MovieScore Media release Dominik Scherrer’s score for The Missing. The story follows Tony Hughes, a man devastated by the abduction of his son Oliver during a family vacation in France. He becomes obsessed and spends years searching for him even though his frantic investigation ruins his marriage to Emily. French police detective Julien Baptiste is also haunted by the disappearance; he may be retired, but he is also haunted by the notion that Oliver could still be alive. Told using a fascinating narrative puzzle with several time frames, The Missing explores the impact of a child's abduction, the emotional cost of obsession and letting go...

Dominik Scherrer’s score for The Missing is interesting, but I feel it doesn't work quite as well when listened to outside of the show. Scherrer has managed to craft a beautiful collection of themes, that wonderfully complement the onscreen suspense, but whether you'd want to listen to this on its own merits is another thing entirely.

The score contains 17 tracks (42 min, 45 sec) of well constructed themes, but this is more designed as background music than it is an album that will grab your attention.

The show's title sequence incorporates the song 'Come Home' by Belgian post-rock band Amatorski - the full version of the song as well as Scherrer’s arrangement for the opening are both available on the album.

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Darren Rea