AFTER three weeks as the highest-grossing movie, “Captain America: Civil War” may be forced out of the catbird seat by Sony’s “Angry Birds Movie.” Box-office Mojo predicts that the animated film, based on the wildly popular mobile game, will rake in US$58 million.

    The score for the film, directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly, is as whimsical as the crazy characters, voiced by Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad and Danny McBride. Created by Heitor Pereira, who has also scored “Minions,” “Despicable Me,” and “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” among others, the music delightfully compliments the ruffled-feathered flightless gang as they confront pigs who appear on their turf.

    For Pereira, composing music for birds provided an opportunity to revisit his youth. “Since a kid I was always fascinated by birds. My grandfather would take me to places in the woods, say close your eyes and tell me who’s singing,” he says.

    Who knew that knowledge would ever come in hand decades later? Not Pereira, but when it did he was ready. In the exclusive clip, Pereira talks about creating the score for the movie, and shows off a very big box containing dozens of bird calls that he incorporated into his score for “Angry Birds.” “Some of them are distorted, some of them are backwards.”(SD-Agencies)