diff --git a/src/common/variant_utils.h b/src/common/variant_utils.h
index c3607735..1b47faef 100644
--- a/src/common/variant_utils.h
+++ b/src/common/variant_utils.h
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ namespace VariantUtils
     /// @param p_type the variant type
     /// @return the default Variant value of the specified type
     Variant make_default(Variant::Type p_type);
+
+    /// Cast to a desired type.
+    /// @param p_value the value to be cast
+    /// @param T the cast type
+    /// @return the value cast to the specified type <T>
+    template<typename T> T cast_to(const Variant& p_value) { return T(p_value); }
 }
 
 #endif  // ORCHESTRATOR_VARIANT_UTILS_H
diff --git a/src/script/nodes/data/compose.cpp b/src/script/nodes/data/compose.cpp
index e1551e9c..7c59ba7c 100644
--- a/src/script/nodes/data/compose.cpp
+++ b/src/script/nodes/data/compose.cpp
@@ -138,12 +138,19 @@ class OScriptNodeComposeFromInstance : public OScriptNodeInstance
                 switch (_target_type)
                 {
                     case Variant::BOOL:
+                        p_context.set_output(0, VariantUtils::cast_to<bool>(p_context.get_input(0)));
+                        break;
                     case Variant::INT:
+                        p_context.set_output(0, VariantUtils::cast_to<int>(p_context.get_input(0)));
+                        break;
                     case Variant::FLOAT:
+                        p_context.set_output(0, VariantUtils::cast_to<float>(p_context.get_input(0)));
+                        break;
                     case Variant::STRING:
+                        p_context.set_output(0, VariantUtils::cast_to<String>(p_context.get_input(0)));
+                        break;
                     case Variant::STRING_NAME:
-                        // Perform optimization, no need to use the format solution
-                        p_context.set_output(0, p_context.get_input(0));
+                        p_context.set_output(0, VariantUtils::cast_to<StringName>(p_context.get_input(0)));
                         break;
                     default:
                     {