Name: Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Brand: Oliver Coates

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2023-07-07

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Oliver Coates

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Invada

Invada Records was formed in 2002 by Geoff Barrow, Ashley Anderson, and Redg Weeks. Geoff and Ashley have been collaborating since 1998 and decided to establish the label together. In 2003, Geoff started Invada Records UK, focusing on developing a roster of artists from the UK that would also be released in Australia. As the label continues to grow, Invada is expanding its distribution network worldwide.

Oliver Coates is a talented musician who plays cello and laptop live, as well as creating records. Currently residing in Scotland, Oliver has gained recognition for his releases in 2017 on RVNG intl. His live performances have seen him collaborate with notable artists such as MF DOOM and Genesis P Orridge.

With a unique blend of classical and electronic elements, Oliver's music captivates listeners with its innovative soundscapes. Drawing inspiration from various genres, his compositions showcase a diverse range of influences.

If you enjoy the works of Kali Malone, Mica Levi, or Jonny Greenwood, you are sure to appreciate Oliver Coates' distinctive style. His music invites you on a sonic journey that pushes boundaries and challenges traditional notions of genre.

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(Cellist, composer and electronic music producer, Oliver Coates’ score for Aftersun, directed by Charlotte Wells and starring Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio.

The score, lighter and more delicate than Oliver Coates’ previously released music, functions as shadows or half-glimpses, a glowing form of ambient music which adds emotional colour to the cinematography. Aftersun features ‘One Without’, the much talked about piece of music used in the final scene and credits – the one that audiences have been known to sit in silence through the credits for. ‘One Without’ was made away from the film after the composer’s first meeting with Charlotte Wells, the director. On it, the strings are reversed and sped up a little, Each harmony has the next chord bleeding into it because of the reversed tails. The string vibrato is slightly unreal because the playback is faster and Coates explains that the “whole score is derived from the music within this final piece.”

The film is a poetic meditation and gradual emotional arc towards the presence of absence, of another story not revealed. It is the light of the camera work, the physical gait of the actors and the music which come together in a climatic resolution. Coates’ score stands for memory within the film, a growing awareness that the film might be a memory trawl to try and make sense of trauma. The score makes the film feel like it is starting to become self-aware, like a film within a film. Over time the score develops and helps the viewer move beyond the naturalistic and the diegetic. It is made of simple elements, old synths, reversed and slowed down strings. These, the composer explains “gradually reveal the sluggishness in Calum’s (Paul Mescal) demeanour, suggesting something hanging over him.”  

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