Edward Shearmur

Scored Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow with unashamed, straight-faced 1930s adventure-serial grandeur, matching the film's total commitment to its pulp source material. A British composer who studied at Cambridge before moving into film scoring, he has worked across a wide range of genres in both film and television. His score deliberately emulated the romantic, brassy sound of classic 1930s adventure serials rather than a more contemporary blockbuster style.