Music For the End Of The World Part 9: "Mishima/Closing" by Philip Glass, performed by Kronos Quartet

Soundtrack music for the end of the world...

https://philipglass.com/
https://kronosquartet.org/

"Vaster Than Empires" by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Caetano Veloso

"Vaster Than Empires" from the soundtrack to Luca Guadagnino's extraordinary film "Queer" with Daniel Craig reaches into me, walks on my soul, effortlessly slays me. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross created the soundtrack, and this song featuring legendary Brazilian Tropicalismo singer Caetano Veloso played over the closing credits.

How can a man who sees and feels
be other than sad?
How can a man who sees and feels (A sad feeling can be seen)
be other than sad? (As a test upon which love)

How can a man who sees and feels (A sad feeling can be seen)
be other than sad? (As a test upon which love)
How can a man who sees and feels (A sad feeling can be seen)
be other than sad? (Did it even happen?)

How can a man who sees and feels (What is an experience if it is not shared?)
be other than sad? (Did it even happen?)

(What is an experience if it is not shared?)
How can a man who sees and feels (A sad feeling can be seen)
be other than sad? (Did it even happen?)

Our love will grow vaster than empires and more slow
Our love will grow vaster than empires and more slow
The price of immortality, immortality
Our love will grow vaster than empires and more slow
The price of immortality, immortality
Our love will grow vaster than empires and more slow

How can a man who sees and feels (A centipede can be seen)
(Did it even happen?)

(You should have thought of these things)
Be other than sad? (As a test upon which love)

(You should have not only...)
Our love will grow vaster than empires and more slow

(You should have thought of these things)

(You should have not only thought of these things)
Did it even happen?
What is an experience if it is not shared?
Did it even happen?

https://www.nin.com/

"The Lake" by Fever Ray

On the heels of yesterday's International Women's Day, here is Fever Ray (the nom de musique of Karin Dreijer), previously here, performing "The Lake" from the new film "The Bride" written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring the award-winning--and Oscar-nominated--actress and singer Jessie Buckley, previously here. A trio of talented, strong women. Fever Ray makes an appearance in the film and I believe it is this footage we see below... we can see The Bride dancing in the audience...

https://feverray.com/
https://www.thebridemovie.com/

"Wilding Theme" by Jon Hopkins

Jon Hopkins has created the soundtrack to a film called "Wilding," a documentary about Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell's pioneering rewilding project at Knepp Estate in England, and the title track is lovely...

https://jonhopkins.co.uk/

Currently listening to...

...a nostalgic moment for me: a track from the original motion picture soundtrack to Paul Scharder's "Cat People" starring Nastassja Kinski. The soundtrack was already composed and recorded by Giorgio Moroder, (the producer who practically invented Italo-disco and was responsible for the highly electronic sound of some of Donna Summer's greatest songs like "I Feel Love") when Schrader asked David Bowie to collaborate. He wrote the lyrics for the Moroder-composed theme song "Putting Out Fire (With Gasoline)." But for another track, Moroder created a version of the theme song with Bowie's vocalizations only, no words. Called "The Myth," this track recalls the ancient, exotic world in the film where the Cat People come from.

I loved this soundtrack when the film came out, but I loved this track in particular. I was and still am a huge fan of electronic music and at that time, in 1982 when I was a young man of 18, I was still enraptured with Moroder's work with Donna Summer. I was also a lifelong Bowie fan, so the music had a lot going for it to hook me. I had this on a cassette and would pop it in to my Walkman and just drift off...

https://www.giorgiomoroder.com/
https://www.davidbowie.com/

"Raised By Wolves Opening Title" by Ben Frost and Mariam Wallentin

I enjoyed Season One of the dark HBO/Ridley Scott sci-fi series "Raised By Wolves" and have been enjoying Season Two so far, but it is the theme song that has been absolutely haunting me. Written by Ben Frost and sung by Swedish experimental vocalist Mariam Wallentin, there is something so otherworldly and eerie about it while managing to sound like a sad, final lullaby...

The door that finally opens
With light flooding in
Spilling out on the floor

The core that never was
Now it will be
The bones of
What was there before

Every step, every beat
Every thought, every breath
Everything is longing

Pulling you from the sky
Just like love will do

Pulling you from the ground
Just like love will do

http://ethermachines.com/
https://www.instagram.com/mariam_repeatuntildeath/
https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GX0WFcAlf5r5cuAEAAADu