To celebrate Phil Kieran’s first-ever original soundtrack for Netflix feature film ‘Nightride’, released 6th May via Phil Kieran Recordings (PKR). Phil dropped in with an exclusive mix for Decoded Magazine.
The film is a tense, darkly humoured, one-take thriller. Driven by the protagonists’ love for each other; while the world around them closes in, a drug dealer (Moe Dunford, Texas Chainsaw Massacre) desperately drives around Belfast trying to complete one last deal before going straight.
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Mix of the Week - MoritzThe soundtrack album mirrors the storyline’s dense atmosphere, after all Phil wanted to create music that ‘you could listen to with your eyes closed and imagine the story’. A year in the making, this was a passion project of trial and error, with Phil finally sticking with the concept of designing ‘a coherent body of music, something that was as much a standalone album as just a musical accompaniment to a cue sheet’.
The synth-wave, electro noir of the opening ‘Nightride Theme’ gives way to the creeping, rolling futurism of ‘The Thief’, a track already described as ‘Bladerunner-esque’. The slowly pulsing, haunting contours of ‘It’s all Gone Wrong’ sharpen into the stabbing synths of ‘Delorean Discord’, chiming techno of ‘Hells Bells’ and the meaty breaks and hi-hat heavy ‘The Magic shop’. The final track ‘All About the Balance’ by Phil’s live-act Le Carousel is a beautiful redemption song featuring vocals by Jess Brien and Jolene O’Hara.
Speaking of his move into composing for film, Phil Kieran says, ‘Its a natural transition, DJing involves giving shape and a voice to a night, creating continuum and momentum. The best DJs bring people on a journey, curating emotions. We create atmospheres; sometimes hypnotic or transcendent, other times its chaotic or euphoric. They’re both forms of storytelling. When I’m DJing I love playing longer sets, they have room for a narrative to play out’. ‘Nightride’ is a stirring soundtrack but it’s recognisably a dancefloor album straight out of the Phil Kieran owner’s manual. Jump in and enjoy the ride!
Tracklisting
1 – Phil Kieran – Nightride Theme (Opening)
2 – DJ Koze – Drone Me Up (&ME Remix)
3 – Phil Kieran Before & After Life (Mano Le Tough Remix)
4 – Mass Density Human – Dancing In Space (Hardway Bros Amorphous Remix0
5 – Galaxy Lane – Take Off
6 – Phil Kieran – Troy Theme
7 – Phil Kieran – Getting Away
8 – Phil Kieran – Delorean Discord
9 – Michael Mayer – Higher
10 – Phil Kieran – Scream
11 – LiloCox – Ritmo & Melodia
12 – Burglar Tom – Your Silent Face
13 – Phil Kieran – Unreleased
14 – Echowolf – Zustand
15 – Phil Kieran – Hells Bells
16 – Phil Kieran – Nightride Theme (Original Mix)
Watch: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81553860
stream / download: Nightride Soundtrack | Nightride Soundtrack by Phil Kieran | Phil Kieran (bandcamp.com)
