Valgeir Sigurðsson - An Acceptable Loss
To coincide with the Showtime release of The Wire and CSI director Joe Chappelle's An Acceptable Loss Bedroom Community proudly presents Valgeir Sigurðsson’s original score, released on December 20th as part of our HVALREKI series.
Starring Tika Sumpter and Jamie Lee Curtis, An Acceptable Loss is a tense political thriller tackling the grim realities of western nations and their roles in middle eastern conflicts. Using characteristic balance of orchestral textures, but dragged through avant-garde performance and electronic manipulations, Sigurðsson conjures atmospheres and soundscapes that can switch from ethereal and dreamlike to visceral and menacing on a dime. There is a distinct lack of lush string ensembles here, but a more sparse use of singular instruments set the tone. Borgar Magnason (double bass), Liam Byrne (viola da gamba) and Daniel Pioro (violin) provide the building blocks out of which Sigurðsson constructs huge towers of suspense, subsequently releasing back to their singular intimate sources, staggering around sparse soundscapes.
P&C Bedroom Community 2020 / Published by Faber Music Publishing LTD.
SCORE COMPOSED & PRODUCED BY VALGEIR SIGURÐSSON
Daniel Pioro: Violin
Liam Byrne: Viola da gamba
Borgar Magnason: Contrabass
Francesco Fabris: Modular Synth, Bass Guitar, Organ, Processing
Valgeir Sigurðsson: Keyboards, Electronics, Percussion
Co-produced by Francesco Fabris
Arranged, mixed & by Valgeir Sigurðsson
Recorded at Greenhouse Studios, Reykjavík by Francesco Fabris & Valgeir Sigurðsson
Additional recording by Adam McDaniel.
Assistants: Barney Lynch & Fabien Roucoux
Artwork: “Drave"
Photo Marino Thorlacius
Additional Image Processing Eoin French
Design Sruli Recht for Norlan
* “1875”
Taken from the album DISSONANCE (HVALUR28)
Performed by Reykjavík Sinfonia & Valgeir Sigurðsson
Courtesy of Bedroom Community © 2017
Published by Faber Music Ltd.
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