hello everyone today i'm going to talk
about
the recent indie film she dies tomorrow
and specifically i'll be talking about
the mondo boys score
so as a quick disclaimer i haven't yet
seen the film
and i actually don't know very much
about the plot i
typically make it a point to know as
little as possible about a film before
going into it
so as not to have anything spoiled so
really today i'll just be talking about
the music
now prior to the score i'd never heard
of the mondo boys
and i really didn't know what to expect
in all honesty
their name kind of made me think of the
tim and eric skit where they play two
wannabe party boys that harass women and
eat shrimp
so i had no clue what this music was
gonna sound like
and let me say it was just an absolute
surprise
seconds into that first track so here
take a listen
now this might sound hyperbolic but
about halfway through the entire song
i almost felt sick to my stomach there
was a pit
in here of of discomfort and
i don't think that it happened to me in
maybe about a year and a half
since listening to some early white
house i think
uh a kind of classic power electronics
group
whose sole purpose was to make you feel
as uncomfortable as possible
and that the mondo boys were able to do
that in
a minute was really astounding to me
and that's how this entire score is
it hits you over and over in these waves
of discomfort
and it makes you so unsettled but
you can't stop listening
one of the other aspects that's very
interesting is the
heavy use of mozart's lacrimosome now i
haven't
heard that recording quite a while um
so i don't really remember exactly how
much of it they change
other aspects obviously that are you
know modulated that have
new instruments new effects particular
electronics thrown in
um they're making you kind of reminding
you of
clint manziel's work on black swan and
interestingly both pieces actually
make the original work even darker and
even more unsettling
and you know hell that's a great
composer and a great work to be compared
to
and the entire score
it's only 18 minutes long that's
got to be one of the shortest feature
length scores i've heard in a long time
and it's great it kind of reminds me of
a lot of french
modern scores i like that you know hit
20 30 minutes
they're you know quick concise they
don't drag too long
they introduce their themes and what
they
want without being bogged down
and that's exactly how the mondo boys
score is
it's 18 minutes long
but it it feels so complete
it's also very nice that it's this short
because it's so
draining mentally and emotionally you're
just
hit with wave after wave
and it takes a lot out of you and but
that's the point
and it does it so well the score i mean
i'm sure could be 25 30 minutes long
but 18 minutes doesn't overstay its
welcome
much longer honestly could leave you
with nothing left having it set all your
energies so you're just a pile of dust
left over
and anyone who likes film music anyone
who likes
electronic music or just anything
dark highly recommend the score
it's 18 minutes you have the time
check it out
