| Release Date: | PRSD21 |
| Currently: | In stock (1) |
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Original soundtrack to a new British horror film by the pioneering UK electronic research lab responsible, utilising sound elements from the Delia Derbyshire archives. First time on vinyl ‐ limited edition green 2LP for Record Store Day 2021, housed in a gatefold sleeve, with 16 page wire‐stitched booklet and download card.
Astonishingly considering their 50 year career scoring for radio and television, this is the first time The Radiophonic Workshop have ever scored a feature film for theatrical release or collaborated on a major score together. They’ve risen to the challenge admirably, concocting a soundtrack that mixes pastoral flute with dread synth tones and bowed percussion that connects this to England’s hidden reverse of Coil as much as the masters of Italian Giallo soundtracks. The soundtrack includes all the cues from the feature film as well as 9 bonus tracks.
Possum is the directorial debut of Matthew Holness (best known for co‐writing and playing the title role in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace). The film stars Sean Harris and Alun Armstrong, telling the story of a disgraced children’s puppeteer who returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.
“This soundtrack a testament to the Radiophonic Workshop’s mastery of sound. At once unnerving, atmospheric, and deeply moving.” ‐ Matthew Holness (Writer & Director)
Tracklisting:
Side A
01 Verse 1 and Main Titles
02 Arrival Home
03 Smoke Balloons
04 Buried
05 Verse 2, Possum Sting and
Undercurrent
06 Going In?
07 A Demonstration
08 Legs 1 and Forest 1
09 Legs 2 and Rumble
10 Forest 2 and Bag Opening
11 Marshland 1 / Anxiety
12 Marshland 2 / Verse 3 and
Nightmare 1 / Bedfellows
13 The Fox Story
Side B
01 The Fox Story (alternative)
02 The Barracks
03 Newspaper / Stairs
04 Storybook
05 Helpless
06 The Photograph and Fox
Return
07 Back from the Dead / Verse 4
08 Nightmare 2
09 Someone at the Door
10 News Report
Side C
01 Searching
02 Cracking Up
03 Pursuit
04 Verse 5 / Breakdown
05 Behind the Door / Mummy
and Daddy / Possum‐Man
06 Devastation
Side D
POSSUM ‐ FILM SOUNDTRACK ‐
EARLY MIXES AND ALTERNATIVES
01 Arrival Home and A
Demonstration (alternative)
02 The Fox Story (alternative 2)
03 The Barracks (alternative)
04 Storybook (alternative)
05 Helpless (alternative)
06 Pursuit (alternative)
07 Mummy and Daddy
(alternative)
08 Devastation (alternative)
09 Opening Titles (early mix)