Nils Frahm - Music for the Motion Picture Victoria (Bonus Track Version) '2015

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Nils Frahm has always said that he’s just waiting for something real
special when being asked if he would ever score the music for a film. And
that’s exactly what German director Sebastian Schipper presented to him
with his one-take feature ‘Victoria’. Filmed in Berlin,
Victoria’s plot sees a runaway party girl, whos asked by three friendly
men to join them as they hit the town, but their wild night of partying suddenly
turns into a bank robbery as the music changes from techno to subdued piano
sounds. 

For the recording session at Studio P4 in Berlin, Frahm enlisted the help of
long-time collaborator and cellist Anne Müller, violist Viktor Orri
Árnason and ambient artist Erik K. Skodvin of Deaf Center on guitar. 

Dear viewer and listener, I’ve finally written music for a film. It took
me some time to do so, as I was patiently waiting for a movie that would truly
speak to me. When director Sebastian Schipper invited me to work on Victoria, I
knew it was worth the long wait. Does such a strong film even need music? I
realised it wouldn’t be easy to create a score that embraces these bold
pictures. Luckily we were given unusual creative freedom by approaching the
movie together with Sebastian Schipper, who was keeping the production and
direction to one single team. 

The score was recorded in a special location, the former GDR broadcasting
production facilities that today host Studio P4. We simply put a big screen in
the middle of the room, filled it with microphones and instruments, set the
movie on loop and kept improvising on top of it together – my good
friends and I. 

The guest musicians started their recording session by playing a cohesive take
over the course of the whole movie. This was the most interesting part of the
day, since they hadn’t seen the film before. They became spectators and
creators at once, intuitively recording hundreds of different cues that way. You
are about to listen to some of its highlights. I hope they do Victoria and your
ears justice. With love, Nils Frahm 

ABOUT VICTORIA: Working from his own script, actor and director Sebastian
Schipper tells the story of a breathless night on the streets of the German
metropolis. The camera seamlessly intertwines the passing of time and numerous
locations, placing the audience right in the centre of the action. Alongside the
audacious gang, we gaze out across the city from tower block roofs, saunter
along deserted pavements and hide out in secluded courtyards as apparently
random events coalesce into a dramatic tour de force. 

Tracklist:
01. Nils Frahm - Burn with Me (Victoria Edit) (5:18)
02. Nils Frahm - Our Own Roof (5:18)
03. Nils Frahm - A Stolen Car (4:45)
04. Nils Frahm - In the Parking Garage (4:57)
05. Nils Frahm - Them (4:00)
06. Nils Frahm - The Bank (7:18)
07. Nils Frahm - The Shooting (4:50)
08. Nils Frahm - Nobody Knows Who You Are (2:49)
09. Nils Frahm - Pendulum (2:42)
10. Nils Frahm - Happy New Fear (Bonus Track) (2:32)
11. Nils Frahm - Marilyn Whirlwind (Bonus Track) (7:12)

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