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John Murphy
La-La Land 2009

 "Previously available as a download, John Murphy's electro-grim score gets a second life on this limited CD that's goosed with an additional ten minutes of music and a thirteen-minute audio interview with the composer. The action and suspense cues are a blend of cool textures and shrill sonic flares, but the score's power lies in it's chilling, haunting intimacy. Although still based around the slow-burn 28 Days Later theme, Murphy's follow-up is a lot more dour, with harmonies unfolding like hymns ("Fire of Death"), and mini-lullabies applied to scenes of physical devastation. The contrast of harmonic beauty against horrific imagery is appropriate because, like the film, the music is about survivors of a holocaust that have had to emotionally numb themselves and suppress their humanity in order to endure."

- MRH

Originally posted in Rue-Morgue