Suspiria (Thom Yorke album)

Suspiria
Soundtrack album by Thom Yorke
Released 26 October 2018
Length 80:15
Label XL
Producer Thom Yorke, Sam Petts-Davies
Thom Yorke chronology
Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
(2014)		 Suspiria
(2018)

Suspiria is a soundtrack album by Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, written for the 2018 horror film Suspiria. It is Yorke's third solo album and first feature film soundtrack, and will be released on 26 October 2018 by XL Records. It is a double album and incorporates instrumental tracks, interludes, and songs.

Background

Suspiria is Yorke's first feature film soundtrack. He had previously written music for short films produced by the fashion label Rag & Bone[1][2] and a 2015 production of the play Old Times by the Roundabout Theater Company.[3] He was approached to score the 1999 film Fight Club, but declined as he was recovering from the stress of promoting Radiohead's album OK Computer.[4] He initially refused the Suspiria offer, but accepted after months of requests from the director, Luca Guadagnino.[5] Yorke said he enjoyed working for commission, which motivated him to explore musical ideas he otherwise would not have discovered.[6]

Writing

Yorke decided it would be pointless to replicate or reference the soundtrack of the original Suspiria by Goblin.[6] Instead, he cited inspiration from the 1982 Blade Runner soundtrack,[7] musique concrète artists such as Pierre Henry,[5] modern electronic artists such as James Holden,[5] and music from the film's 1977 Berlin setting,[8] including krautrock acts such as Faust and Can.[6]

The album took about a year and a half to create.[6] It features the London Contemporary Orchestra and Choir,[9] which previously appeared on Radiohead's 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool.[10] Yorke's teenage son Noah played drums on one track, "Has Ended".[6]

Yorke wrote sketches on piano while reading the script and viewing rushes.[6] He likened his approach to the film composer Ennio Morricone, whom Yorke felt structured melodies similarly to pop songs.[6] He said: "There's a way of repeating in music that can hypnotise. I kept thinking to myself that it's a form of making spells. So when I was working in my studio I was making spells. I know it sounds really stupid, but that's how I was thinking about it."[8]

Yorke did not write lyrics that followed the film narrative, but was conscious of the scenes the songs would be used in.[6] He described the lyrics as political, influenced by discourse surrounding President Donald Trump and Brexit, which "got tied up with" scenes of marching soldiers in the film.[6][11]

Music

Suspiria comprises instrumental tracks, interludes, and songs, incorporating instruments such as piano, flute, drums, and modular synthesisers.[12] "Suspirium" is a piano waltz with flute and sparse production. "Has Ended" is a "slow-creeping groove" with droning keyboards, a dub-like bassline, and time-stretched piano.[6] "Volk" is a "tension-filled" instrumental with "buzzy" white noise and "cacophonic" rhythms.[13]

Promotion and release

The Suspiria soundtrack will be released on October 26, 2018 by XL Records.[9] Three promotional singles were released in September and October: the vocal tracks "Suspirium"[5] and "Has Ended",[14] and the instrumental track "Volk".[13] XL held free listening events in cities around the world in September; fans could enter a lottery by email.[15]

Track listing

All tracks written by Thom Yorke.

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."A Storm That Took Everything"1:47
2."The Hooks"3:18
3."Suspirium"3:21
4."Belongings Thrown in a River"1:27
5."Has Ended"4:56
6."Klemperer Walks"1:38
7."Open Again"2:49
8."Sabbath Incantation"3:06
9."The Inevitable Pull"1:36
10."Olga's Destruction (Volk Tape)"2:58
11."The Conjuring of Anke"2:16
12."A Light Green"1:48
13."Unmade"4:27
14."The Jumps"2:38
Total length:38:05
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Volk"6:24
2."The Universe Is Indiferrent"4:48
3."The Balance of Things"1:08
4."A Soft Hand Across Your Face"0:44
5."Suspirium Finale"7:03
6."A Choir of One"14:01
7."Synthesizer Speaks"0:58
8."The Room of Compartments"1:14
9."An Audition"0:34
10."Voiceless Terror"2:30
11."The Epilogue"2:46
Total length:42:10

References

  1. ↑ "Thom Yorke Soundtracks Short Film With New Music: Watch | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  2. ↑ "Radiohead's Thom Yorke soundtracks Rag & Bone's new short film | Watch". Far Out Magazine. 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  3. ↑ Chow, Andrew R. "Thom Yorke Is Set to Compose Music for a Pinter Play on Broadway". Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Trendell, Andrew (3 October 2018). "Thom Yorke on how he nearly wrote the soundtrack for Fight Club". NME. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Thom Yorke on Why He Was Scared to Tackle the Suspiria Soundtrack -- And Why He'll Never Stop Touring". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Thom Yorke on writing the score for Suspiria". BBC Radio 6 Music. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Yoo, Noah (September 3, 2018). "Thom Yorke Details New Suspiria Soundtrack, Shares New Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  8. 1 2 Kreps, Daniel (September 1, 2018). "Thom Yorke Talks 'Suspiria' Score at Venice Film Festival". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  9. 1 2 Young, Alex (September 4, 2018). "Thom Yorke details Suspiria soundtrack, shares "Suspirium": Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  10. ↑ Gibsone, Harriet (7 May 2016). "Radiohead's new album to be released on Sunday". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Thom Yorke says Tory government are treating UK 'like lemmings running off a cliff' - NME". NME. 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  12. ↑ White, James. "Hear Thom Yorke's Theme For The New Suspiria". Empire. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  13. 1 2 Legaspi, Althea (2018-10-11). "Watch Thom Yorke's Unsettling New 'Volk' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  14. ↑ Murray, Robin (3 October 2018). "Listen: Thom Yorke - 'Has Ended'". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Thom Yorke Announces Suspiria Soundtrack Listening Parties Next Week | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
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