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* Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal *
ARTIST..: Robin Guthrie - Harold Budd
ALBUM...: Music From The Film Mysterious Skin
GENRE...: Soundtrack
STYLE...: Ambient. Electronic
YEAR....: 2005
LABEL...: Rykodisc
ENCODER.: FLAC 1.3.1 -8 -V
BITRATE.: 399 kbps avg
QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / 2 channels
SOURCE..: CD
TRACKS..: 15
SIZE....: 131.92 MB
URL..: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_Skin_%E2%80%93_Music_from_the_Film
http://thecompany.net/jason/posts/2005/review-mysterious-skin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Guthrie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Budd
- TRACKLIST
1 Neil's Theme 2:14
2 The Memories Returning 2:08
3 Snowfall 6:30
4 Neil's Farewell 2:31
5 Childhood Lost 2:38
6 Halloween 3:18
7 A Silhouette Approaches 2:28
8 Goodbye To Wendy 2:46
9 Brian's Nightmare/The Unknown, Part One 4:04
10 Twilight 3:46
11 The Unknown, Part Two 2:11
12 The Discovery 2:27
13 Loitering 3:38
14 The Writing On The Wall 1:50
15 One True Love 2:31
Total Playtime: 45:00
A director seeking a spare, evocative, and highly ambient soundtrack would be
hard-pressed to find a better duo than ex-Cocteau Twins guitarist Robin
Guthrie and minimalist composer Harold Budd. Such was the case for director
Gregg Araki, who got Guthrie and Budd to score his thoughtful drama
MYSTERIOUS SKIN, a story of young adulthood based on the novel by Scott Heim.
Those familiar with Guthrie's work with the Cocteau Twins or Violet Indiana
will recognize his reverb-soaked guitar work, and fans of Harold Budd (whose
collaborations with Brain Eno, in particular, are essential listening for
ambient fans) will find much to appreciate here.
The opening track, "Neil's Theme," seems to float in a liquid amber, with
textural washes of synth and a simple repeating keyboard line twining with
Guthrie's guitar. On "Childhood Lost" a ghostly piano plays a spare,
plaintive melody while synth-produced sonic atmospheres swirl around like
veils. On "Twilight," Guthrie's guitar pierces up through the spectral gloom
of Budd's synth treatments, replicating a forbidding twilit landscape to
perfection. The soundtrack plays as a piece, with a moody, yet darkly
alluring mood prevailing throughout. The soundtrack to MYSTERIOUS SKIN should
please fans of ambient, post rock experimentation, and smart, well-executed
film music.
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Dream Pop
is a subgenre of
alternative rock and neo-psychedelia
that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop
melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions,
and effects such as reverb, echo, tremolo, and chorus. It often
overlaps with the related genre of shoegaze, and the
two genre terms have at times been
used interchangeably.
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