Waxwork Records in partnership with Milan Records is thrilled to release POOR THINGS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Jerskin Fendrix. The album features original score music written by Fendrix for director Yorgos Lanthimos’ new feature film starring and produced by Emma Stone. Utilizing a palette of woodwind instruments and synthesized, breathy vocal samples, the score captures not only the distinct world of Poor Things but also acts as a sonic companion to main character Bella’s journey, expanding to encompass new textures and sounds as the film progresses.
Having never previously collaborated with a composer, Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos first approached Jerskin Fendrix after discovering the musician’s solo debut album, which the director found instinctively aligned with his worldbuilding aspirations for Poor Things. Fendrix began his first-ever foray into film composition with only the film’s script and conversations with Lanthimos as a guide, drawing early inspirations for instrumentation and tone from the vivid surrealism of the film’s various production elements.
“I wanted to have a lot of instruments that involved air and mechanics to match this kind of bizarre bionic thing going on,” recalls Fendrix of the process. “So a lot of woodwind. I really like instruments that breathe for themselves ? which seems apt for the biomechanics of the film ? so pipe organs, uilleann pipes (which are like Irish bagpipes), a lot of synthesized breath and voice stuff. That was a big part of the textural aspect.”
The composer was also struck by how childlike all of the characters were ? not just Bella, but everyone else, including Godwin, Max, Duncan. “They're all in their own ways very immature and very naive, and it's very, very endearing,” he adds. “For that reason I didn’t want the music to be too grand or mature or poised. I wanted that real volatility and childishness to reflect the characters.”
ABOUT POOR THINGS
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Waxwork Records is thrilled to release POOR THINGS Original Motion Picture Score as a deluxe vinyl album featuring the complete film music by composer Jerskin Fendrix with package design by Vasilis Marmatakis, 180 gram colored vinyl, heavyweight gatefold packaging, and more!
トラックリスト
1. Bella 2. Wee 3. Bella and Max 4. Mother of God 5. Victoria 6. Reanimation 7. Bella and Duncan 8. I Just Hope She's Alright 9. Lisbon 10. Quarto [Soundtrack Version] 11. Portuguese Dance I 12. Portuguese Dance II 13. Goodbye Later Dove 14. Duncan and Martha 15. Alexandria 16. Paris 17. Bella / Les Yeux Bleus / Estore's Song 18. London 19. Alfie 20. Alfie and Victoria 21. Bella, Max and God 22. "Poor Things" Finale and End Credits
ヨルゴス・ランティモス監督×エマ・ストーン主演の濃縮ファンタジー！
トラックリストマルチ・インストゥルメンタリスト、プロデューサー、作曲家であるイェルスキン・フェンドリックス書き下ろしたオリジナル・スコアを収録したアナログ盤がリリース！
木管楽器とシンセサイザーによる息の合ったヴォーカル・サンプルを駆使したこのスコアは、『哀れなるものたち』の独特な世界観を表現しているだけでなく、主人公ベラの旅に寄り添うサウンド・コンパニオンとしても機能し、映画が進むにつれて新たなテクスチャーやサウンドを取り込んでいく。
これまで一度も作曲家とコラボレーションしたことがなかった『哀れなるものたち』のヨルゴス・ランティモス監督は、イェルスキン・フェンドリックスのソロデビューアルバムを見つけ、『哀れなるものたち』の世界観に直感的にマッチすると感じた。フェンドリックスは、映画の脚本とランティモス監督との会話だけを頼りに、初めて映画音楽の世界に足を踏み入れました。
180g重量盤カラー・ヴァイナル。ヘビーウェイト・ゲートフォールド・パッケージ仕様。
「女王陛下のお気に入り」のヨルゴス・ランティモス監督とエマ・ストーンが再びタッグを組み、スコットランドの作家アラスター・グレイの同名ゴシック小説を映画化。2023年・第80回ベネチア国際映画祭コンペティション部門で最高賞の金獅子賞を受賞した。
不幸な若い女性ベラは自ら命を絶つが、風変わりな天才外科医ゴッドウィン・バクスターによって自らの胎児の脳を移植され、奇跡的に蘇生する。「世界を自分の目で見たい」という強い欲望にかられた彼女は、放蕩者の弁護士ダンカンに誘われて大陸横断の旅に出る。大人の体を持ちながら新生児の目線で世界を見つめるベラは時代の偏見から解放され、平等や自由を知り、驚くべき成長を遂げていく。
プロデューサーも務めるストーンが純粋無垢で自由奔放な主人公ベラを熱演し、天才外科医ゴッドウィンをウィレム・デフォー、弁護士ダンカンをマーク・ラファロが演じる。「女王陛下のお気に入り」「クルエラ」のトニー・マクナマラが脚本を担当。
Waxwork Records in partnership with Milan Records is thrilled to release POOR THINGS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Jerskin Fendrix. The album features original score music written by Fendrix for director Yorgos Lanthimos’ new feature film starring and produced by Emma Stone. Utilizing a palette of woodwind instruments and synthesized, breathy vocal samples, the score captures not only the distinct world of Poor Things but also acts as a sonic companion to main character Bella’s journey, expanding to encompass new textures and sounds as the film progresses.
Having never previously collaborated with a composer, Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos first approached Jerskin Fendrix after discovering the musician’s solo debut album, which the director found instinctively aligned with his worldbuilding aspirations for Poor Things. Fendrix began his first-ever foray into film composition with only the film’s script and conversations with Lanthimos as a guide, drawing early inspirations for instrumentation and tone from the vivid surrealism of the film’s various production elements.
“I wanted to have a lot of instruments that involved air and mechanics to match this kind of bizarre bionic thing going on,” recalls Fendrix of the process. “So a lot of woodwind. I really like instruments that breathe for themselves ? which seems apt for the biomechanics of the film ? so pipe organs, uilleann pipes (which are like Irish bagpipes), a lot of synthesized breath and voice stuff. That was a big part of the textural aspect.”
The composer was also struck by how childlike all of the characters were ? not just Bella, but everyone else, including Godwin, Max, Duncan. “They're all in their own ways very immature and very naive, and it's very, very endearing,” he adds. “For that reason I didn’t want the music to be too grand or mature or poised. I wanted that real volatility and childishness to reflect the characters.”
ABOUT POOR THINGS
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Waxwork Records is thrilled to release POOR THINGS Original Motion Picture Score as a deluxe vinyl album featuring the complete film music by composer Jerskin Fendrix with package design by Vasilis Marmatakis, 180 gram colored vinyl, heavyweight gatefold packaging, and more!
1. Bella
2. Wee
3. Bella and Max
4. Mother of God
5. Victoria
6. Reanimation
7. Bella and Duncan
8. I Just Hope She's Alright
9. Lisbon
10. Quarto [Soundtrack Version]
11. Portuguese Dance I
12. Portuguese Dance II
13. Goodbye Later Dove
14. Duncan and Martha
15. Alexandria
16. Paris
17. Bella / Les Yeux Bleus / Estore's Song
18. London
19. Alfie
20. Alfie and Victoria
21. Bella, Max and God
22. "Poor Things" Finale and End Credits