{"product_id":"840526519484","title":"PRE-ORDER: Robin Carolan \"Werwulf (OST)\" 2xLP (Silver Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS IS A PRE-ORDER: We expect this to ship on or around JANUARY 29th, 2027. Any items that are ordered with this will be held until they can all ship together. If you need certain items faster please order them separately.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aec-product-description\" class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"container-fluid constrain-content-center product-article\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content pt-1\" class=\"ng-tns-c15-37 ng-star-inserted\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 px-3 py-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ng-tns-c15-37\"\u003eFor his latest collaboration with Robert Eggers, Robin Carolan plunges\u003cbr\u003einto the brutal, superstitious world of medieval England with Werwulf.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the sounds, rituals and beliefs of the period, Carolan creates\u003cbr\u003ea score that is at once gritty and folksy, surreal and otherworldly.\u003cbr\u003eHurdy-gurdies, the cymbalum and other archaic instruments are reimagined through unconventional playing techniques and electronic\u003cbr\u003emanipulation. Everyday farming tools, including axes, cleavers and\u003cbr\u003escythes, were played against wood and bone to create uncanny percussive sounds, while bells and clay jugs became the source of strange drones. Together these sounds evoke the agricultural rhythms of the time while conjuring the unseen forces that shaped its beliefs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ng-tns-c15-37\"\u003eStrings are central to the score’s unsettling atmosphere, shifting between\u003cbr\u003ewind and creaking trees. Carolan experimented with a string quintet in\u003cbr\u003ea session he called the “Ghost Meditations,” electronically manipulating\u003cbr\u003ethe recordings until they took on a spectral quality. He also drew on\u003cbr\u003eexperimental instrument makers Fron Reilly and Bart Hopkin, whose\u003cbr\u003eadaptations of archaic instruments offered new ways to reimagine period sounds. Among the score’s collaborators are violinist Daniel Pioro,\u003cbr\u003ewho helped with the more experimental ideas for strings, string player\u003cbr\u003eLaura Cannell with her extensive knowledge of medieval music, long-\u003cbr\u003etime friend Jack Bevan, from the band Foals, who contributed folk per-\u003cbr\u003ecussion, and Antonina Nowacka, whose voice brings a celestial quality\u003cbr\u003eto the instrumentals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ng-tns-c15-37\"\u003eThe soundtrack also features “Wynter Waxeth,” an original song performed by Ethel Cain in Middle English. What began as a discussion\u003cbr\u003eabout using her voice as a texture within the score soon developed into\u003cbr\u003ea fully fleshed out song. Medieval music, prayers and strange ambient\u003cbr\u003erecordings were exchanged and with Eggers’ help, Cain mastered the\u003cbr\u003eMiddle English pronunciation, bringing an earthy, feral, haunted beauty to the score.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ng-tns-c15-37\"\u003eCarolan’s inspirations extended beyond music into art, literature and\u003cbr\u003ethe physical spaces of medieval England. The Drolatic Dreams of Pan-\u003cbr\u003etagruel, Lucas Cranach’s The Werewolf or the Cannibal, and English Me-\u003cbr\u003edieval Graffiti informed his thinking, while medieval churches offered a\u003cbr\u003echance to absorb their atmosphere first hand. Another important influ-\u003cbr\u003eence was Tōru Takemitsu’s score for Onimaru, an obscure 1980s Japanese adaptation of Wuthering Heights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ng-tns-c15-37\"\u003eWerwulf is an exercise in world building, capturing not only the environ-\u003cbr\u003ement of the period but also the psychology of a society shaped by super-\u003cbr\u003estition, faith and the unknown. Designed to unnerve and disorient, the\u003cbr\u003escore reaches for something emotionally overwhelming, reflecting what\u003cbr\u003eCarolan sees as one of Eggers’ most devastating works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003estreet date 1\/29\/2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Canadian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45244771926216,"sku":"840526519484","price":44.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/1337\/2616\/files\/99_03ac7375-2cd4-4715-b897-185431b5749e.jpg?v=1793375785","url":"https:\/\/1234gorecords.shop\/en-ca\/products\/840526519484","provider":"1-2-3-4 Go! 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