Daniel Lopatin: Uncut Gems Soundtrack (Oneohtrix Point Never) Vinyl 2LP
$29.95
<p><i>Uncut Gems - you love it, we love it.</i> One of the most tense and anxiety-inducing films of the current century is rounded out with an incredible electronic score by Warp artist <strong>Daniel Lopatin</strong>, best known as <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=oneohtrix+point+never" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Oneohtrix Point Never</strong></a> but choosing to don his government name for his second collaboration with <strong>Josh</strong> and <strong>Benny Safdie</strong>. This one continues in the tradition of <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/products/oneohtrix-point-never-good-time-soundtrack-vinyl-2lp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Good Time</em></a>, channeling the 70s prog synthesizer hedonism of <strong>Tomita</strong>, <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=Wendy+Carlos" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Wendy Carlos</strong></a>, and <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=Tangerine+Dream" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Tangerine Dream</strong></a> while paying closer attention to the more tender facets of the human emotional prism (as does the film)... it’s almost as if he felt more comfortable quoting <a href="https://www.turntablelab.com/search?type=product&q=Vangelis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Vangelis</strong></a> now that he’s got <em>Good Time</em> under his belt. While the <em>Good Time</em> score fit the film it was made for to a T, perhaps even better than this one, <em>Uncut Gems</em> is a thousand times more listenable and musically interesting in almost every way, with a lush and cohesive sound bank of spindly arps, soaring pads, down-low sax and choral harmonies soundtracking jeweler Howard Ratner’s sleazy world of midtown back streets, neon-streaked nightclubs, hall-of-mirrors diamond district shops and whirring helicopter blades. There’s a few snippets of dialogue from the film tastefully peppered in to keep you from slipping into a krautrock koma. Spread out on four sides of vinyl and housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket with full color printed inner sleeves and download code, recommended.</p> <ul> <li>black double vinyl pressing</li> <li>deluxe gatefold sleeve</li> <li>printed inner sleeves</li> <li>digital download included</li> <li>music label: Warp Records 2019</li> </ul> <h6>reviewed by naffi sandwich 01/2020</h6>.