Omnihanded Entertainmet News | Every song on ‘The Assassin’ soundtrack

Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore lead the cast of crime thriller The Assassin.

Created by Harry and Jack Williams (The Tourist), the series follows a retired assassin living in Greece who is reunited with her estranged son. As he seeks answers about her past, they both find themselves in danger when her history catches up with her.

Other cast members include Gina Gershon, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Jack Davenport, Alan Dale, Gerald Kyd, Devon Terrell, Richard Dormer and David Dencik.

Along with starring in the Amazon show, Hawes and Highmore serve as executive producers. All six episodes were released on July 25, 2025.

Who composed the soundtrack for The Assassin?

The show’s score is by Dominik Scherrer, who previously worked with Harry and Jack Williams on The Tourist, The Missing and Baptiste. He also composed the soundtrack to 2012’s Ripper Street.

Speaking about The Assassin’s soundtrack to NME, Scherrer said he wanted the score to reflect the oscillating tone in the show’s script.

“Some of the fun and excitement in the script is in the extreme contrasts,” Scherrer said. “A dark, thriller-ish scene with a lot of peril will be followed abruptly by hilarious conversations on a Mediterranean beach, for example. Rather than smoothing this over, I wanted the score to accentuate this, as it brings energy to those moments.

“Besides creating modern action cues, using a lot of analogue synths mixed with a live orchestra, a key influence was 1950s Italian pop – like the kind of music Morricone was arranging and producing before he started to score the films we know so well now. The soaring string lines, mixed with twangy guitars and a few exotic instruments, give The Assassin a kind of retro, glamorous Mediterranean feel that’s still cool.”

He added: “The series is set in many different countries, and I wanted to exaggerate the exoticism. I spent a few days in a studio in Athens, recording dulcimers, and plucked and bowed Middle Eastern and Mediterranean instruments, which appear in a few moments in the final score.”

What other songs appear in the show?

A handful of needle drops are scattered across the show’s six episodes, including a pop classic from Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan. You can check out all the songs below.

Episode one
‘Agapi Kalokairini’ – Alexia Vassiliou
‘Favourite Kind Of Girl’ – Gotts Street Park, Flikka

Episode two
N/A

Episode three
‘Pjesa 7 (laveri)’ – TAJçIDO
‘Nuk ka pshtim’ – Boyard Bes
‘God’s Gonna Cut You Down’ – John Grant

Episode four
N/A

Episode five
N/A

Episode six
‘Especially For You’ – Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan

What to expect in New Game Plus in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers

New Game Plus mode is unlocked after completing the campaign and obtaining an ending. After the end credits roll, you’ll be sent back to the main menu. Unfortunately, we’re not allowed to show an image just yet, but you should see an option called “Causality Reversal,” which is the term that the game uses for New Game Plus mode.

Should you start New Game Plus mode?

Here’s the surprising part: You’re actually forced to start Wuchang: Fallen Feathers’ New Game Plus mode after beating the game.

It doesn’t matter if you pick “Causality Reversal,” “Continue,” or “Load Game.” All these options bring you back to the game’s intro for a New Game Plus run. Worse, your original save file will be overwritten, too.

This can be a bit problematic, especially if you missed a few items or spells during your initial playthrough. It’s also different from how other games handled this feature–i.e. there’s an option to try New Game Plus via the main menu, but you can still load your original save.

Wuchang wakes up in the same cave upon starting New Game Plus.

Is there a way to avoid New Game Plus mode?

If you’re not ready yet for New Game Plus in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, you need to have a backup save before you conclude the campaign. This is how we did our workaround for the PC (Steam) version of the game:

Prior to obtaining an ending, we exited the game so we could have a backup of the save state.

The files/folders that you need are in the “C:Users[username]AppDataLocalProject_Plague” directory.

Copy the whole “Saved” folder and place it somewhere else.

If you need to revert to a previous state, simply place the “Saved” folder in the “Project_Plague” directory and overwrite everything there. Then, launch Wuchang and pick “Load Game” from the main menu.

The save file might say “Causality Reversal 1”–i.e. New Game +1–but that’s fine. This is mostly due to cloud functionality. Upon loading it, you should find yourself at the same spot as your original save.

Items that can’t be duplicated grant you Red Mercury blood resources instead.

What carries over and what changes in New Game Plus?

Here’s what you can expect in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers’ New Game Plus mode:

You carry over all your equipment/gear pieces, Red Mercury, unlocked skills, spells, temperance needles, and the like.

Enemies will be tougher this time around.

Jade Pendants and Benedictions that you pick up have a +1 coefficient, which means their effects are more potent.

Vendors still sell the same items. You can’t purchase stuff that can’t have duplicates–i.e. spells.

If you loot items that can’t have duplicates–i.e. Manna Vase upgrades and spells–you’ll receive Red Mercury-related materials instead.

Panda Bamboozlings/Bamboo Shoots and Inner Demons that you killed before will respawn in the same locations. You should be able to amass more of their rewards.

You have to reacquire quest items. You can tackle quests that you weren’t able to complete previously.

That does it for our guide on New Game Plus in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. We hope you’re well prepared if you want to continue your adventure. If you’re still looking for other gear pieces, you can take a look at our best weapons and armors/outfits guide.

Many dangers await you as you venture forth in Sichuan Province during the fall of the Ming Dynasty. If you need more help, we’ve got you covered with our Wuchang: Fallen Feathers guides hub.