2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Benjamin ▁Wall f isch ▁was ▁announced ▁as ▁the ▁composer ▁of ▁Its ▁score . ▁Wall f isch ▁stated ▁that ▁Jerry ▁G olds m ith , ▁John ▁Williams , ▁Alan ▁Sil vest ri , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Dave ▁Gr us in ' s ▁composition ▁for ▁The ▁Go on ies ▁( 1 9 8 5 ) ▁were ▁largely ▁influ ential ▁in ▁the ▁score ▁of ▁It , ▁as ▁he ▁felt ▁so ▁passion ate ▁about ▁those ▁" big ▁them atic ▁style ▁of ▁scoring ", ▁al beit ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁wish ing ▁to ▁go ▁beyond ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁purely ▁orch est ral ▁and ▁advent ur ous ▁score . ▁According ▁to ▁Wall f isch , ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁develop ▁a ▁theme ▁for ▁Pen ny wise ▁which ▁included ▁finding ▁and ▁creating ▁music ▁that ▁could ▁inf ect ▁all ▁the ▁other ▁mel od ies ▁as ▁there ▁are ▁several ▁them es ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁but ▁the ▁Pen ny wise ▁score ▁is ▁a ▁very ▁quiet ▁and ▁whisper ed ▁child like ▁t une ▁using ▁very ▁high ▁strings . ▁Wall f isch ▁spoke ▁of ▁Pen ny wise ' s ▁second ▁theme , ▁inspired ▁by ▁Sk ars g år d ' s ▁port ray al , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁used ▁the ▁old ▁children ' s ▁song ▁" Or anges ▁and ▁Lem ons ", ▁which ▁had ▁always ▁dist urbed ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁child : ▁" We ▁knew ▁we ▁wanted ▁some ▁kind ▁of ▁children ' s ▁song ▁to ▁sign ify ▁Pen ny wise ' s ▁strange