As beforehand reported, Flying Lotus has directed and scored the upcoming movie Ash, a science-fiction horror starring Eiza González and Aaron Paul. The film doesn’t premiere till March 21, however its soundtrack will arrive a couple of days earlier, on March 19, by way of Milan Records. Right this moment, Flying Lotus has shared a brand new music from that soundtrack, “Oxygene,” to tide followers over till then. Give it a hear under.
“Engaged on the rating was each inspiring and difficult,” mentioned Flying Lotus. “I spent more often than not writing it throughout the remaining postproduction and shade grading after I was in New Zealand, operating forwards and backwards to totally different rooms to examine on progress and going into my lil cave there and dealing with simply my laptop computer and controller. I drew inspiration from composers who primarily simply used synths to create soundtracks, like John Carpenter, Akira Yamaoka, Angelo Badalamenti, and Vangelis. It was a good time looking for a particular sound for the film that additionally felt recent and distinctive for me to discover.”
Ash focuses on an “ordeal of psychological and bodily terror” that ensues after a lady on a distant planet awakens to seek out her crew killed, and the film’s trailer captures that with otherworldly galaxy photographs and trippy visuals. Following its theatrical run, the movie will head to horror-themed streaming service Shudder.
Flying Lotus initially announced production on Ash in 2022, with Tessa Thompson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt initially forged within the lead roles; these actors had been finally changed by González and Paul, respectively. This film will observe Flying Lotus’ 2017 body-horror debut, Kuso.
Revisit the interview “Flying Lotus and His Grandmother Talk Being in a Family Bound by Music.”
