The soundtrack drops just one day after the psychological horror series hit Netflix. Colin Stetson, the composer behind Hereditary and The Menu, was the first creative hire on Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, and his score is just as unsettling as the show itself.
Creator Haley Z. Boston brought Stetson on early. His unique sound became integral to the series about a bride who can’t shake the feeling that marrying her fiancé is a terrible mistake.
“This music ranges all over the place, from the dreadful to the tragic, the sexy to the unhinged and comedic,” Stetson says. “There are tracks here that thunder and howl like metal dirges and others like sorrowful lamentations, several are up tempo techno tracks weaving like a heist caper.”
The score is available digitally now across all platforms. For physical media fans, there’s a limited vinyl edition through At The Movies, 300 individually numbered copies on red and black swirled 180-gram vinyl. The 16-track album includes pieces like “Death and the cold cold ground,” “The witness,” and the title track.
Stetson is known for transforming the saxophone through extended techniques, circular breathing, and multiphonics. He creates dense soundscapes without overdubs or loops. Beyond his solo work and collaborations with Bon Iver and Arcade Fire, he’s carved out a space in horror scoring. His work on Hereditary proved he understands how to make audiences feel deeply uncomfortable.
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen follows Rachel (Camila Morrone) in the five days before her wedding at her fiancé’s family vacation home. It’s psychological horror centered on that most terrifying question: what if you’re marrying the wrong person?
The series is streaming on Netflix now.
