 The score to "The Time Traveler's Wife" was composed by Mychael Danna, who recorded his score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Ocean Way Studios during the fall of 2008.The movie repeatedly features the musical theme of an old German hymn, "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen", whose familiar harmonization was written by German composer Michael Praetorius.This is heard just prior to the early car accident, is played at holiday gatherings, and is otherwise interwoven into the score.