

  1. 1Look Into the Camera1:08
  2. 2Ready to Die2:36
  3. 3God is Great1:43
  4. 4She's Been Identified1:44
  5. 5Getting Back to Work1:55
  6. 6A Second Bomber1:14
  7. 7Zero Exposure1:21
  8. 8Smugglers Make My Balls Itch1:04
  9. 9Hookah Radio Music1:35
  10. 10You Don't Like Jokes?1:07
  11. 11Target Confirmed1:15
  12. 12That's Why We're Here3:36
  13. 13You Are Dead Men4:29
  14. 14How to Make Bombs2:37
  15. 15Eyes on the Backdoor2:40
  16. 16A Moment to Think3:08
  17. 17A Message is Sent to Our People2:02
  18. 18I Need Your Discretion1:36
  19. 19He's Here3:00
  20. 20We Plant a Bomb in His Phone2:03
  21. 21Now We Wait2:26
  22. 22It Could've Been Anything1:23
  23. 23Let's Get a Closer Look1:41
  24. 24Be Very Careful1:10
  25. 25It's Ringing1:54
  26. 26It's the Engineer1:36
  27. 27They Killed Ayyash1:20
  28. 28It's Done, It's Over2:40
  29. 29Fighting Ghosts3:08

End Credits

End Credits Song

Fighting Ghosts

The final track on the score also serves as the film's end credits song — a collaboration that expands the world of the score beyond pure instrumental territory. Where the rest of the album builds tension through texture and rhythm, Fighting Ghosts brings the journey to a poignant close, pairing Lionel Cohen's signature industrial-Middle Eastern palette with a vocal dimension that lingers long after the credits roll.

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