Angels & Demons (film) with author Dan Brown. In May 2006, following the release of the 2006 film adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code", Sony Pictures hired screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, who wrote the film adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code", to adapt "Angels & Demons". Filming was originally to begin in February 2008 and was originally going to be released on December 19, 2008, but because of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the film was pushed back for May 15, 2009. David Koepp rewrote the script before shooting began. Director Ron Howard chose to treat "Angels & Demons" as a sequel to
The Da Vinci Code (soundtrack) "Hannibal", there is also a solid mixture of the motifs used for "The Thin Red Line" and "Batman Begins". The thirteenth cue, "Chevaliers de Sangreal", is the most bombastic; powerfully underscoring the 'discovery' scene in the film. Like Media Ventures protégé Harry Gregson-Williams, who composed the soundtrack for "", Zimmer used Abbey Road Studios to help create his music for "The Da Vinci Code". Additional sections were recorded at London's AIR Studios, atop Rosslyn Hill. Director Ron Howard commented that "Like every other facet of this movie, the score for "The Da Vinci Code" demanded a range of textures that