They find their way to The Obelisk - a walled asylum built on the edge of the Black Sun. The movie, made in 2029, begins as Two Lovers drive through an unending forest - already we are disoriented - Germany? Russia? The Ozarks? And then a crash. Mortimer summarizes the story of The Obelisk thusly: For those that want to create a creeping sense of dread matched with the occasional apocalyptic bombast, Mortimer has made a great score to accompany such a journey into doom. Obelisk works best listening to while lying down and zoning out-allowing the music to paint ornate images of this archaic world inside one’s mind. Mortimer’s work definitely feels like a descendant from any number of synth/electronic scores for horror films (mostly in the ‘80s, though there has been a resurgence). ![]() All of those caveats aside, The Obelisk is a thoroughly engaging bit of darksynth that evokes Steve Moore/Zombi and Perturbator with elements of post-rock phantasmagoria one could find in Break My Fucking Sky or Mastodon’s score for JONAH HEX. This is all to say that there is a tradition of this type of musical work, that I’m an already primed audience for this album, and that Mortimer’s particular aesthetic resonates with me.
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