A Scanner Darkly [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Graham Reynolds

Overview

The perfect complement to the woozy, paranoid, not-too-distant future captured in Richard Linklater's adaptation of Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly, the film's score features compositions by Graham Reynolds and performances by his group, the Golden Arm Trio. The album is full of quicksilver changes in mood and sound, highlighting the surreal atmosphere of the post-war-on-drugs America that the film creates. Strands of post-rock, electronica, jazz, and vintage rock are woven and recombined throughout the album for unusual juxtapositions like "Aphids," which mixes frantic, scrabbling percussion with twangy guitars out of some long-lost spy movie theme, and "Strawberry Pie," which has syrupy-sweet pedal steel and brushed drums that recall classic instrumental pop like Santo & Johnny's "Sleepwalk." Elsewhere, as on the title track and "Little Blue Flowers," a brooding, almost bleak mood emerges. Hallucinatory and evocative, A Scanner Darkly is the musical embodiment of a bad trip -- but that's a compliment. [A vinyl LP edition of A Scanner Darkly was released in 2017.] ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	01/03/2025
Label:	Fire Soundtracks / Lakeshore Records
UPC:	0809236100245

Tracks

1. 7 Years from Now
2. Aphids
3. Swallowed Up in Victory
4. Strawberry Pie
5. The Dark World Where I Dwell
6. Sex, Beer and Pills
7. A Farm Near the Mountains
8. Bug-Bite Squared
9. Pose as a Nark
10. Do You Like Cats?
11. A Scanner Darkly
12. Abrasocaine
13. Part of the Plan
14. Are You Experiencing Any Difficulties?
15. Your Move, Peterbilt
16. Room 203
17. Escorted to the Bright Lights
18. You'll See the Way You Saw Before
19. A New Path
20. Little Blue Flowers
21. Darkly Mix
22. Call Sign/Aleph

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Graham Reynolds   Primary Artist,Bass,Drums,Piano,Guitar,Harmonium,Percussion,Vibraphone
Golden Arm Trio   Primary Artist
DJ Spooky   Primary Artist
Jack Dangers   Primary Artist
Jessica Gilliam-Valls   Bass (Upright)
Grahm Reynolds   Guitar,Harmonium,Piano,Guitar (Bass),Drums,Percussion
Bruce Colson   Violin
Valerie Klatt   Cello
Jason Elinoff   Viola
Thad Scott   Sax (Tenor)
Buzz Moran   Guitar,Percussion
P. Kellach Waddle   Bass (Upright)
Gilliam Valls, Jessica   Bass (Upright)
Joseph Shuffield   Violin
Leigh Ann Woodard   Oboe
Erik Grostic   Bass (Upright)
Jeff Johnston   Musical Saw
Charles Prewitt   Cello
Eric Hargett   Clarinet (Bass)
Jonathan Dexter   Cello
Paul Klemperer   Sax (Baritone)
Ricky Davis   Pedal Steel
Ames Asbell   Viola
Justin Hennard   Guitar

Technical Credits

Golden Arm Trio   Mixing,Engineer
Richard Linklater   Executive Producer
Joe Chavez   Layout Design
Eric Craig   A&R
Graham Reynolds   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Composer
Nick Ratner   Music Supervisor
Peter Stopschinski   Mixing Assistant,Score Preparation
Buzz Moran   Mixing,Engineer
Stephanie Mente   Art Direction
Brian McNelis   Executive Producer
Skip Williamson   Executive Producer