Original soundtrack for Yam Laranas's "Nightshift" (2020).
ABOUT THE FILM
"Nightshift" stars Yam Concepcion as Jessie, a young woman stuck in the morgue on her first day due to a super typhoon. Working as an assistant to pathologist Dr. Alex (Michael de Mesa), she starts to notice that the dead begin to manifest signs of resurrection. Is she hallucinating, the victim of a cruel prank by her mentor, or is there something more supernatural going on?
ABOUT THE SCORE
"For this particular project we were looking to get a modern 'noir' feel," explains Oscar. "The entire film has a sort of noir vibe, with a mystery that deepens the longer the film progresses and gets more and more existentialist in a sense. The entire film and score is propelled forward by an unrelenting motion towards an inevitably bleak and gloomy end. The most prominent theme is the main theme, introduced in the opening cue 'Nightshift'. This theme symbolises the protagonist's search for the truth, and it gets more and more twisted as the mystery unfolds."
CREDITS
Music by Oscar Fogelström
Trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn & euphonium: John Robert Matz
Piccolo, flute, clarinet & bassoon: Kristin Naigus
Vocals: Christine Hals & Solveig Fogelström
Orchestra: FAMES Project
Conductor: Oleg Kondratenko
Orchestration: Vili Robert Ollila & Nils-Petter Ankarblom
Orchestra contractors: Aude Nassieu Maupas & Laurent Koppitz
Additional string quartet: Bylund Strings
String quartet recorded & conducted by Mattias Bylund
Additional instruments: Oscar Fogelström (recorded at Oceanview Studios)
Sound design: Andrew Skipper, Gabriel Dib, Nicolaj Møller Nielsen & Alessandro Romeo
Mix: Rich Aitken
Released by MovieScore Media / Screamworks Records under license from N10Y Records.