Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - Candyman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ALBUM REVIEW
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Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe has been working under the Lichens name since 2004, but this is the first I had heard of him. After doing some research, I had found that he had worked with the late Jóhann Jóhannsson and the composer for Joker’s score, Hildur Guðnadóttir on an entire album. After seeing what I think is one of the best horror movies of 2021, Nia DaCosta’s brilliant Candyman sequel, I just had to review Lowe’s score. Granted, I saw the movie when it first released and haven’t seen it yet, but right when I saw the menacing cover art for it, I was entranced (heh). So, let’s get into Lowe’s Candyman score.
Like another score this year, Jonny Greenwood’s contributions to Spencer, Lowe does a masterful job at personifying absolute dread throughout the album. Hints of original composer Philip Glass’s material are here too, but they’re typically drowned by noise in spine-chilling fashion. In the film, the urban legend of the Candyman has changed with time, much like how urban legends in real life change with time. Lowe’s score for 2021’s legend has evolved from Glass’s for the 1992 original, mainly in the way that Lowe uses sound. Watching the film for the first time, I could immediately tell how unique and oddly melodic at times. Not many tend to do this technique effectively, and funny enough, it isn’t the only movie released this year that did this so well. Overall, the score for the updated Candyman is fascinating. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s haunting, beautiful, and challenging work for the horror film is as intricate as the urban legend the film’s based on.
9/10
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Candyman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a Waxwork Records release.
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe has been working under the Lichens name since 2004, but this is the first I had heard of him. After doing some research, I had found that he had worked with the late Jóhann Jóhannsson and the composer for Joker’s score, Hildur Guðnadóttir on an entire album. After seeing what I think is one of the best horror movies of 2021, Nia DaCosta’s brilliant Candyman sequel, I just had to review Lowe’s score. Granted, I saw the movie when it first released and haven’t seen it yet, but right when I saw the menacing cover art for it, I was entranced (heh). So, let’s get into Lowe’s Candyman score.
Like another score this year, Jonny Greenwood’s contributions to Spencer, Lowe does a masterful job at personifying absolute dread throughout the album. Hints of original composer Philip Glass’s material are here too, but they’re typically drowned by noise in spine-chilling fashion. In the film, the urban legend of the Candyman has changed with time, much like how urban legends in real life change with time. Lowe’s score for 2021’s legend has evolved from Glass’s for the 1992 original, mainly in the way that Lowe uses sound. Watching the film for the first time, I could immediately tell how unique and oddly melodic at times. Not many tend to do this technique effectively, and funny enough, it isn’t the only movie released this year that did this so well. Overall, the score for the updated Candyman is fascinating. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s haunting, beautiful, and challenging work for the horror film is as intricate as the urban legend the film’s based on.
9/10
Listen here
YouTube Music
Candyman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a Waxwork Records release.
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