Riverhead - original soundtrack

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John Cratchley Haunting and evocative, mournful and melancholic, sparse yet finely detailed, emotionally charged; ethereal one moment and grounded the next...Ulver on a creative cusp; this feels like some kind of important turning point or event horizon in their music to me...compelling and not to be ignored.

Dante Ruivo I don't even have a favorite track, this is very subdued and ideal for listening when concentration is needed (to me, at least). It works as a whole album. Favorite track: Riverhead.

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1.	Riverhead 05:13	buy track
2.	Dark Alley 01:34	buy track
3.	Road to Town 02:26	buy track
4.	In a Wooden Coat 03:08	buy track
5.	Idle Hands Are the Devil's Playthings 02:54	buy track
6.	Father's Feud 03:11	buy track
7.	In Memoriam 03:06	buy track
8.	Stoke the Fire 02:44	buy track
9.	Bored of Canada 03:30	buy track
10.	Hard Standing 01:55	buy track
11.	Stalking 01:31	buy track
12.	A Waste of Your Father's Life 02:09	buy track
13.	Spiteful Things 03:00	buy track
14.	The Hunt 01:51	buy track
15.	Snake in the Grass 04:07	buy track

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THE STORY

The North Shore is a particular coastline on the island of Newfoundland that has been in various stages of settlement since the 1500s – it is said to be one of the oldest North American settlements. As Irish and English settlers formed communities, centuries of secular feuding in Europe were inevitably rediscovered in this new land and lead to many years of fighting, rioting, and murder. As a Newfoundlander with deep roots on the island, my family has experienced this conflict first-hand and often tell stories of their rival outports, even warning me to stay away from certain communities as a child. This is the backdrop for RIVERHEAD – an area with a fragile coexistence between communities, where inherited feuds can resurface at any moment.

THE SOUNDTRACK

Late last fall I sent Kristoffer Rygg my latest short film, FLANKERS, and we began chatting about the soundtrack, eventually going back and forth about a potential collaboration. At this point, I went out on a limb and asked if ULVER would be interested in composing the music for my upcoming feature, RIVERHEAD. They kindly accepted and here is the result. As a long-time fan, this was an incredible collaboration for me – and further, it allowed us to find aesthetic and cultural similarities between our lands. With this in mind, the soundtrack certainly touches on Nordic and Celtic folk music from within an ambient/atmospheric frame.

There was a mutual understanding that the soundtrack should be hushed, airy and ominous, almost elemental in its minimalism, with only a few key moments that rupture into larger, more augmented pieces. As far as the method, ULVER started by recording and sending over some sketches and atmospheres before we shot a single scene of the film. This allowed me to go into the filming with an understanding of the soundtrack, and how the scenes could (and would) be paced – truly an invaluable asset, especially with a fragmented film like this. Afterwards, they continued to record and we fine-tuned said sketches as well as some new pieces together. Ultimately, I am as proud of this collaboration as a standalone project as I am with the film itself.

– Justin Oakey, L'Anse aux Meadows, September 2016

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released December 9, 2016

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