Nick Cave and Warren Ellis to score Sky’s The Death of Bunny Munro, starring Matt Smith

Sky has announced that acclaimed musician and novelist Nick Cave will compose the score for upcoming Sky Original series The Death of Bunny Munro, alongside long-time collaborator Warren Ellis. The six-part drama, based on Cave’s second novel, is produced by Clerkenwell Films and is set to launch on Sky and streaming service NOW later this year.

The score, recorded at Soundtree Music in Shoreditch and engineered by Luis Almau, promises the duo’s trademark intensity – raw, emotive and volatile. Cave and Ellis’s previous scoring credits include The Proposition, The Road, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and Back to Black.

Matt Smith leads the cast as Bunny Munro – a sex-obsessed door-to-door beauty salesman and self-described lothario – who, following his wife’s death, takes his young son on a chaotic road trip across Brighton and the Sussex coast. As Bunny spirals out of control, the journey forces him to confront his own toxic masculinity and the responsibilities of fatherhood.

Adapted by BAFTA-winner Pete Jackson (Somewhere Boy) and directed by Isabella Eklöf (Industry, Holiday), the series also stars Rafael Mathé, Sarah Greene, Johann Myers, Robert Glenister, Alice Feetham, David Threlfall, Lindsay Duncan and Elizabeth Berrington.

Sky will host a special preview screening of the first two episodes at the Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival on 30^th October. The event will include an on-stage conversation with Cave and Smith, offering insight into the creative process behind bringing The Death of Bunny Munro from page to screen.

The Death of Bunny Munro is executive produced by Matt Smith, Nick Cave, Pete Jackson, Isabella Eklöf, Petra Fried, Ed Macdonald, Emily Harrison and Sky’s Manpreet Dosanjh. The producer is Matthew Mulot.

Tickets for the London Literature Festival preview event go on sale to Southbank Centre Members on Wednesday 6^th August at 10am, and to the general public on Thursday 7^th August.

The editorial unit

The Death of Bunny Munro is released on Sky on 30^th October 2025.