EMA releases "Amnesia Haze" off #Horror soundtrack (listen)

by Andrew Sacher

Tara Subkoff’s new film #Horror, starring Chloe Sevigny & Natasha Lyonne, is out today. The music was done by EMA and her frequent collaborator Leif Shackelford, and EMA says the following:

Film work and scoring is fun for me because I get to make all this music that wouldn’t necessarily fit on an EMA record. ‘Amnesia Haze’ is so pop, so cinematic. I get to kind of step out of myself and play the part.

We worked really closely with Tara (Subkoff) on the music. She definitely always had an opinion on what she liked and what she didn’t. It was my first score, so I’m not sure if all composers end up spending weeks in a room with the director, but that’s how we did it.

Leif (Shackelford) and I kind of ended up dividing the work, with him doing all the string parts and me writing the main themes. We were going for something modern that also recalled classic horror genre music. I love the eeriness of the vocal synth samples and I think it gives the score a very uncanny vibe that matches the themes of the film.

The soundtrack is out on December 11 but EMA’s streaming the song “Amnesia Haze” now. If you liked the avant-pop of her last album The Future’s Void, you’re probably gonna like this too. Listen and watch the #Horror trailers below…

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