LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 16, 2026--
WaterTower Music today announces the release of Clayface (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), available now on all major digital streaming platforms ahead of the film’s theatrical release on October 23. The album features an original score by Academy Award® winner Volker Bertelmann ( All Quiet on the Western Front ) and a hauntingly beautiful cover of the Chicago classic “If You Leave Me Now” by British singer-songwriter Jasmine Jethwa. Listen HERE.
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Vinyl will be released through Made by Mutant with details to follow in the coming weeks.
Bertelmann describes the score as a close collaboration with director James Watkins. One of his biggest challenges was finding a single theme that could hold both Clayface’s inner conflict and the film’s romance.
“Working with James Watkins was a great experience. He gave me a lot of freedom to search for the right sound for the film,” says Bertelmann. “Finding a theme that captured both Clayface’s conflicted personality and the romance was one of the biggest challenges, along with creating sounds for the Nanos and integrating them into the music. James and editor Jon Harris found a beautiful balance between genre-specific storytelling and staying close to the humanity of the characters. That helped me shape the music in the right direction. It was a truly collaborative process.”
Jethwa’s take on “If You Leave Me Now” brings out the heartbreak under the 1976 soft-rock hit. She recorded it to Bertelmann’s production with the London Contemporary Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.
“When I began working on this song, the sentiment and undertone immediately felt quite heartbreaking to me, so being able to sing it with the production Volker created felt like tapping into the darker nature of the song that had always been there,” says Jethwa. “Recording it at Abbey Road Studios with the London Contemporary Orchestra was completely surreal; it felt like I was in a dream. To have my voice and interpretation of this song woven into the world of Clayface feels incredibly special. Being part of a film and soundtrack of this scale feels extraordinary. I’ll never forget it.”
Clayface (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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ABOUT CLAYFACE
DC Studios’ CLAYFACE is a horror thriller from director James Watkins, starring Tom Rhys Harries in the title role of the cult favorite villain from Gotham’s Rogues’ Gallery. Matt Hagen’s meteoric rise from Gotham street kid to Hollywood leading man is tragically cut short when a local crime boss’s actions leave him horribly disfigured. Abandoned by his team and with nothing left, Matt seeks out a cutting-edge treatment that miraculously returns him to his former self… but also has troubling physical and psychological side effects that spiral him down a destructive path of all-consuming revenge. The film also stars Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella and Eddie Marsan, as well as Nancy Carroll and Joshua James.
James Watkins directs from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, story by Flanagan, based on characters from DC. The film is produced by Matt Reeves, Lynn Harris, James Gunn and Peter Safran, with Michael E. Uslan, Chantal Nong Vo, Lars P. Winther, Paul Ritchie, Rafi Crohn and Trevor Macy executive producing.
Watkins’s creative team includes director of photography Rob Hardy, production designer James Price, editor Jon Harris and costume designer Keith Madden. Music is by Volker Bertelmann.
DC Studios Presents a 6 th & Idaho Production, a James Watkins Film, CLAYFACE. The film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and released only in theaters in North America on October 23, 2026, and internationally beginning 21 October 2026.
ABOUT VOLKER BERTELMANN
Volker Bertelmann is an internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, and experimental musician whose innovative approach to sound has made him one of contemporary cinema’s most distinctive musical voices. He won a multitude of awards, including Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Award) for Best Original Score for All Quiet on the Western Front, directed by Edward Berger. Furthermore, he received Academy Award nominations for Conclave and Lion (co-scored with Dustin O’Halloran).
In 2026 Volker scored music for projects such as DC Studios' Clayface, directed by James Watkins; Focus Features' The Uprising, directed by Paul Greengrass; Amazon MGM Studios' Verity, directed by Michael Showalter; Bunker, directed by Florian Zeller; and Pressure, directed by Anthony Maras.
Volker received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for Dune: Prophecy, expanding his acclaimed work into television. His honors also include World Soundtrack Awards (WSA) recognition for his scores to Conclave, The Amateur, and All Quiet on the Western Front, reflecting the continued global impact of his music.
Additional notable credits include A House of Dynamite, Ballad of a Small Player,Panic Carefully, The Day of the Jackal, Patrick Melrose, Your Honor, The Old Guard, and Stowaway, demonstrating a body of work that moves seamlessly between intimate drama, large-scale cinema, and prestige television. With other credits including the Black Mirror episode "Beyond the Sea," Hollywoodgate, War Sailor, an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival, and Adrift, directed by Baltasar Kormákur. He also reunited with O'Halloran to compose Ammonite, which was shortlisted for the Academy Awards, and scored One Life, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023 to critical acclaim.
Outside of film scoring, Bertelmann performs and records under the moniker Hauschka, through which he has become internationally renowned for pioneering prepared-piano techniques and fully improvised live performances. His solo career spans more than twenty albums and EPs, blending classical composition, experimental sound design, and electronic textures. He has collaborated with leading artists and ensembles including the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he served as artist-in-residence, Icelandic experimental group Múm, and Grammy-winning violinist Hilary Hahn.
Bertelmann is an active member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and continues to expand the possibilities of cinematic music through a singular artistic voice that bridges classical tradition, experimentation, and modern storytelling.
ABOUT JASMINE JETHWA
South-London singer-songwriter Jasmine Jethwa released her defiant and raw debut album ‘Girl Who Cried Wolf’ earlier this year via AWAL.
Inspired by old English folk music and the esoteric, Jasmine makes alternative-folk songs shaped by her background in dance, her Anglo-Indian heritage (she is half Gujrati), and a deep connection to nature, spirituality and the elements.
Jasmine’s music draws on artists such as Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny and Nick Drake, alongside the devotional vocal style of Lata Mangeshkar. Alongside these influences, her visual world reflects movement and natural landscapes - including harsher climates - which echo the emotional highs and lows of love and life.
Jasmine tours the UK this autumn, including a headline show at London’s Union Chapel.
ABOUT WATERTOWER MUSIC
WaterTower Music, the in-house label for the Warner Bros Discovery companies, releases recorded music as rich and diverse as the companies themselves. It has been the soundtrack home to many of the world’s most iconic films, television shows and games since 2001.
CLAYFACE (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) ORIGINAL SCORE BY OSCAR-WINNING COMPOSER VOLKER BERTELMANN COVER OF CHICAGO’S CLASSIC “IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW” BY JASMINE JETHWA DIGITAL AVAILABLE NOW
