"Orchestral score with incredibly fresh approach... Composer studied with John Corigliano & Christopher Rouse, worked with Philip Glass, absorbed all their talent! Knockout!" - Intrada
"Mulhy is a great new talent, and of the few immediately unique voices I've heard in recent years. 'Joshua' is a very modern and very engaging film score." - ScoreReviews
"This is a score replete with creeping tension and jolts, but it somehow manages to avoid slipping into horror movie clichés, largely because Muhly's approach is so distinctive and draws so effectively on his classical roots. It is surprising how well the music fits the film when it also stands so powerfully on its own." - Soundtrack.net
"Nico Muhly's unusual, insinuating work significantly augments the drama and psychological shadings" - Variety
"As his twisted use of melody hides something unholy, Muhly proves himself as a composer to watch in the genre, let alone filmscoring itself." - IF Magazine
"Nico Muhly's score is provocatively lush and moody..." - Hollywood Reporter
"Bereft of popular conventions, Muhly's score supports scenes with a refreshingly discrete and subtle approach to suspense and horror" - KQEK
"Brilliantly scored by Nico Muhly - the use of the off-key piano chords are an invaluable atmospheric addition..." - N:Zone
With this strikingly original score, young composer Nico Muhly, who has worked extensively as an editor, keyboardist and conductor for Philip Glass, conjures the atmosphere of a claustrophobic apartment - a place where psychological terror strikes in this award-winning horror feature directed by George Ratliff. "It begins sun-drenched and idyllic, with bells, harp, and piano outlining a wholesome and growing family," the composer explains. "Gradually, the piano becomes an antagonist... and as Joshua becomes more and more menacing to his mother, the piano moves to registral extremes, obsessing over the highest and lowest notes of the keyboard... The score ends with severe trombones and wailing violins; a complete subversion of the optimistic beginning."
Ever since the film's theatrical premiere (it was released by Fox Searchlight last summer), we have been working hard to acquire the soundtrack rights to this extremely well-crafted and very disturbing score - and now it's here!
MMS08005 JOSHUA: Original Motion Picture Score
Music Composed and Conducted by NICO MUHLY
Release date: March 11, 2008.
CD EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES.
