Intriguing news from Sony Classical tells us that next month they will release a collaboration between composer James Newton Howard and director M. Night Shyamalan. The record label take up the story:

Included on Night After Night are highlights from Howard’s haunting scores that became part of the identity of eight of Shyamalan’s eerie, mind-bending thrillers – The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), Lady in the Water (2006), The Happening (2008), The Last Airbender (2010) and After Earth (2013).

For this album, James Newton Howard created eight suites that are piano-centric and include new and original material.  Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs throughout the recording.  Violinist Hilary Hahn recreates her contributions to the soundtrack recording of the score for The Village and cellist Maya Beiser reprises her performance of An Event from The Happening soundtrack.  Gavin Greenaway conducts the orchestra and chorus in Howard’s new arrangements.

When Howard came onboard during the post-production phase to score ‘The Sixth Sense’, Shyamalan said he “felt potential and excitement” in their work together.  In their mutual candour, each discovered a trusting creative partner in finding the right musical expression for Shyamalan’s supernatural thrillers.

You can listen to Morning from The Village below, with the haunting solo Hahn brought to the foreground: