

The recording locations were Air Studios (London, UK), Henson Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA), and Sony Scoring Stage (Culver City, CA).

Dead Men Tell No Tales enlarges the Pirates universe with many new, unique elements, and I'm building a distinctive sound for this film that springboards off of many years of collaborating in the Pirates world." Zanelli said of taking over from Zimmer as composer for the series, "What Hans did for the Pirates movies redefined the sound of the entire genre, it has been very fulfilling to work alongside him and Jerry on the past four films. Instead, Geoff Zanelli, who worked on all previous four installments in the franchise, is the main composer for the film. For the first time in the series since Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in 2003, which he co-wrote with Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer did not return to compose the music for the film.
