Mysterious Skin – Music from the Film
Mysterious Skin: Music from the Film | ||||
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Released | May 24, 2005 | |||
Genre | Ambient | |||
Length | 45:01 | |||
Label | Commotion | |||
Producer | Robin Guthrie, Harold Budd | |||
Harold Budd chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Mysterious Skin: Music from the Film is an album of music composed and performed by Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd for the film Mysterious Skin.[2][3][4] The music was published on a CD inside a digipak containing images from the film.
Critical reception
AllMusic wrote that "the soundtrack plays as a piece, with a moody, yet darkly alluring mood prevailing throughout ... should please fans of ambient, post rock experimentation, and smart, well-executed film music."[1] The Austin Chronicle called the music "ethereal," writing that it "subtly enriches the sense of mystery that lies at the movie's core."[5] Vice called it "both gorgeous and sad."[6]
Alex Ross, in The New Yorker, wrote: "Harold Budd and Robin Guthrie, in their score for the new Gregg Araki film Mysterious Skin, do something wholly unexpected: as a horrendous story of child abuse in a Kansas town unfolds, the music sways toward a state of irrational bliss, as if to numb the pain."[7]
Track listing
- "Neil's Theme" – 2:14
- "The Memories Returning" – 2:08
- "Snowfall" – 6:30
- "Neil's Farewell" – 2:31
- "Childhood Lost" – 2:38
- "Halloween" – 3:18
- "A Silhouette Approaches" – 2:28
- "Goodbye to Wendy" – 2:46
- "Brian's Nightmare / The Unknown, Part One" – 4:04
- "Twilight" – 3:46
- "The Unknown, Part Two" – 2:11
- "The Discovery" – 2:27
- "Loitering" – 3:38
- "The Writing on the Wall" – 1:50
- "One True Love" – 2:32
References
- ^ a b "Mysterious Skin - Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Robin Guthrie | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Scott, A. o (6 May 2005). "Seeking Adult Answers in Two Scarred Boyhoods". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Harold Budd: Budd in May". The Independent. 8 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Movie Review: Mysterious Skin". www.austinchronicle.com.
- ^ "Cocteau Twins: What to Listen From the Hypnotic Dream Pop-Pioneers". www.vice.com. 24 April 2020.
- ^ Ross, Alex (19 June 2005). "Sound and Vision". The New Yorker.