MANSELL, CLINT
IN THE EARTH (ORIGINAL MUSIC) (INVADA/LAKESHORE RECORDS)
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INVADA/LAKESHORE RECORDS
This is the limited edition, alternative art version of the score, with re-designed bespoke artwork and packaging by Marc Bessant featuring alternate imagery and a die cut front cover revealing psychedelic artwork underneath.
The record comes housed in a deluxe spined sleeve with double sided printed inner sleeve and download card and is a one-time pressing, The idea was constructed by composer Clint Mansell, director Ben Wheatley and artist Marc Bessant.
For the score, Mansell actually captured the sound of singing plants via PlantWave MIDI sprout machine, in keeping with the vegetal themes of the film.??"It's big, ominous, sometimes beautiful and often eerie -- think Blade Runner or Annihilation -- not to mention unsettling at times." Clint says, "Paranoia, isolation, anxiety, synths, plants...something for everyone!"??In The Earth was made by Ben Wheatley during lockdown and was one of the most talked about films of Sundance Film Festival.
As the world searches for a cure to a devastating virus, a scientist and a park scout venture deep into the woods.
As night falls, their journey becomes a terrifying voyage through the heart of darkness as the forest comes to life around them.