[Spun out of control]

Fans of the Drive score etc don't have too long to wait for this newbie...

Lost River Original Motion Picture Soundtrack On Italians Do It Better On March 30th.

Listen to the main theme on SOUNDCLOUD

Wonder if the movie is any good or a Ryan Gosling vanity project?

[monsterworship]

The poster I got with my latest IDIB order is cool.

I'm looking forward to this.

[Spun out of control]

@monster

Gruesome stuff... so the same actress who got shot in the head in Drive gets her face mutilated here? Ouch.

Anyway, with the musical talent involved sure this'll be worth checking out.

[zuko]

I think she's just been eating some mousse.




Pumped for this one, the sample track is sublime.

[Re-animated Cat]

Personally not keen on the soundtrack clips.

[Whip Wilson]

[quote=50273]Personally not keen on the soundtrack clips[/quote]

Ditto, old son. Too saccharine for me by half. Tonally, it reminds me a bit of how M83 could create music that was perfectly cinematic, yet utterly generic and a little soulless at the same time. I quite liked the first Symmetry LP. Unfortunately the Chromatics stuff leaves me flat, but dammit I tried.

[Spun out of control]

You guys are right in that the Symmetry stuff (potentially) sounds better, as would the Chromatics music generally with a better singer or the Glass Candy lady, although this is only teaser of the score for now...

Don't know if you heard the Johnny Jewel 31 minute 'The Other Side of Midnight' track posted up before Christmas... was imagining that this score would be along similar cinematic, more expansive sounding lines. It's a cool moody listen anyhow.


LISTEN/DOWNLOAD HERE

[Whip Wilson]

Thanks for the suggestion, Spun. That was an enjoyable, ambient listen.

[deathwaltz]

For my money there is no better label than Italains right now.
They have consistently delivered the goods over the last 5 years and very rarely misstep.
I am super excited for the New Chromatics album , the last one was incredible.

[uxipi]

amen.
The (looong) wait is always worth it, looking for the Glass Candy album too.

[Vapourmeyer]

The Chromatics soundclips sound like so much other stuff i've heard recently. Having a job telling most of it apart (could be my age though).

[Whip Wilson]

[quote=50510]Glass Candy[/quote]

Legit ass shakers.

[uxipi]

It's up on iTunes now, sounding really good

[Spun out of control]

Streaming on YouTube. Wonder when the vinyl is released?

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx83owW ... sdFz4qPfc7[/video]

[uxipi]

CD in April and vinyl in June, but you never know with IDIB

[zuko]

Thanks for the stream link Spun

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[NathanLurker]

Good color choice, looks nice. I hope the cover art is the picture of that big door from the youtube video above. I'll pick this up for sure.

[zuko]

Triple vinyl by the looks of it

[monsterworship]

The chromatics - yes (love theme from lost river) and a few remixes are avail. on spotify. Really digging the doorway graphic.

[Hatter313]

Watching this right now, loving the music. The movie is...well I'm a sucker for this sort of thing so I'm really loving it, but I can understand the poor reviews

[Wes_2666]

The film fell a bit flat for me though with a few different choices it could have been very, very good. Still a solid directorial debut from Gosling. Very Refn-ian in parts.

Absolutely loved the score, though I'm against the idea of a triple vinyl...there are so many 1-2 minute ambient pieces with dialog over them that could be eliminated, it seems like they could easily fit it onto two. I made a mix of it for my phone and it's about 45 minutes.

[Hatter313]

the ending was abrupt, but i also think that it fit with the whole dream logic that the movie had. I think that with a tighter script maybe, Gosling has some seriously cool directing chops. The story's originality and uncomfortable flips between fairy tale mystery and brutal violence set a really interesting tone. i don't know if i liked it or was just mesmerized by the ambition of it.

I think it may not be a good film, but it isn't a lazy film, and was clearly mace with a lot of heart, and for that i have trouble dismissing it as easily as some critics. If a movie is clearly made with such love, even the bad ones, i give them a lot of credit for intent.

i'd say i give it a B/B+

[Wes_2666]

I would agree with that. I would definitely say it's interesting, which about 95% of films fail at.

[Wes_2666]

Great interview with Johnny Jewel about the score here:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononho ... s-20150420

Funny bit- he talks about how much he liked Only God Forgives and it's his "favorite Clint Mansell" score (Cliff Martinez actually did that score). I wonder if that's a dig at Martinez (who was given the score to Drive after Refn had told Jewell he would be doing it).