In partnership with Independent Film Company, Waxwork Records is proud to announce the release of THE PLAGUE Original Motion Picture Score composed and performed by Johan Lenox.
Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival to an 11-minute standing ovation, The Plague has garnered significant critical attention. Set at an all-boys water polo camp, the film follows a socially anxious twelve-year-old who becomes entangled in a cruel tradition targeting an outcast, as the boundary between ritual and reality begins to erode.
Composer Johan Lenox's original score underscores the film's tense, feral atmosphere through an organic palette of percussion, solo strings, and densely layered vocals. The music mirrors the story's escalating unease, balancing vulnerability with an ever-present sense of menace.
In exclusive liner notes included with the soundtrack, Lenox reflects on his immediate connection to the project:
“After years of dodging questions about when I would compose my first film score, I finally found the perfect project in Charlie Polinger's The Plague. I was immediately struck by the story's primal, Lord of the Flies?like quality.”
Johan Lenox is a singer, composer, and music producer whose work spans the classical, film, and musical theater worlds, as well as a career as a solo artist and collaborator of rappers and pop stars. Many of his projects are driven by a passion for turning mainstream audiences into lovers of classical music.
Continuing Waxwork Records' commitment to elevated physical releases, The Plague soundtrack is pressed on "Pool Water Blue" colored vinyl and housed in heavyweight jackets featuring a matte satin finish. The release also includes printed inner sleeves and exclusive composer liner notes written specifically for this edition.
インディペンデント・フィルム・カンパニーとの提携により、WAXWORK RECORDSはヨハン・レノックス作曲・演奏による映画『THE PLAGUE』オリジナル・サウンドトラックをリリース！
トラックリストカンヌ国際映画祭で初上映され、11分間のスタンディングオベーションを受けた本作は、批評家の注目を集めています。男子水球キャンプを舞台に、社会不安を抱える12歳の少年が、儀式と現実の境界が崩れ始める中、追放者を標的とする残酷な伝統に巻き込まれていく姿を描く。
作曲家ヨハン・レノックスによるオリジナル・スコアは、打楽器、ソロ弦楽器、重層的なボーカルという有機的な音色で、映画の緊張感と野性的な雰囲気を強調している。音楽は物語の増幅する不安を映し出し、脆弱性と常に潜む脅威の感覚を均衡させている。
サウンドトラックに付属する独占ライナーノーツで、レノックスは本作への即座の共感をこう振り返る：
「長年『いつ初映画音楽を手掛けるのか』という質問をかわしてきたが、チャーリー・ポリンジャー監督の『The Plague』でついに完璧なプロジェクトに出会った。物語の根源的な『蠅の王』的な質に、私は即座に心を打たれた」
ヨハン・レノックスは歌手、作曲家、音楽プロデューサーとして、クラシック、映画、ミュージカル劇場の世界で活躍する一方、ソロアーティストとして、またラッパーやポップスターとのコラボレーションでもキャリアを築いている。彼の多くのプロジェクトは、主流の聴衆をクラシック音楽の愛好家に変えるという情熱に支えられている。
In partnership with Independent Film Company, Waxwork Records is proud to announce the release of THE PLAGUE Original Motion Picture Score composed and performed by Johan Lenox.
Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival to an 11-minute standing ovation, The Plague has garnered significant critical attention. Set at an all-boys water polo camp, the film follows a socially anxious twelve-year-old who becomes entangled in a cruel tradition targeting an outcast, as the boundary between ritual and reality begins to erode.
Composer Johan Lenox's original score underscores the film's tense, feral atmosphere through an organic palette of percussion, solo strings, and densely layered vocals. The music mirrors the story's escalating unease, balancing vulnerability with an ever-present sense of menace.
In exclusive liner notes included with the soundtrack, Lenox reflects on his immediate connection to the project:
“After years of dodging questions about when I would compose my first film score, I finally found the perfect project in Charlie Polinger's The Plague. I was immediately struck by the story's primal, Lord of the Flies?like quality.”
Johan Lenox is a singer, composer, and music producer whose work spans the classical, film, and musical theater worlds, as well as a career as a solo artist and collaborator of rappers and pop stars. Many of his projects are driven by a passion for turning mainstream audiences into lovers of classical music.
Continuing Waxwork Records' commitment to elevated physical releases, The Plague soundtrack is pressed on "Pool Water Blue" colored vinyl and housed in heavyweight jackets featuring a matte satin finish. The release also includes printed inner sleeves and exclusive composer liner notes written specifically for this edition.