Whiskey, ‘Widow’s Bay’ and Johnny Cash: how the “dark folk” soundtrack of ‘Marvel’s Wolverine’ came together

M arvel’s Wolverine is as violent and bloody as you’d expect a video game about the least family-friendly superhero to be.

Thanks to his mutant healing ability and virtually indestructible adamantium claws, the brutish killing machine does not hesitate to eviscerate anyone standing in his way.

And the majority of the game is spent hacking and slashing your way through an increasingly robust array of bulky henchmen, deadly robotic Sentinels and cybernetically enhanced soldiers.

READ MORE: ‘Marvel’s Wolverine’ review: get your claws into this violent action romance The single-player action-adventure also delights in showing off Logan’s softer side.

Horror -infused side quests let him sift through past traumas and unlock previously-forgotten memories.

There’s also an instant connection to fellow troubled mutant Jean Grey that grows more romantic as they team up to stop billionaire Bolivar Trask from hunting down others like them.

Bet you weren’t expecting Wolverine to be making goo-goo eyes across a campfire after cleaning literal human flesh from his claws, were you? “I love the feral nature of Wolverine as much as everyone but I also understand that his rage comes from his pain.

There’s this conflict between his brutal animalistic side and something much more human and vulnerable,” composer David Fleming tells NME .

And it’s his stunning score, streaming on all major platforms now, that marries these two contrasting sides so well.

The score has been a lifetime in the making Fleming has an impressive CV.

He’s behind the music of spooky mystery-comedy Widow’s Bay .

He helped soundtrack HBO’s The Last Of Us adaptation alongside game composer Gustavo Santaolalla.

And he’s worked on James Gunn ’s Superman reboot, Donald Glover ’s Prime Video series Mr & Mrs Smith as well as Blue Planet 2 with Hans Zimmer.

Marvel’s Wolverine is his first full gaming soundtrack.