Silva Screen Records releases Tim Morrish's score from the television series The Jetty. When a fire tears through a property in a scenic Lancashire lake town, Detective Ember Manning must work out how it connects to a podcast journalist investigating a missing person cold case, and an illicit relationship between a man in his twenties and two underage girls. But as Ember gets close to the truth, it threatens to destroy her life – forcing her to re-evaluate everything she thought she knew about her past, present and the town she’s always called home...

Tim Morrish's score for The Jetty contains 18 tracks (36 min, 11 sec) and manages to deliver soft, melancholic themes ('Ember') alongside suspenseful horror pieces ('Churning'). It's a truly atmospheric soundtrack which delves deep into the human psyche, delivering unsettling sounds. Yet at other points it offers up comforting passages. It's this approach that allows Morrish to truly get under your skin and totally play with your emotions.

Discussing his approach to the series, Morrish says: "From early conversations with the writer, producers and director it became clear that we were aiming to create a score that had a strong sense of place and could link the audience to the lakeside town of ‘Hap’ where our story takes place. We wanted a score that highlighted the beauty of the landscape as well as unearthed the dark underbelly and history of events that have taken place there. I created a theme performed on cello that could be recontextualized and adapted across the show that although initially beautiful, slowly grows darker as organic percussive elements start to break through. I worked very closely with the sound designer throughout the process and used recordings from set of the rigging and bells of the boat to create darker underscore and rhythmic textures to help with the growing sense of unease and investigative elements in the show."

A cleverly crafted score that encapsulates the vibe of the show. It might not appeal to non-fans of the series, but there are some great themes here.

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Darren Rea