{"product_id":"lovecraft-country-original-hbo-series-soundtrack","title":"Lovecraft Country: Original HBO Series Soundtrack","description":"\u003cp\u003eLovecraft Country is an American horror drama television series based on and serving as a continuation of\u003cbr\u003ethe 2016 novel of the same name. The series follows a young black man who travels across the segregated\u003cbr\u003eUnited States in the 1950’s in search of his missing father, learning of dark secrets plaguing a town on which\u003cbr\u003efamous horror writer H.P. Lovecraft based the location of many of his fictional tales.. This begins a struggle\u003cbr\u003eto survive and overcome the racist horrors of Jim Crow era America and terrifying monsters that could be\u003cbr\u003eripped from a Lovecraft paperback novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowrunner Misha Green asked composers Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq to capture a sound she\u003cbr\u003ecoined ‘gothic R\u0026amp;B,’ which the pair flawlessly produced, combining influences from J Dilla, 1960’s string\u003cbr\u003ework, and 18th century classical. Karpman describes the score as “the Twilight Zone meets Raphael Saadiq.”\u003cbr\u003eDue to the Covid-19 pandemic, Karpman and Saadiq faced many challenges creating the score, but agree\u003cbr\u003ethat ultimately, they wouldn’t have gotten the extraordinary sound they achieved had they undergone the\u003cbr\u003etraditional recording process. To achieve the full orchestra sound the creators wanted during the height of\u003cbr\u003ethe pandemic, each member of the orchestra had to learn how to use pro-tools in order to record themselves\u003cbr\u003ewhile isolating in their own homes all over the world. To ensure the best sound quality, everything was close-\u003cbr\u003emiked, giving the score period authenticity by using the same techniques composers like Bernard Hermann\u003cbr\u003e(Psycho, Taxi Driver)l \u0026amp;amp; Jerry Goldsmith (Planet of the Apes) would have used in the 1950’s and 60’s.\u003cbr\u003eAdditionally, the musicians had no conductor, so Karpman relied heavily on music notation to achieve\u003cbr\u003e‘aleatoric music’ or ‘chance music,’ which is usually attained directly from conductor cues.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Waxwork","offers":[{"title":"Red | LP | x3","offer_id":50454112960843,"sku":"1158259","price":79.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1ffa1fd8-5962-462a-8902-059d869532a2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727181070","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/lovecraft-country-original-hbo-series-soundtrack","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}