Mercury KX releases the Official Movie Soundtrack to She Will, by award-winning composer Clint Mansell. In the BIFA-nominated film, from first time director Charlotte Colbert, starring Alice Krige (best known as the Borg Queen), a woman visits a convalescent retreat in Scotland with her young nurse after undergoing a double mastectomy. Here mysterious forces allow her the power to enact revenge for past traumas within her dreams. It is presented by Italian horror legend Dario Argento. Mansell’s film score credits across 25 years include Black Swan, Requiem For a Dream, High Rise, and Rebecca. This is his first soundtrack release in Dolby Atmos. It is available on Black & Pink Vinyl and for digital download...

Track List: 'Evocation'; 'Come Together'; 'We Will Heal'; 'Veil of Protection'; 'Times Boundaries Blurred'; 'Incantation'; 'Scars'; 'Ashes Fall'; 'Overcoming'; 'Rebirth'; and 'Invocation'.

A nice long track of over nine minutes gets us under way. It creates a mystical environment before some Pagan elements come into play alongside an electronic rumble. It doesn’t rush things, instead creating the appropriate atmosphere around which sounds and voices come and go. A bass synth establishes a marching-like throbbing pace, vanishes and returns with more Pagan rites. The keyboard builds-up from seven minutes in before fading away long before the end of the piece. There is nothing of real substance there, but you find yourself immersed none-the-less.

Following the opening immersive experience, we are treated to an oppressive but entertaining conglomerate of encroaching mysticism and terror, with very effective chants. I love the way these tracks increase in pace and intensity as they rush towards a final outcome, only to be ripped away before the denouement. Piano, buzzing and scratching leads into vocal elements which don’t outstay their welcome. Piano and music box touches are chased away by deep synthesisers, only to return. The aspects of these tracks are ever-changing whilst maintaining that forgotten world and lost magic essence. 'Incantation' is a prime example of this. A couple of these are building ambient sounds, but refrain from falling into the dull category. 'Rebirth' has a little of everything, with chants and soaring vocals. It proves entertaining without you really knowing why. Overall, it’s a very professional soundtrack. If it has one fault it is that the music never reaches a crescendo, falling short after building up.

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Ty Power