Paul Leonard-Morgan Releases Pretty Lethal Original Motion Picture Soundtrack via Milan Records

Milan Records releases the Pretty Lethal Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, composed by BAFTA Award–winning and Emmy and Ivor Novello–nominated composer Paul Leonard-Morgan.

Written for the film, the score combines orchestral weight with a modern electronic edge, recorded in Glasgow with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, a rock band, and a solo violin.

Blending driving synths with unconventional textures, including bowed saw, whistles, and detuned strings, the score builds a tense and unpredictable sonic palette.

Described by Leonard-Morgan as a collision of “orchestra, rock band, and cyberpunk electronics,” the music moves fluidly between genres, shaping the film’s atmosphere through propulsive rhythms and evolving thematic material.

Pretty Lethal follows five ballerinas en route to a competition whose journey takes a dark turn after becoming stranded in a remote forest. As tensions rise within the group, they are forced to rely on their discipline and training to survive, transforming the precision of ballet into a tool for survival.

The film stars Uma Thurman and is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

A key moment in the score, “One Last Dance,” reflects the film’s choreography's physicality, aligning musical structure with movement on screen. Throughout the soundtrack, themes tied to the central characters develop and expand, reinforcing both narrative tension and emotional progression.

Reflecting on the project, Paul Leonard-Morgan shares:

“When you get a call asking your take on a Ballerina Slasher movie, you reply with ‘I see this as Orchestra meets Punk Band meets Cyberpunk electronica’ and they welcome you with open arms, you know it’s going to be a fun ride! 3 years ago I wrote my album of Etudes for Piano and Cello, little knowing it would lead to scoring this epic movie. Tired and needing to be refreshed, I took a month off to write my album. Then dancers from around the world started randomly choreographing it. Then I get a call asking me to score this movie, and “had I ever worked with dance before”. It was literally a case of putting yourself out there in the universe and things will happen!

Director Vicky Jewson and myself shared the same vision for this film. Girl power, punk attitude meets the beauty of ballet. These aren’t your usual fight sequences. Blades on ballet shoes, pirouettes to escape the attacks, every beat carefully scored so that the fight sequences go from hard core EDM one moment to classical orchestra the next. Tchaikovsky on steroids! And then to finish up with I got to score an entire 2 minute ballet sequence - it’s a composer’s dream job.

We’ve included my remixes of Rhythm Is A Dancer that they used in the film as a special treat.”

Paul Leonard-Morgan is known for a distinctive cinematic approach that blends orchestral composition with electronic elements. His work spans film, television, and video games, with credits including Dredd, Limitless, Boston Strangler, and Cyberpunk 2077. He has also collaborated extensively with director Errol Morris and composer Philip Glass.

The Pretty Lethal Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is available now via Milan Records.

Pretty Lethal is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.