Lovett - The Wind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) '2019

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Whether it’s synthesizers or orchestras, Ben Lovett is a master at
helping to tell stories through music. Lovett’s latest score, for Emma
Tammi’s supernatural western The Wind, is a testament to his ingenuity.
Today, Vehlinggo premieres “Across the Prairie” from that score,
which comes out on Friday, April 5, via Lakeshore Records.


Regular Vehlinggo readers are very much familiar with Lovett. There was the 2016
in-depth interview stemming from the release of his synth score for Jacob
Gentry’s time-travel film Synchronicity and the 2018 interview centered
on his more orchestral work on David Bruckner’s exquisite Netflix horror
film The Ritual.

For IFC’s The Wind, we find Lovett tapping into some unconventional but
compelling instrumental approaches. His score prominently features the airy
atmosphere of a bass flute and the soulful renderings of a Nyckelharpa, a
traditional Swedish keyed violin that creates some fascinating tones.

“The constant presence of wind on the prairie plays a big role in the
story and I was asked early on if there was a way to represent that in the
score,” Lovett says. “It was an intriguing request, because we
don’t actually hear wind around us; we hear other things affected by the
wind. That conversation lead me to experimenting with instruments like the bass
flute, which I used to create the breathy, ambient soundscapes throughout the
film.”

“There are also wind chimes and this little handmade folk doorbell I
bought in the mountains of North Carolina, which has little wooden balls on
string that bounce off suspended pieces of wire,” Lovett continued.
“The sound it makes isn’t unpleasant, but it’s so unnerving
to me — something about that small, persistent decaying sound is like a
tiny question that won’t leave you alone, a presence that keeps knocking
at the door of your subconscious. The track also includes a variation on the
main theme performed on the Nyckelharpa, which is this crazy 15th century folk
instrument that really embodies that coarse, tactile feeling of life on the
prairie.”

The Wind — directed by Emma Tammi, written by Teresa Sutherland, and
starring Caitlin Gerard and Julia Goldani-Telles — is set out West on the
plains in the late 1800s and follows a woman driven mad by the harshness and
isolation of the untamed land. The film will be released in theaters and VOD by
IFC Films on Friday. Lakeshore Records will release The Wind—Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally the same day.

01. Lovett - The Wind
02. Lovett - Demons of the Prairie
03. Lovett - Blood on the Table
04. Lovett - New Neighbors
05. Lovett - Bearer of Unhallowed Ground
06. Lovett - We Shall Be Monsters
07. Lovett - Spreading the Word of God
08. Lovett - Diary
09. Lovett - Prince of Pestilence
10. Lovett - Faith
11. Lovett - Bringer of Jealous Thoughts
12. Lovett - Something Is Out There
13. Lovett - Keeper of Graves
14. Lovett - 14 Across the Prairie
15. Lovett - Damner of Souls
16. Lovett - There Is Nothing
17. Lovett - This Land

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