StreamingSoundtracks.com - Only Lovers Left Alive - Squrl, Jozef Van Wissem & Squrl, Jozef Van Wissem

#	Track Listing	Length	Played
01	Streets Of Detroit Squrl	0:35	14
03	Sola Gratia (Part 1) Jozef Van Wissem & Squrl	3:24	10
04	The Taste Of Blood Jozef Van Wissem & Squrl	5:48	10
05	Diamond Star Squrl	1:14	12
06	Please Feel Free To Piss In The Garden Squrl	4:20	23
07	Spooky Action At A Distance Squrl	3:34	13
08	Streets Of Tangier Jozef Van Wissem & Squrl	1:35	16
09	In Templum Dei (Feat. Zola Jesus) Jozef Van Wissem	2:56	23
10	Sola Gratia (Part 2) Jozef Van Wissem & Squrl	5:09	12
11	Our Hearts Condemn Us Jozef Van Wissem	4:35	26
13	Only Lovers Left Alive Jozef Van Wissem & Squrl	3:31	10
14	This Is Your Wilderness Jozef Van Wissem & Squrl	3:51	10

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Strange minimalist rock and lute

By:	LadyInque
Date:	4 Jun 2015
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Only Lovers Left Alive is a movie about two married vampires named Adam and Eve. They’ve been alive for centuries, and in the film they’ve been living on different continents for a few years. Adam, feeling depressed, reaches out to Eve, who leaves her home in Tangiers, Morocco, to visit Adam in Detroit. Their idyllic reunion is interrupted by a disastrous visit from Eve’s sister.

The music for this movie was written by SQÜRL (the band of which the film’s director, Jim Jarmusch, is a member) and lute player Jozef van Wissem. Some tracks feature just the band, while others feature the lute with varying support from the band. The entire score sounds minimalist and experimental to my ears, with more ostinato than melody, and no real themes. I think they were trying, with the SQÜRL tracks, to evoke the current loneliness and aesthetic of Adam, who in present-day Detroit is a rock musician. “The Taste of Blood” features diegetically as music written by Adam, and heard by the characters in a club. “Feel Free to Piss in the Garden” has a driving baseline, and sounds like something is actually happening on screen besides attractive people moping.

On the other hand, the tracks with the lute seem to signal the timelessness and sadness of the immortal couple at the center of the film. The mostly solo lute on “In Templum Dei” sounds myserious, as befits the title. “Streets of Tangiers” has the expected Middle-Eastern flavor.

Before I go, I’d like mention the two vocal tracks left off SST. “Funnel of Love” is a SQÜRL remix of a song by Wanda Jackson. It’s the first thing you hear in the movie and sets the tone for the whole thing, so I’m sorry not to see it here. The other is “Hal,” sung by Yasmine Hamdan, whose performance is featured in its entirety in the movie. It’s hypnotic – go check it out.

Request: “Taste of Blood,” “Feel Free to Piss in the Garden,” “Streets of Tangiers,” “Our Hearts Condemn Us”
Avoid: “Diamond Star.” It’s more noise than music.

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