Loic Ouaret's original score for Surface is released via Plaza Mayor Company Ltd. Assigned to a police station in a small town in Occitanie after an operation that scared half of her face, Parisian police captain Noémie Chastain sees her mission of forced convalescence take a dark turn. She suddenly finds herself immersed in a disappearance case from twenty years ago. A barrel containing the skeleton of a child rises to the surface of a lake, at the bottom of which lies an ancient sunken village...

The soundtrack for Surface consists of quite a few memorable and fully fleshed out themes. It opens with 'Surface', which is a track that is instantly accessible and paves the way for what is to come. It's a soundtrack that won't just appeal to fans of the series, but to any collectors who enjoy suspenseful, mystery soundtracks.

Discussing the score, composer Loic Ouaret says: "The Surface score revolves around two main axes. First, a deliberately synthetic texture, designed to envelop the series in a suffocating and breathless atmosphere, almost hypnotic. Next, the play of contrasts: between the clarity of the surface and the shadow of the depths, reflecting the bright and dark areas of history as well as the characters. Recurring musical motifs thus traverse the work, sometimes to accentuate the tension of oppressive investigations, sometimes to infuse lightness into moments of life in the village. This sonic weaving forges the unity and uniqueness of the narrative."

The album contains 24 tracks (42 min, 47 sec). The composer doesn't waste a beat on background atmospheric filler material. Each track is either thematically led, or has a brooding, melancholic theme woven into its core.

An enjoyable collection of tracks that paint a vivid image in the listener's mind of the events unfolding in the show.

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Darren Rea