Mogwai - Soundtracks (2020)

I've been a fan of Scottish post-rockers Mogwai from their very first recordings, way back in 1996 with their 'Summer' 7" single. Every album release has been excellent, and I can't recall another band who have been around for so long who don't seem to have put a foot wrong in their career, garnering the same respect now as they did when they spear-headed the whole post-rock movement in the late 90's. Their music has always been cinematic in scope, and so it was no surprise when they moved into soundtrack work, after a couple of films in the early 2000's had used their music on their soundtracks. After collaborating with Clint Mansell and The Kronos Quartet on 'The Fountain' in 2006, they were given their first commission, to compose and play the score for 'Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait' the following year, which was released as an album to universal acclaim. Since then they've composed the music for the international hit French TV series 'Les Revenants', as well as scoring the soundtracks for such worthy films as the 2015 documentary on the legacy of Hiroshima 'Atomic', and Leonardo DeCaprio's climate change film 'Before The Flood', as well as contributing to Amnesty International's PEACE Project in 2010. As some of this work could easily be over-looked, even by fans such as me (I didn't get the 'Zidane' album until some years after it was released, as I didn't consider it a 'real' Mogwai album), I've picked a representative example of their work from each of the films that they've been involved in, and collected them together in one showcase of what a diverse and talented band they are.    

Track listing

01 I Know You Are But What Am I? (from the film 'Wicker Park' 2004)
02 Auto Rock (from the film 'Miami Vice' 2006) 
03 Tree Of Life  (from the film 'The Fountain' 2006) 
04 Terrific Speech (from the film 'Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait' 2007)
05 Cody (Cava) (donated to Amnesty International's 'PEACE Project' 2010) 
06 Hungry Face (from the TV series 'Les Revenants' 2013) 
07 SCRAM (from the film 'Atomic' 2015) 
08 Huaynaputina (from the film 'Before The Flood' 2016)
09 Helicon 1 (from the film 'Beautiful Boy' 2018)
10 Eli's Theme (from the film 'KIN' 2018)   
11 Moon In Reverse (from the TV series 'Zerozerozero' 2020)