{"id":2278411,"date":"2026-02-12T04:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2278411"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:00:54","slug":"director-corin-hardy-on-how-music-shaped-new-horror-whistle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/director-corin-hardy-on-how-music-shaped-new-horror-whistle\/","title":{"rendered":"Director Corin Hardy on how music shaped new horror Whistle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"e8389971-8b4a-4c38-9dea-33fcc340821c\">You wait 40 years for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/every-iron-maiden-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/every-iron-maiden-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/every-iron-maiden-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best\">Iron Maiden<\/a> to make it to the big screen, and then three appearances happen all at once. First, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/iron-maiden-the-story-of-the-trooper\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/iron-maiden-the-story-of-the-trooper\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/iron-maiden-the-story-of-the-trooper\"><em>The Trooper<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>popped up in the (movie-length) finale of <em>Stranger Things <\/em>in January, then <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/iron-maiden-story-behind-the-song-number-of-the-beast\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/iron-maiden-story-behind-the-song-number-of-the-beast\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/iron-maiden-story-behind-the-song-number-of-the-beast\"><em>Number Of The Beast<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>stole the show in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/we-dont-let-many-people-use-our-music-but-we-felt-it-was-a-calculated-risk-iron-maiden-respond-to-the-jaw-dropping-28-years-later-the-bone-temple-scene-that-might-have-already-produced-2026s-best-needle-drop\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/we-dont-let-many-people-use-our-music-but-we-felt-it-was-a-calculated-risk-iron-maiden-respond-to-the-jaw-dropping-28-years-later-the-bone-temple-scene-that-might-have-already-produced-2026s-best-needle-drop\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/we-dont-let-many-people-use-our-music-but-we-felt-it-was-a-calculated-risk-iron-maiden-respond-to-the-jaw-dropping-28-years-later-the-bone-temple-scene-that-might-have-already-produced-2026s-best-needle-drop\"><em>28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em>Now, Maiden are back for a third bite of the pie as <em>Killers<\/em> appears on the soundtrack to Corin Hardy&#8217;s new horror movie <em>Whistle. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Released this Friday (February 13), <em>Whistle <\/em>follows a group of high schoolers who discover an Aztec death whistle that, when blown, summons death for all who hear. So naturally, someone blows it and bloody, gloriously gory mayhem ensues &#8211; watch the trailer below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"BsmE5IMwuPo\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-BsmE5IMwuPo\" data-yt-video-token=\"BsmE5IMwuPo\" title=\"WHISTLE | Official Trailer | In cinemas Feb 13 - YouTube\">\n<span class=\"youtube-video-title\">WHISTLE | Official Trailer | In cinemas Feb 13 &#8211; YouTube<\/span><br \/>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"play-button\" viewbox=\"0 0 234.67 165.33\"><path fill=\"red\" d=\"M229.763 25.817c-2.699-10.162-10.65-18.165-20.748-20.881C190.716 0 117.333 0 117.333 0S43.951 0 25.651 4.936C15.553 7.652 7.6 15.655 4.903 25.817 0 44.236 0 82.667 0 82.667s0 38.429 4.903 56.85C7.6 149.68 15.553 157.681 25.65 160.4c18.3 4.934 91.682 4.934 91.682 4.934s73.383 0 91.682-4.934c10.098-2.718 18.049-10.72 20.748-20.882 4.904-18.421 4.904-56.85 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Sound good? It is!<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Hammer <\/em>caught up with director Corin Hardy to talk about the movie&#8217;s killer, genre-blurring soundtrack and just how important music is to this film &#8211; including a mammoth hundred-plus song playlist the director made to help actors and crew get into the <em>Whistle <\/em>spirit &#8211; which you can listen to at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"7bcc0abf-0e27-4e52-8cd5-17e1749e8ddc\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:648px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:16.20%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-648-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-648-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-648-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-648-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh.jpg\" alt=\"A divider for Metal Hammer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-648-80.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-648-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-648-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-648-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/b5iZW9TMgSWrCk5MChwwoh.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"c7de7aca-6b04-4d80-a759-d400173fd617\"><strong>It seems appropriate for a movie about a cursed instrument to have a plot-relevant soundtrack\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Corin Hardy: <\/strong>\u201cI always used to make compilation tapes when we did that, and now I make playlists. When I got to making <em>Whistle, <\/em>first thing I did was put together a few-hundred song playlist called DEATH LIVES that was basically bands that were part of the vision I was having. That involved music from the 70s, 80s and 90s in a mix of genres but a lot of rock, goth and metal, as well as a lot of electronic music and techno stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>And what happened with that playlist?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-nJoBPMuPdPiJUZLTuUcpML\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-nJoBPMuPdPiJUZLTuUcpML slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI sent it out to the cast and crew. Basically, I just said, \u2018If you fancy listening to where my head was at\u2026\u2019 I think it just helps form this movie I was making. That was the start point and then I even started working things into the script with specific bands and songs I would hope to get into the film. I\u2019ve actually made that playlist public, so you can listen to that as well as the digital soundtrack and we\u2019ll also have a vinyl score release [coming this Friday] because that was made by Doomphonic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>How important was the music to the story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to make a movie that is timeless, but also a nod to classic horror movies of the 80s like <em>Nightmare On Elm Street<\/em> and <em>The Lost Boys <\/em>but also <em>The Breakfast Club<\/em>. If you think of those movies, you\u2019ll also have music you\u2019ll instantly think of \u2013 <em>Don\u2019t You Forget About Me <\/em>in <em>Breakfast Club<\/em>, <em>Cry Little Sister <\/em>in <em>Lost Boys<\/em>\u2026 The movie is set now but I wanted to work certain types of music in.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>So what decided which songs would make the final cut?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was actually inspired by this post I\u2019d seen on Twitter, when I was on that platform once upon a time. It was a woman who said her dad had died, but he\u2019d left her his record collection. So each day she posted some album artwork and said she was getting to know him through that, which I thought was so brilliant and moving.<\/p>\n<p>I really identified with that \u2013 my brother Robin [Guy, drummer for Rachel Stamp] died a year and a half ago and we had a very close bond. He drummed in various rock and punk bands and he got me into music \u2013 he got me into Iron Maiden when I was eight years old. So this idea of connecting with someone through music was really important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>And that literally comes up in the film.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah! With Chris \u2013 the character Dafne Keen plays \u2013 her father has left her this jacket and record collection. So she\u2019s introduced in the movie listening to this collection of albums, getting to know him through it. What we hear in the movie is rooted in her character. That was my starting point, but I was looking for opportunities in the script for sequences.<\/p>\n<p>This was before we started shooting too, so like <em>Joey <\/em>by Concrete Blonde is playing on the record player in the script. It\u2019s pretty dangerous to do that because you don\u2019t know if you\u2019re going to curse it and never actually get the track. I\u2019d done music videos for The Prodigy and I wanted to get bands that would identify into this kind of movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there a theme to the songs?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something in all of the bands\u2019 lyrics that is relevant to <em>Whistle <\/em>or to death, like <em>Omen <\/em>by The Prodigy. It\u2019s about a death whistle that when you blow it, it calls upon your future death to hunt you down. But there\u2019s a commentary about death, life and mortality going on. I\u2019d heard the band CHVRCHES \u2013 more of a sort of modern, electronic band who have a retro sound and they had a song called <em>Final Girl<\/em>. It just felt so made for a horror movie \u2013 like something you\u2019d hear in <em>Nightmare On Elm Street 4 <\/em>in 1989 or something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you get bands to sign on?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI reached out! I\u2019ve known Gunship for a while through Dan Haigh, because back when I did music videos, I did some for Fightstar and also gave my voice to a song of [Gunship&#8217;s] called <em>Cthulhu<\/em>. They\u2019d done a cover of Cyndi Lauper\u2019s <em>Time After Time <\/em>that felt heartbreaking, which helped tap into this character Rel [Sky Yang], who is an outsider, artistic weirdo type. He\u2019s obsessed with this character called The Revenger, and is like me when I was 14. So I tied some bands in to different characters.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a Tiger Army track, <em>Dark And Lonely Night<\/em> that worked really well and I wanted to use that because over the years I\u2019ve been flagging different tracks and thinking, \u2018I\u2019d love to get this in a movie.\u2019 Then finally, there\u2019s a romantic scene where the lead character is alone in her bedroom, trying to contact this girl through a message and there\u2019s a lot of longing, uncertainty and romance going on and that Tiger Army track is perfect \u2013 it sounds like Elvis as a gothic vampire.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"3dcbf13e-5263-43e5-aeb7-fab07b914492\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:485px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:148.45%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-485-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-485-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-485-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-485-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse.jpg\" alt=\"Whistle Movie Poster\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-485-80.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-485-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-485-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-485-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/54jKRfghhE5rAUJuQ6MSse.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Press\/Blackbear)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr id=\"914727f7-709a-40bd-af6d-1b9d08210ad1\"\/>\n<p id=\"1b9a81dd-9524-4f33-9130-61d18208240f\"><strong>Were there any songs that didn\u2019t make the final cut?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few. There was a Suicidal Tendencies song I wanted to use, Type O Negative too. Sometimes it just doesn\u2019t work out, we can\u2019t find a place for it. I wanted to try and get Rachel Stamp, my brother\u2019s band, in and I\u2019ve always loved this song of theirs called <em>Witches Of Angelholm <\/em>which has such a groove in the guitar riff and the lyrics, \u2018<em>Hey little girl\u2026\u2019 <\/em>which worked perfectly for the Harvest scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did Maiden come into the picture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIron Maiden were my first love, the first band I got into in the world of rock and heavy metal. I always was like, \u2018I want to feature a Maiden track\u2019 and had got to know them and their management, we\u2019d done things together like carving pumpkins for the Eddie videogame. I contacted them and they\u2019re very particular about who gets to use their music. This year they\u2019ve got <em>Number Of The Beast <\/em>in [28 Years Later] <em>The Bone Temple<\/em>, <em>The Trooper <\/em>in <em>Stranger Things<\/em> and now <em>Whistle <\/em>has <em>Killers<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you seen those others?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh yeah. They\u2019ve got the best scene in <em>The Bone Temple<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maiden have a good presence in the film even before they show up on the soundtrack\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Maiden stands for as a band was relevant to this strength that Chris as an individual has. I didn\u2019t want it to just be, \u2018She\u2019s the goth weirdo and she listens to goth weirdo music.\u2019 She\u2019s got a number of tastes going on. But Maiden are actually quite symbolic for Chris through the film \u2013 she\u2019s into that stuff and has this <em>Live After Death <\/em>vinyl early on in the movie, but then you\u2019ve got characters like Ellie (Sophie N\u00e9lisse) who is very safe and set in her ways early on, but when those characters come together they become like Ying and Yang where they need to work together to fight this terrible death whistle curse. So when you see a Maiden t-shirt pop up [later in the movie], it\u2019s a subtle hint things are changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s wild that Maiden haven\u2019t really featured in movies or TV for<\/strong> <strong>years and have now been in three big projects in as many months.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell yeah! I think they\u2019re in <em>Demons <\/em>[1985 horror directed by Lamberto Bava], but it was a real honour [to get them for the soundtrack]. I actually got <em>The Duellists <\/em>in <em>Gangs Of London <\/em>too, which is also featured for a good reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>You mentioned The Revenger earlier \u2013 that\u2019s something you created for this movie\u2026 it\u2019s very <\/strong><em><strong>The Crow<\/strong><\/em><strong>, isn\u2019t it? You were attached to that movie for a few years, would you still want to try making your vision?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did like three years of pre-production, nearly making <em>The Crow<\/em>. It was more of an opportunity [in this film] to say something about Rel. Originally in the script, Rel was obsessed with The Green Lantern, but when I read that it was like, \u2018I\u2019m not a massive Green Lantern fan\u2019 so suddenly I don\u2019t identify with the guy as much. Plus, we wouldn\u2019t be able to clear The Green Lantern.<\/p>\n<p>So without spoilers, with his arc it made more sense for him to take on characteristics of this character he\u2019s obsessed with who\u2019d be like The Punisher or The Crow. So we got to design a new superhero! I was amazed to clear the name \u2018The Revenger\u2019, which was pretty cool. I knew there\u2019d be things like him sitting on the roof in the rain, so it\u2019s a gravitation towards the kind of costumes and things I knew and did growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>It feels like there\u2019s a lot of brilliant easter eggs in the film.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely. There\u2019s one key sequence that stood out to me, which was a real challenge to do. It definitely took inspiration from Wes Craven\u2019s <em>Nightmare On Elm Street <\/em>where Tina gets dragged up to the ceiling, or Johnny Depp gets sucked into the bed.<\/p>\n<p>But there was also a bit of <em>American Werewolf In London <\/em>going in \u2013 the transformation scene where we see it happen right in front of your eyes. So we wanted to have a transformation sequence using different techniques like prosthetics, animatronics, puppetry, contortionists, wire work\u2026 all these visual effects to create an illusion that feels visceral and immersive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>No spoilers, but my hand still feels weird after seeing it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was actually done with a real, in-camera animatronic that they built!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there a future for <\/strong><em><strong>Whistle <\/strong><\/em><strong>as a franchise?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mythology felt too simple and effective to not want to tell more stories within it. With something like this, while you\u2019re making it \u2013 all the way through to the edit \u2013 you\u2019re honing and exploring what it is. In some ways this is the first story of this death whistle, but with this mythology it could be in different time periods, settings and whatever. Given the opportunity, I\u2019d be excited about doing more stories in this world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WHISTLE is released in cinemas in UK and Ireland from February 13. The official <\/strong><\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=92X1567220&amp;xcust=loudersound_gb_1076843126500155299&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdistrokid.com%2Fhyperfollow%2Fdoomphonic%2Fwhistle-original-motion-picture-soundtrack&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loudersound.com%2Fculture%2Ffilms-tv-shows%2Fhow-tragedy-iron-maiden-and-the-crow-inspired-killer-new-horror-whistle\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/doomphonic\/whistle-original-motion-picture-soundtrack\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"skimlinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=92X1567220&amp;xcust=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fdistrokid.com%2Fhyperfollow%2Fdoomphonic%2Fwhistle-original-motion-picture-soundtrack&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loudersound.com%2Fculture%2Ffilms-tv-shows%2Fhow-tragedy-iron-maiden-and-the-crow-inspired-killer-new-horror-whistle\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><em><strong>WHISTLE SCORE<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong> by Doomphonic will also be released on digital platforms February 13. The Vinyl through MUTANT will be released soon. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-01c34e90-fa79-4dbd-be7e-fe15e866e0d5\"\/><iframe allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" height=\"352\" width=\"100%\" id=\"\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" class=\"position-center\" data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/5JPOlglOxefAHYyxKIcctH?utm_source=generator\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.loudersound.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You wait 40 years for Iron Maiden to make it to the big screen, and then three appearances happen all at once. 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