
Bryce Dessner and Alejandro G. Iñárritu deliver new Bardo film song "Mateo's Freedom"
Ahead of releasing the soundtrack for Netflix's Bardo film soundtrack tomorrow (9 December), Bryce Dessner and Alejandro G. Iñárritu have shared the lead outing "Mateo's Freedom".
"Meteo's Freedom" is the first preview of Dessner and Iñárritu's Bardo film soundtrack, and lands one day ahead of the full soundtrack.
Dessner and Iñárritu co-composed the Bardo soundtrack, and it marks their first collaboration since working on The Revenant soundtrack in 2015.
Speaking about the soundtrack, Dessner says, "Early in the process of Bardo and before shooting began, Alejandro and I began talking about what the music for the film could sound like. What might the melody of the film be? What sounds would we hear in the world of Bardo? We started exchanging ideas, including field recordings and melodies Alejandro would whistle to himself, first on scouting locations and later on set as he began to shoot the film. These fragments of melodic ideas along with the sketches I had begun making would start to take seed and grow into the vast musical landscape that envelopes the film. Eventually we met in Los Angeles to work directly as we finished the details of each composition."
He adds, "The music moves between very simple brass pieces, to very layered complex orchestral and electronic pieces and everywhere in between. We recorded the score in Mexico at the beautiful Sony Music Studios in Mexico City and Topetitud Studio in Coyocan. The process of recording the music for Bardo and working with amazing Mexican musicians, including Brass bands from Oaxaca and musicians from the National Symphony, in the studio was an incredible joy for me and something I will remember for the rest of my life."
Bryce Dessner and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bardo soundtrack will be released tomorrow, 9 December through Milan Records. The film lands on Netflix from 16 December.
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