Uno Helmersson - On the Presidents Orders (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) '2020

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MovieScore Media’s latest documentary release takes place in The
Philippines, where the country’s controversial drug politics get their
perfect match with Uno Helmersson’s disturbing underscoring. Directed by
James Jones and Olivier Sarbil, On the President’s Order tells the
searing story of President Duterte’s bloody campaign against drug dealers
and addicts, told with unprecedented and intimate access to both sides of the
war – the Manila police, and an ordinary family. Shot in the style of a
thriller, this observational film combines the look and feel of a narrative
features with a real life journalistic investigation into a campaign of
killings.

“James and Olivier have managed to create a visual and shattering
masterpiece,” says the composer about the project. “Their boldness
and confidence also gave me the freedom to find the musical identity of their
film. I wanted to illustrate the absurd reality of this story, so I started
experimenting with atonal quartet textures together with electronic soundscapes
in contrast of these beautiful longing violin melody phrases played amazingly by
Marie Samuelsen. At one point I wrote this long, simple and slowly evolving
waltz theme which became the main theme, ”Waltz of the Undertaker”.
In the context of a minor harmony, there are an expressive major melody which
creates an absurd contrast that is almost painful. I would say that this piece
illustrates the realm of this film.”

Uno Helmersson was born in the village of Botsmark in Sweden in 1977. He
graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm in 2006 and has since
then worked as composer in the international film and television industry. His
credits include contributions to the score of the highly acclaimed television
series The Bridge and Armadillo, a multiple award-winning documentary about the
war in Afghanistan. More recently his work was featured in the Department Q
films The Keeper of Lost Causes and The Absent One – these collaborations
with Johan Söderqvist and Patrik Andrén have been released by MovieScore
Media. His latest releases with the label include The Lion Woman (2017) and
Hacker (2019) as well as documentary biographies like Magnus (2016) and Bobbi
Jene (2017).

Tracklist:
01. Uno Helmersson - The Undertakers Waltz (4:20)
02. Uno Helmersson - The Arrestment (2:12)
03. Uno Helmersson - The List (1:32)
04. Uno Helmersson - The Assassinations (2:38)
05. Uno Helmersson - The Pressure (2:36)
06. Uno Helmersson - Going Under (1:48)
07. Uno Helmersson - Cop Criminals (2:56)
08. Uno Helmersson - Memorial Place (1:54)
09. Uno Helmersson - The Victims (1:30)
10. Uno Helmersson - It Never Stops (2:10)
11. Uno Helmersson - Already Dead (1:44)
12. Uno Helmersson - The Outroduction (1:53)

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