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Slow West: Composer Jed Kurzel Scores A New Role, Film Now On VOD

John Maclean and Jed Kurzel’s Collaboration Makes The Old West New Again

 

The new Western starring Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee as a pair of unlikely companions traveling out West in each other’s company.   FIRST and foremost, this is a terrific Western and a fantastic feature film.   –Ain’t It Cool

 

If there’s one thing you will learn about composer Jed Kurzel, whose latest score on Slow West — which just about makes anybody fall in love with the western genre all over again —  is that you don’t want to put him in a box.  As a musician-turned-composer, his next role will be that of a director in Ivan Lendl Never Learnt To Volley, with brother Justin Kurzel (Macbeth) producing!  The comedy is based on the brothers’ own childhood as state-level tennis players.  Director John Maclean, a musician-turned director (formerly of The Beta Band), collaborated with Kurzel to produce the “stripped down, and lyrical score.”  Check out the score available now on Slow West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) via Lakeshore Records.  Slow West is now playing in theaters and on VOD (rent it on iTunes)!  View film stills and get a taste of the “Old West” from the audio preview below.

Slow West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) via Lakeshore Records

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See Slow West This Weekend! Daniel Schweiger Interviews Composer Jed Kurzel For Film Music Mag

“Slow West” affirms Jed Kurzel’s unique, rising voice in the domain of indie cinema, a score whose unplugged, acoustic sound has its roots in the composer’s Aussie band The Mess Hall – their folk-rock rock stylings bringing comparisons to The White Stripes. Making his scoring debut for brother Justin’s true-like serial killer film “The Snowtown Murders,” Kurzel’s evocative work has often graced shattered family ties, from the nerve-jangling music of a mother and son terrorized by “The Babadook” to the mesmerizing minimalism of a young thug trying to impress a seasoned criminal in “Son of A Gun” and the exhilaration and downfall of Australian skateboard brothers in the documentary “All this Mayhem” Now giving us his most stripped down, and lyrical score for “Slow West,” Kurzel brings a distinctive, Australian wryness to a universal genre while providing yet another unclassifiable, ear-catching score.  -Daniel Schweiger, Film Music Magazine

Directed by John Maclean, Slow West is now playing in theaters and on VOD.  See below for more film and soundtrack details.

Slow West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) via Lakeshore Records

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Slow West Soundtrack Ft. Jed Kurzel Out Now, Michael Fassbender Film Now Playing In Theaters

John Maclean’s Sundance Award Winning ‘Neo Western’ Reinvigorates The American Western

 

Lakeshore Records is very pleased to release Slow West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) — available now digitally.  The album features score by Composer Jed Kurzel (The Babadook, Macbeth).  Jed is known for being the frontman of Australia’s award-winning The Mess Hall band.  The album CD will be available on June 23.  Starring Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Caren Pistorius and Ben Mendelsohn, Slow West is now playing in select theaters (check show times) and available on VOD (rent it on iTunes).  See below for more soundtrack details and stay tuned for more album updates!

Slow West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) via Lakeshore Records

 

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Slow West: Sundance Film Fest Winner Starring Michael Fassbender Now Playing In Theaters

Composer Jed Kurzel Collaborates With Former The Beta Band Musician John Maclean For The Coming Of Age Western

 

Jed Kurzel’s score, so rich in elegantly plucked strings, and distracting in its similarities to “Yumeji’s Theme” from In the Mood for Love, dances throughout the soundtrack like the ants that scurry their way in, out, and around the barrel of a gun captured in grotesque close-up. –Slant Magazine

 

Lakeshore Records‘ release of Slow West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) features the film’s original score by Jed Kurzel (The Babadook, Macbeth) of The Mess Hall band.  Slow West earned the coveted Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic strand at Sundance 2015.  See Slow West now playing in theaters now (check show times).  View more soundtrack details below and stay tuned for more Slow West updates!

Slow West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) via Lakeshore Records

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Slow West: Score By Jed Kurzel To Be Released On May 19, Michael Fassbender Western Opens May 15

Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) And Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Young Ones) Team Up In Jed Kurzel-Scored Western

 

A unique Western that is gorgeously shot… Fassbender and Smit-McPhee are really excellent. -RogerEbert.com

 

Lakeshore Records will release Slow West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) digitally on May 19th.  The album features the film’s original score by Jed Kurzel (The Babadook, Macbeth) of The Mess Hall band.  Slow West earned the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic strand at Sundance 2015.  A24 and DIRECTV present SLOW WEST exclusively available now on DIRECTV and in theaters and On Demand May 15 (find a theater).  See below for more details.

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