Fresh from its polarizing debut last weekend at the 2018 Venice Film Festival, Luca Guadagninoâs Suspiria remake expands its campaign of intrigue and unsettling mystery with the announcement that Thom Yorkeâs score for the film will be released October 26 on double CD and gatefold-package pink vinyl.
XL Recordings issued a press release Monday morning with a track listing and packaging details for the forthcoming album, which features 25 new original compositions from the Radiohead lead singer. Accompanying the press release is an animated music video for the track âSuspirium,â which gives audiences a taste of what to expect from Yorke: music thatâs recognizable to fans of Radiohead and his solo work, but is also haunting and alien in only the way that he can make it sound.
Yorkeâs first film sets him on a similar path to bandmate Jonny Greenwood, who has worked extensively with director Paul Thomas Anderson among others; Yorke’s previous film-related work as a solo artist includes vocal contributions to the Velvet Goldmine and Dancer in the Dark soundtracks, as well as an absolute banger, âHearing Damage,â for The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
The soundtrackâs 25 cues will appear on both versions as well as via digital platforms, and will encompass a range of sounds from vocal ballads and more traditional-sounding âsongsâ to piano-driven instrumentals to Krautrock-esque tracks, all heavily influenced by the filmâs Berlin 1977 setting.
There doesnât seem to be much overlap between Yorkeâs music and the iconic score composed for Dario Argentoâs 1977 original by Goblin, further distinguishing the two films from one another.
The soundtrack is being released on October 26, the same day that Guadagninoâs film opens in limited release in New York and Los Angeles. Click on this link here to pre-order the soundtrack on CD or vinyl.
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