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i might be a little late to this one (the ephemeral and deeply reactive pace of culture is something i’ve always struggled to keep pace with), but i haven’t been able to listen to anything else all week!!
that reznor still has the chops to mastermind music that’s every bit as propulsive and vivacious as his output from the nineties is about as revelatory as the film itself — which, in my opinion, indubitably cements luca guadagnino as a genuine giant in contemporary cinema.
do your ears a favor and play it loud, but not without treating your eyes to the film first ;P
some especially pronounced highlights:
- ‘yeah x10’ (crunchy, sleek and catchy — what’s more to love?!)
- ‘brutalizer / brutalizer 2’ (so good it shows up twice)
- ‘match point’ (the apex of an instantaneously classic motif, and only half as engaging as the climax to which it backdrops!)
Oct 2, 2024
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Reznor and Ross are the goats and the academy will pay for their challengers score snub!! however, this score is amazing and perfect for listening to while reading. it has enough movement that you can't just tune it out but it also won't actively make you anxious like the challengers score sometimes does for me lol. hand covers bruise song of all time!!!
Jan 25, 2025
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Reznor and Ross. Obviously
Apr 27, 2024
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Recently been playing Challengers score (be wary of the titular song, the ending is alarm sound and i hate that they left it in the score), Palo Alto‘s score is frm Dev Hynes (also known as Blood Orange) and has some words but it’s very minimal.
Also love Succession’s score of all 4 seasons and have written so many essays to them.
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cartoonishly gory and melodramatic it may be, i have found a lot of catharsis in living vicariously through araki‘s articulation of queer angst, and how life in rural america can literally feel like stepping into hell itself; if you like irreverent protagonists and seeing bodily harm done to nazis, it’s a must ^_^
Aug 1, 2024
depending on the day of the week, (usually a random wednesday on which i feel the more ravenously coveted releases of SAW vol. 1&2 can be overlong and at times unwieldy), drukqs is to me the most evocative distillation of aphex’s predilection for acid-break brutalizations and madcap sonic textures.
it is, somehow, one of the albums i return to most and yet one of the last i’d ever recommend to a sane individual — and ironically, one of the worst to listen to while stoned. i can’t vouch for it enough
Oct 2, 2024
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so far, turning 24 has brought with it the sobering realization that my life won’t simply happen to me, and all the boring, healthy, ritualistic sh*t—once seeming like baseless naïveté spouted unanimously by people who had this epiphany far sooner than i—actually works. so far, 24 has been about catching up to the me that i wanted to be by now, and giving myself grace for keeping her waiting.
that baboon from bojack horseman might’ve been onto something. it does get a little easier, on the condition that you keep trying. i’m gonna go make some tea
Oct 1, 2024