MovieScore Media releases the soundtrack to the documentary film, A Space in Time, featuring a haunting lyrical, ambient score by Robin Schlochtermeier. Directed by Nick Taussig and Riccardo Servini the movie is a candid, lyrical, intimate portrait of one family's struggle to transcend a fatal muscle wasting disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which in turn becomes an unlikely celebration of the disabled life, the life cut short by rare disease...

Given the movie's subject matter, composer Robin Schlochtermeier manages to deliver a beautiful, almost haunting score, without being too sentimental.

Talking about the project, the composer says: "There are four main character themes, belonging to Clara (the mother), Nick (the father), Theo and Oskar (the two older brothers who suffer from Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy), and Luca (the youngest son). The two themes for the parents Clara and Nick are based on notes below and just above the root note of Theo and Oskar’s theme, moving up and down respectively, thereby enveloping the root area of Theo and Oskar’s theme in a musical metaphor of parental protection and care. Theo and Oskar’s theme is hopeful and consists of slow, steady steps upward, signifying their resilience and willingness to carry on despite their conditions. Finally, the root note of Luca’s theme is situated above all the rest of them, bringing lightness and “new energy” to the family unit when he is born. As all these themes are so closely situated together, moving in between them is a fluid and easy process, mirroring the similarities between family members. The result is a hopeful, fairly homogenous score with tonal shifts that are gradual and gentle."

Rather than an engaging and entertaining score, I found A Space in Time to be a reflective, relaxing experience. It's beautifully melancholic and is certainly one that offers up an emotional collection of themes. While not an essential soundtrack, it does offer enough interesting themes to make it worthwhile checking out. If it's your thing then you'll get a lot of pleasure out of it.

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Darren Rea