MovieScore Media release composers Erwann Kermorvant and Stephane Le Gouvello's score for Luther. The original series with a career defining performance by Idris Elba ran for five seasons on BBC One. After tracking down a child murderer, the nervously exhausted detective Theo Luther (Christopher Bayemi) is reinstated into his unit. Despite being plagued by intimate and criminal demons he is brought to investigate Alice (Chloe Jouannet), whom he suspects of the murder of his parents. From now on, Luther fights the worst assassins of Greater Paris under the gaze of a killer who seems to be the only one to understand him...

Erwann Kermorvant and Stephane Le Gouvello turn in an impressive collection of modern, almost gothic horror suspense music for Luther. The album contains 24 track (1 hr, 18 min, 56 sec) of multilayered themes and set pieces.

Talking about the project, Kermorvant said: "I’ve known director David Morley for a long time and it’s always a pleasure to work with him. He’s always very precise and knows exactly what he wants. In that case it was the mixture of a 'machine' like score and simple melodic tunes to describe the main characters. He also wanted some piano, but 'different' to describe the mental state of mind of the main character. I opted for a micro tuned Pleyel Upright with layers of t-shirt inside to muffle the sound. I also used and amazing sound sculpture from AZZAM Bells to add an organic layers to the more electronic oriented cues. I also recorded an string quartet at my studio for a few cues that needed some sweetening towards the end of the season."

While this is a no brainer for fans of the show, there's also enough interesting material to make this an impulse purchase for those unfamiliar with the series.

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Darren Rea