The film was released in North America on December 21. The musical score was composed by Joe Kraemer, performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony and recorded at the Sony Scoring Stage in Culver City, California. Cruise performed all of his own driving stunts during the film's signature car chase sequence. Cruise reprised his role in the sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, based on the 2013 novel Never Go Back, which was released in October 2016.The police soon arrive at the scene of the murder, headed by Detective Emerson ( David Oyelowo) , and discover a shell casing as well as the quarter used to pay for parkin. A fingerprint taken from the coin points to James Barr ( Joseph Sikora) , a former U.S. Army sniper. When the police raid his house, they find the van, equipment for reloading rifle cartridges, the rifle in question, and Barr asleep in his bed.