M83 announce new soundtrack Knife + Heart, share lead instrumental "Karl"

The upcoming film is directed by M83's frontman's brother Yann Gonzalez, and was premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

"Karl" is lead track to be shared from the Knife + Heart soundtrack, and marks the first taste of the first M83 record where frontman Anthony Gonzalez has reunited with Nicolas Fromageau. They last worked together on M83's 2001 self-titled debut record, and 2003's Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts.

On the inspiration behind the soundtrack, director Yann Gonzalez says, "We wanted to recapture the Gialli ambiance of the 70s, to feel that sinister yet sentimental tone. Anthony and I are both poetical and even sentimental, in a certain way. We wanted to dive in headlong, particularly as melancholy and poetry are found in numerous 70s horror film soundtracks, from films by Lucio Fulci to those by Mario Bava. I’m thinking in particular of the harrowing soundtracks of Don’t Torture a Duckling or Twitch of the Death Nerve."

Knife + Heart is M83's first new music since 2016's Junk.

Tracklist:

1. Thrash Me (by Malaria!)
2. Corridor
3. Karl
4. Mercedes (by La Maison)
5. Vision 1
6. La Flicaille
7. Filature
8. Malaguena (by Pico)
9. Vision 2
10. Tu M’as Tuée
11. Sauna
12. Voyance
13. Un Couteau Dans Le Coeur
14. Sombre Vision
15. Pyramides
16. Lettre Lois
17. Detective Rachid
18. La Caverne
19. Le Tueur Homo
20. Sauna Cheap Version
21. De Sperme et d’eau Fraiche
22. Hicham
23. Cinéma Kill
24. Vision Finale
25. Love’s Refrain (by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma)
26. Un Couteau Dans Le Coeur – Reprise
27. End Credits