ComingSoon is pleased to provide an exclusive preview of Oliver Coates’ (Aftersun) music for The Stranger. Coates is a composer, cellist, and electronic musician. The soundtrack will be available on October 21 and the movie is currently streaming on Netflix. Electronics and strings are combined in the score to create a menacing rhythmic backdrop for the frightful movie about a secret friendship between two strangers.
According to Coates, “The director Thomas M Wright sent me a recording of an underpass in Australia at night, the sound of vehicles passing overheard.”The sound had a physicality, breath, and was silent. We worked on The Stranger for eight months, beginning with brief sketches based on breathy dark string loops against his field recording before the shoot and throughout the edit.
We wanted the musical language to keep the film’s rhythm under pressure and to keep the motifs brief. It’s gloomy, but it moves quickly, like an escape from reality. In a film without any violence, there is a buildup of unbearable tension; the final 15 minutes, on the other hand, are a flood of tonal music, reversed basslines on strings, and cascading harmonics, followed by a wide outpouring of the body’s stored emotions.
The Stranger soundtrack’s “Rylett Convergence” can be heard below:
“Two strangers form a friendship. This is a dream come true for Henry Teague (Sean Harris), who has been worn down by a lifetime of physical labor, according to the movie’s synopsis. Mark, played by Joel Edgerton, his new friend, becomes his ally and savior. However, neither is who they seem to be, and both have secrets that could end their lives. In the background, one of the largest police operations in the country is getting closer.
Track List
01. Opening – Matthias Schack-Arnott, Oliver Coates
02. Mark Recorder
03. Shopping Mall
04. Depart
05. The Timelines
06. Guns In Boot / Female Testimony
07. All Sins To Be Forgiven
08. Knife At Night – Oliver Coates,Matthias Schack-Arnott
09. Little Boy Waiting To Be Found
10. First Time In Victoria
11. Chinese Restaurant
12. Lost Henry / We Shall Remember Them
13. Rylett Convergence
14. Subpoena
15. After Confession
16. Valley Descent
17. Forest Arrest / Search For Body
18. End / Depth And Time Theme
19. Credits / Always Were / Mark Lake
About the movie:
Name: The Stranger.
Film genre: Drama, thriller, and crime.
release date (wide): Date: 19 October 2022.
Runtime: 1h 57m.
Production: Road productions, Blue-Tongue Films, Rocket Science, Anonymous Content, and See-Saw Films.
Distributor: Netflix.
Directors: Thomas M. Wright.
Stars: Sean Harris, Ewen Leslie, Joel Edgerton.
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