Plaza Mayor Company Ltd release Maximilien Mathevon's score for the movie Happy Night, a crime movie directed by Mustafa Ozgun and starring Xiran Wang, Bing Yin, and Irene Wan...

Once again composer Maximilien Mathevon delivers a predominantly electronic score that you can almost hear being performed by a full orchestra. This 22 track (50 min, 10 sec) album opens with the memorably thematic 'Xin Arrives' before opening up to the beautiful piano based 'Happy Memories'.

It's a great start, and then shifts to 'Working', an Orbital-esque piece that wouldn't be out of place in the Wipeout series of futuristic spaceship racing games. So, already in the space of the first three tracks, we're treated to an incredible diverse array of themes that all work wonderfully to compliment each other. And it doesn't stop there. As the album moves forward Mathevon delivers more and more unusual set pieces that will stay with you.

Once again, I find myself marveling at how Mathevon is a true master of his craft. Thematically this score is so engaging and diverse that you'll find it hard not to fall in love with it.

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Darren Rea