Mutant exclusive slipcase edition featuring stunning artwork by Francesco Francavilla, recalling classic horror movies of the 1930s and 1940s, meticulously hand-drawn, painted, and beautifully detailed. This 2x LP gatefold vinyl is housed inside a Mutant exclusive, bespoke die-cut creature slipcase and comes complete with an obi strip and insert.
Mutant, in partnership with Netflix, are proud to present Academy AwardR Winning composer Alexandre Desplat's score to Guillermo Del Toro's latest masterpiece Frankenstein.
Since its publication in 1818, Mary Shelley's groundbreaking novel Frankenstein has borne a seemingly infinite number of cinematic versions, and from that, some exceptional film music. Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is the latest, and Alexandre Desplat's score is the perfect accompaniment. In their third collaboration, following 2017's The Shape of Water and 2022's Pinocchio, the pair have conjured an electrifying mix of beautiful lyricism and deep emotions, conveying the wonder and tragedy of Shelley's classic tale.
Desplat's score instantly evokes del Toro and Shelley's world in the opening, which introduces the hauntingly beautiful seven-note motif for the real antagonist, Victor Frankenstein. This is accompanied by ghostly female choral voices and a low electronic pulsing, resulting in a representation of the inherent Gothic nature of the story and the themes of life and death, with the pulsing serving as a shorthand for the power that Victor will use to bring his creature into existence. Eldbjorg Hemsing, on solo violin, gives us a range of gorgeous tones that modulate from the beauty of nature to the beauty of melancholy. At the same time, Desplat writes music for Victor's creation that is surprisingly enchanting as well as forceful, with an almost euphoric waltz scoring the building of Victor's gruesome experiment, with flesh and sinew abound.
The birth of the creature is treated as a subversion of previous adaptations, with a lyrical and searching tone that is tender and delicate, like the birth of a child. A four-note motif that repeats with variations represents the creature itself, played tenderly on plucked strings with solo piano as counterpoint. However, that initially bright and questioning tone shifts as the creature experiences its life as Victor demands, and the tragedy of the creature and the story come into focus. Desplat's score transitions into a deeply melancholy mood as both creator and creation descend into their own personal hell, albeit with less fury and more reflection and introspection, with a true emotional resonance.
Frankenstein ends with a glorious reprisal of its themes, a showcase of Alexandre Desplat's talent and the inspiration of Guillermo Del Toro and Mary Shelley. It's a work that stands proudly alongside previous musical iterations and is another evolution in the ongoing collaboration between Del Toro and Desplat. Gorgeous and thoughtful, Frankenstein is much more than just the sum of its parts.
トラックリスト
Side A 1. Frankenstein 2. Explosion 3. Victor’s Tale 4. Burning Angel 5. Mother Dies 6. William and Father 7. Lecture 8. Meet Harlander
Side B 1. Elizabeth 2. The Castle 3. Symmetry 4. Body Building 5. The Tower
Side C 1. Awakening 2. Everything Is New 3. Elizabeth Meets The Creature 4. Floating Leaf 5. Fire 6. Creatures Tale 7. Hunters 8. Family Life
Side D 1. A Friend 2. Recollection 3. A Good Man 4. A Merciless Life 5. Confrontation 6. Laying To Rest 7. Forgiveness 8. Eternity
フランチェスコ・フランカヴィッラによる驚異的なアートワークをフィーチャーしたミュータント限定スリップケース版。1930～40年代の古典ホラー映画を彷彿とさせる、丹念に手描き・彩色され、細部まで美しく仕上げられた作品です。この2枚組LPゲートフォールド・ヴァイナルは、ミュータント限定の特注ダイカット・クリーチャー・スリップケースに収められ、帯とインサートが付属します。
トラックリストアカデミー賞R受賞作曲家アレクサンドル・デスプラが手掛けたギレルモ・デル・トロ監督最新作『フランケンシュタイン』のオリジナル・サウンドトラック！
1818年の刊行以来、メアリー・シェリーの画期的な小説『フランケンシュタイン』は数えきれないほどの映画化作品を生み、そこから数々の傑出した映画音楽が誕生してきました。ギレルモ・デル・トロ版『フランケンシュタイン』は最新作であり、アレクサンドル・デスプラのスコアは完璧な伴奏となる。2017年『シェイプ・オブ・ウォーター』、2022年『ピノキオ』に続く三度目のコラボレーションで、二人は美しい叙情性と深い感情を融合させた衝撃的な音楽を創出し、シェリーの古典的物語が持つ驚異と悲劇を伝えている。
デスプラの音楽は冒頭から即座にデル・トロとシェリーの世界を想起させ、真の敵役であるヴィクター・フランケンシュタインのために不気味な美しさをたたえた7音のモチーフを導入する。幽玄な女性合唱と低音の電子パルスが伴い、物語に内在するゴシック的性質と生と死のテーマを表現。パルスはヴィクターが創造物を生み出すために用いる力の象徴として機能する。エルドビョルグ・ヘムシングのソロヴァイオリンは、自然の美から憂いの美へと移り変わる多彩な音色を奏でる。同時にデスプラは、ヴィクターの創造物に驚くほど魅惑的かつ力強い音楽を書き下ろしている。肉と筋が溢れるヴィクターの恐ろしい実験の構築を彩るのは、陶酔的なワルツだ。
その生物の誕生は、これまでの作品群への反逆として描かれ、詩的で探求的なトーンは、まるで子供の誕生のように優しく繊細である。変化を伴いながら繰り返される四音のモチーフが生物そのものを表し、弾かれた弦楽器の優しい音色と、対位法として奏でられるピアノ独奏で表現される。しかし、ヴィクターの要求通りに生きるうちに、当初の明るく問いかけのようなトーンは変化し、生物と物語の悲劇が浮き彫りになる。創造主と被造物がそれぞれの個人的な地獄へと堕ちていく中、デスプラのスコアは深い憂鬱なムードへと移行する。ただし、そこには激しい怒りよりも、内省と自己探求が色濃く、真の感情的な共鳴が感じられる。
『フランケンシュタイン』は主題の輝かしい再現で幕を閉じる。アレクサンドル・デスプラの才能と、ギレルモ・デル・トロ、メアリー・シェリーのインスピレーションが結実した作品だ。過去の音楽的解釈と肩を並べる誇り高き作品であり、デル・トロとデスプラの継続的な協業における新たな進化である。華麗で思索的な本作は、単なる要素の集合体以上の存在です。
Mutant exclusive slipcase edition featuring stunning artwork by Francesco Francavilla, recalling classic horror movies of the 1930s and 1940s, meticulously hand-drawn, painted, and beautifully detailed. This 2x LP gatefold vinyl is housed inside a Mutant exclusive, bespoke die-cut creature slipcase and comes complete with an obi strip and insert.
Mutant, in partnership with Netflix, are proud to present Academy AwardR Winning composer Alexandre Desplat's score to Guillermo Del Toro's latest masterpiece Frankenstein.
Since its publication in 1818, Mary Shelley's groundbreaking novel Frankenstein has borne a seemingly infinite number of cinematic versions, and from that, some exceptional film music. Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is the latest, and Alexandre Desplat's score is the perfect accompaniment. In their third collaboration, following 2017's The Shape of Water and 2022's Pinocchio, the pair have conjured an electrifying mix of beautiful lyricism and deep emotions, conveying the wonder and tragedy of Shelley's classic tale.
Desplat's score instantly evokes del Toro and Shelley's world in the opening, which introduces the hauntingly beautiful seven-note motif for the real antagonist, Victor Frankenstein. This is accompanied by ghostly female choral voices and a low electronic pulsing, resulting in a representation of the inherent Gothic nature of the story and the themes of life and death, with the pulsing serving as a shorthand for the power that Victor will use to bring his creature into existence. Eldbjorg Hemsing, on solo violin, gives us a range of gorgeous tones that modulate from the beauty of nature to the beauty of melancholy. At the same time, Desplat writes music for Victor's creation that is surprisingly enchanting as well as forceful, with an almost euphoric waltz scoring the building of Victor's gruesome experiment, with flesh and sinew abound.
The birth of the creature is treated as a subversion of previous adaptations, with a lyrical and searching tone that is tender and delicate, like the birth of a child. A four-note motif that repeats with variations represents the creature itself, played tenderly on plucked strings with solo piano as counterpoint. However, that initially bright and questioning tone shifts as the creature experiences its life as Victor demands, and the tragedy of the creature and the story come into focus. Desplat's score transitions into a deeply melancholy mood as both creator and creation descend into their own personal hell, albeit with less fury and more reflection and introspection, with a true emotional resonance.
Frankenstein ends with a glorious reprisal of its themes, a showcase of Alexandre Desplat's talent and the inspiration of Guillermo Del Toro and Mary Shelley. It's a work that stands proudly alongside previous musical iterations and is another evolution in the ongoing collaboration between Del Toro and Desplat. Gorgeous and thoughtful, Frankenstein is much more than just the sum of its parts.
Side A
1. Frankenstein
2. Explosion
3. Victor’s Tale
4. Burning Angel
5. Mother Dies
6. William and Father
7. Lecture
8. Meet Harlander
Side B
1. Elizabeth
2. The Castle
3. Symmetry
4. Body Building
5. The Tower
Side C
1. Awakening
2. Everything Is New
3. Elizabeth Meets The Creature
4. Floating Leaf
5. Fire
6. Creatures Tale
7. Hunters
8. Family Life
Side D
1. A Friend
2. Recollection
3. A Good Man
4. A Merciless Life
5. Confrontation
6. Laying To Rest
7. Forgiveness
8. Eternity