Hannah Peel - The Deceived (Original Television Soundtrack) '2020

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SILVA SCREEN RECORDS PRESENTS
The Deceived

Emmy-nominated composer Hannah Peel has created a darkly atmospheric soundtrack
for The Deceived, a contemporary psychological thriller scheduled to air on
Channel 5 on 3rd August 2020.

Written by Lisa McGee (Derry Girls, Being Human, The White Queen) and Tobias
Beer, the four-part drama from New Pictures (The Missing, Catherine the Great)
is a compelling, sinister narrative of lust, manipulation and betrayal.

To soundtrack the complex psychological drama, Hannah Peel drew on one of the
masters of the genre as inspiration: “I’m a fan of Hitchcock and of
course the incredible Bernard Herrmann scores that always leave a wonderful
aural aftertaste. The obsessive romance of Vertigo played on my mind a
lot,” says Peel, “but The Birds was my main grounding for
inspiration. The use of field recordings and electronic manipulations created a
unique soundscape. This really came into play for a lot of my audio source
material, which I recorded on set. I spent a day on set recording sounds
specific to the old house to be able to work into the soundscape of the score.
Unnerving atmospheres from crystal cut glass, sub-bass creaks from the front
door: with electronic manipulation they became a foundation for me to score the
strings on top of.”

Tensions and releases occur throughout. “The string scoring was saturated
with swells and high contrasting dynamics,” explains Peel. “The
players had to ease in and out of all parts as if breathing deeply. The
electronic synths always had pulses within them, to keep building upon the
restlessness. The piano also came into play a lot; high imperceptible tinkles on
the strings themselves, mixed with the loud and low reversed swells leading into
the shock moments. I used my voice intangibly too to underscore moments with
whispers and ghostly melodies expressive of certain characters.”

Hannah Peel is a Northern Irish artist, composer, producer and broadcaster.
Throughout a career that has included the solo electronic and pop work of Awake
But Always Dreaming, which became an ode to her grandmother’s mind as she
lived with dementia; the electronic ruralism of Chalk Hill Blue, an album
recorded with the poet Will Burns; and the space and the unparalleled vastness
of Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia, scored for synthesisers and a 30 piece
colliery brass band – Hannah Peel’s work is ambitious and
forward-looking, adapting and re-inventing new genres and hybrid musical forms.

In 2019 she composed and recorded the soundtrack for Game of Thrones: The Last
Watch which earned her an Emmy nomination for ‘Outstanding Music
Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic
Score)’. Peel also began presenting the BBC Radio 3 show Night Tracks and
scored the documentary film about the ground-breaking photographer and model,
Lee Miller, which aired on BBC 2, May 2020.

Tracklist: 
01. Hannah Peel - Knockdara To Cambridge (1:45)
02. Hannah Peel - I Love You I Love You (1:23)
03. Hannah Peel - Superstitious Nonsense (2:02)
04. Hannah Peel - More Than Anything In The World (3:29)
05. Hannah Peel - She’s My Sister (1:20)
06. Hannah Peel - Capable Of Anything (4:12)
07. Hannah Peel - Ghosts (1:40)
08. Hannah Peel - Bridget McGinley (2:25)
09. Hannah Peel - I’m On My Way (2:09)
10. Hannah Peel - The Shore Cafe (1:45)
11. Hannah Peel - Night Of The Fire (0:51)
12. Hannah Peel - CCTV And Fire (2:11)
13. Hannah Peel - Morning Da (3:52)
14. Hannah Peel - What The Devil (1:49)
15. Hannah Peel - Seeing The Damage (1:39)
16. Hannah Peel - Music Box Reprised (1:57)
17. Hannah Peel - In Black And White (1:23)
18. Hannah Peel - Lighting The Fire (1:38)
19. Hannah Peel - I Saw Her (2:13)
20. Hannah Peel - Fire Bag (1:55)
21. Hannah Peel - Evidence (1:43)
22. Hannah Peel - Get Some Sleep (0:55)
23. Hannah Peel - Arriving At Knockdara (1:20)
24. Hannah Peel - Listen To Your Mother (5:20)

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