Black vinyl LP
The ‘A Scanner Darkly’ original soundtrak by Graham Reyonlds. Now available for the first time on vinyl LP in partnership with Lakeshore Records.
Back in 2006, Richard Linklater’s film adaptation of Philip K Dick’s sci-fi novel A Scanner Darkly was greeted with suspicion. No one had done justice to the “master” (Bladerunner, Minority Report, Total Recall, The Adjustment Bureau had or have all met with mixed reviews).
And, movies attempting to conjure up the effects of drugs were met with derision from the stoned cognoscenti. How could a story of dependence on Substance D (“Death” for short) be created with multi-million dollar stars in the frame anyway?
Linklater had a plan; He’d use rotoscoping (an effect that falls somewhere between Kiki Picasso’s sketches brought to life and Disney on ‘ludes). The celebrities would be shrouded in mystery, in fact Keanu Reeves’ skin suit would make him almost invisible at times, a mumbling wreck swaying centre stage. A waste of talent? A waste of money?
To complete the experience, a left field musical score was needed to ensure that everything wasn’t as it seemed. The phone books are full of creative composers but Graham Reynolds And His Golden Arm Trio jumped off the page. The band name is from a Frank Sinatra film where he plays a drug-addled muso. Perfect.
Graham Reynolds works in extremes, he’s collaborated with DJ Spooky, the Austin Symphony Orchestra and with live film collage creator Luke Savisky. More importantly his Golden Arm Trio are never three and never the same people twice.
For the movie he created short sound bytes – a surf-like instrumental, a country-tinged breather, the sound of stuttering insects crawling through your hair. The resultant soundscape is itchy and scratchy, full of mood swings and musical metaphors, an ever changing and unpredictable set of highs littered with reflective undertones and occasional soft, almost super numb realities.
THE SOUNDTRACK
“Strands of post-rock, electronica, jazz, and vintage rock are woven and recombined throughout the album for unusual juxtapositions.” All Music
“A tactile, emotional resonance often missing in contemporary scoring.” Soundtrack.ne
The music in isolation is bold and uncompromising, shifting as it moves through genres and sounds.
THE COMPOSER
Graham Reynolds works in extremes; Short take moments of sound – whether it be a surf-like instrumental, a country-tinged breather or the sound of stuttering insects crawling through your hair – are all in his tick box.
The resultant soundscape is itchy and scratchy, full of mood swings and musical metaphors, an ever changing and unpredictable set of highs littered with reflective undertones and occasional soft, almost super numb realities.
1 7 Years From Now
2 Aphids
3 Swallowed Up In Victory
4 Strawberry Pie
5 The Dark World Where I Dwell
6 Sex, Beer And Pills
7 A Farm Near The Mountains
8 Bug-Bite Squared
9 Pose As A Nark
10 Do You Like Cats?
11 A Scanner Darkly
12 Abrasocaine
13 Part Of The Plan
14 Are You Experiencing Any Difficulties?
15 Your Move, Peterbilt
16 Room 203
17 Escorted To The Bright Lights
18 You’ll See The Way You Saw Before
19 A New Path
20 Little Blue Flowers
21 Darkly Mix
22 Call Sign/Aleph:/
Music by Graham Reynolds
Under license from Lakeshore Records. A Fire Soundtracks release.
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