Film scores are my jam. They help me concentrate when I’m working. Relax me when I’m just idly browsing the Internet. But of late I’ve not been able to find one that’s inspired me. In the past if I’ve enjoyed a film, it was fairly conclusive that I’d enjoy the film score. Something’s changed. This isn’t happening so much anymore.
I began to worry. Is it because I’m growing older? What do I do? Do I just let this happen? So I persevered. With every new film that I saw and enjoyed, I checked out the film score. Nothing. Until Z for Zachariah.
Heather McIntosh has created a beautiful and haunting film score that feels as romantic and bleak as the situation the characters are in. Listening to the album in a standalone capacity, removed from the film, it doesn’t listen like a lot of the film scores I’ve been forcing on myself. I’ve figured it out! I’m actually growing tired of overly soundtrack sounding film scores.
I picked out the track Hymn, Pt. 2 as one of my favourites from the score. It gets me feeling all dark and melancholy. And maybe makes me shed a tear. It’s been a long time since a film score managed to do that for me. Think the last one was Interstellar. And guess what Z for Zachariah and Interstellar’s scores have in common? That organ. Feels like there are a lot of similarities in the two scores.
I cannot deny that this hauntingly beautiful score has sent my mind to a place coloured with a lot of grey, peace, a sense of loneliness & hope. It definitely suits my mood this morning that’s for sure. Thank you for sharing this song with us. I am off to go hunt down the entire album haha
Do! And do check out the film – it’s a brilliant one.
Thanks for introducing me to Heather McIntosh! As you say, it’s a haunting piece of music. Haven’t seen that movie yet. I’ve been listening to an instrumental version of Lana Del Rey’s new song Salvatore, which is like a film score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxUVYJ-VyyU
Will give that a listen! On the topic of Lana del Rey, really really like her new album. Much prefer it to Ultraviolence. Wish she’d have done the Bond tune instead of Sam Smith!
Glad you’re enjoying Lana’s new stuff! Honeymoon has some good songs(Terrence Love You, Blackest Day, Salvatore are my favorites). I admit other tracks underwhelmed me, so for me it’s patchy. Prefer her previous albums, even though Honeymoon is her best reviewed(according to metacritic)
Think I gave up on Ultraviolence rather quickly. Found it really hard to get into. Born to Die is still my fave.