The Widow
Composer: Dominik Scherrer – View bio »
Release Date (digital): 29 April 2019
About the album
This is the original soundtrack by composer Dominik Scherrer for Amazon/ITV’s 8-part hit series starring Kate Beckinsale.
As the majority of the show was shot in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Dominik was keen for the music to reflect the series’ Central African setting and draw from the continent’s amazing musical heritage, whilst fulfilling its duty as a tense and emotional thriller score. This involved travelling to South Africa, where there is a sizeable Congolese diaspora, to record much of the score.
“I had long been a fan of different African musical styles. But rather than adding African instruments as a mere embellishment, I wanted to build the score from African structures, and have it played also by orchestra. If you look at Congolese music, the general line-up is simply guitar, bass, drums, vocals. Those brilliant Congo guitar riffs became an inspiration, they incorporate the essential polyrhythm all in one element. I translated some of this into our larger thriller-orchestration.”

- Welcome to Kisima – 2:18
- The Ring – 1:46
- Sankuru Airways Flight 19 Is Missing – 1:56
- Ministre des Transports – 2:37
- Journey to the Slums – 2:07
- Back to the Crash Site – 1:31
- Boarding the Flight – 2:45
- Mr Tequila – 1:52
- Adidja – 3:48
- The General’s Men – 2:26
- Mercy – 2:06
- In a Mad World Only the Mad Are Sane – 1:18
- Loss – 1:33
- How I Became Ariel – 2:08
- This Is What We Do To Survive – 3:09
- Darkness Beneath the Beauty – 1:35
- Nobody Is Safe – 1:32
- Poteza – 1:22
- Lord Forgive Me – 2:35
- The Spider and his Web – 1:04
- The Survivors – 1:38
- Green Lion – 2:20
- Exposing the Truth – 1:20
- A New Home – 2:52