Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Loin Des Hommes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2015 EU 180g Gatefold.

The ravishing score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis is for director David Oelhoffen's 'Loin Des Hommes (Far From Men),' released through Goliath Enterprises. 'Loin Des Hommes' was a triple prizewinner at the Venice film festival (2014) and stars Viggo Mortensen and Reda Kateb. Adapted from a short story by Albert Camus, it is a powerful tale of divided loyalties and colonialist violence during Algeria's war of independence. With its mesmeric drones, pointillist piano jabs, weeping strings and nerve-jangling electronics, this is one of the duo's most emotive and experimental soundtracks to date, sounding both achingly intimate and cosmically vast. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis create film and theatre scores that are elegantly minimal, hauntingly beautiful and instantly recognisable as theirs alone. Vinyl release includes mp3 download card ...

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