For a month, the pair hung out after shooting every day on a small island in the South Pacific Ocean. Lawrence, he also co-starred in the film alongside David Bowie. In his very first soundtrack, Nagisa Oshima’s Merry Christmas, Mr. Sure, we know him as one of the godfathers of Japanese electronic music and part of Yellow Music Orchestra, but Ryuichi Sakamoto’s prolific composing work makes up a vital part of his discography.Īs he moved towards solo work in the late 1970s and 80s, Sakamoto saw cinema and thought ‘yup, I’ll try that’. To mark their performance, we explore other musicians who’ve made their mark on the big screen. Tonight, Gidge will be debuting their distinctive, tender electronica at The Pickle Factory.

The haunting forests of the surrounding area provided inspiration for the project, which started taking shape six years ago “with a noise on the roof and subtle creaking in the walls”. The film, made in conjunction with film production company Lampray and arts platform Norr, was filmed close to where Gidge recorded their debut album in Umeå. This year, ambient Swedish duo Gidge (Ludvig Stolterman and Jonatan Nilsson) returned with Lulin, a two-track piece and accompanying 24-minute short film. The ‘Original Music by’ credit is now almost important as the ones with their faces on the poster.įor artists, creating new music within the context of a different medium can be a compelling pitch. So it makes sense that we’re seeing a new wave of musician-turned-composers: filmmakers are collaborating, not commanding, and musicians are no longer asked to conceal their stylistic distinctiveness. Music creates indelible cinematic experiences, and a few notes from a score can embed themselves in our collective memory more readily than an actor's performance. Over the past few years, musicians and filmmakers have begun collaborating with increasing frequency to create visual albums, blockbuster music videos and suchlike.

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