Lyckantropen Themes
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| Soundtrack album by Ulver | ||||
| Released | November 26, 2002 | |||
| Genre | Experimental music, glitch, dark ambient | |||
| Length | 36:23 | |||
| Label | Jester Records | |||
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Lyckantropen Themes (subtitled Original Soundtrack For The Short Film By Steve Ericsson) is an original soundtrack album by Norwegian experimental collective Ulver. Produced by Ulver on mobile equipment in Oslo, Norway and , Sweden in May 2002 for the Swedish short film Lyckantropen, the album was issued in November 2002 via Jester Records. Lyckantropen Themes is Ulver's first foray into film soundtrack music, although musically it has continuity with their previously released EPs, Silence Teaches You How to Sing and Silencing the Singing. The soundtrack has been described as “ambiguous moods and lurking-in-the-shadows electronic ambiances, setting the alternately suspenseful and melancholy mood of the soundtrack.”
The soundtrack was nominated for a Spellemannprisen in 2002; an award presented to Norwegian musicians, in the 'Open Class' category.
The film’s DVD release features an interview with Kristoffer Rygg and Jørn H. Sværen, entitled Shape Shifting - The 1st Decade of Ulver.
William York, writing for AllMusic, rated the album 3/5, concluding, “Taken on its own, Lyckantropen is a solid, respectable album of semi-dark ambient-electronic music, and at 37 minutes long, it doesn't wear out its welcome.”
SputnikMusic rated the soundtrack 4/5, concluded, “[The soundtrack] can stand alone from the film and still procreate an impact. Ulver formidably accomplish this with apparent ease and grace, and also illustrate an unfamiliar way to approach arranging the soundtrack apart from the film. The best thing about Ulver is their ability to adapt. They can use any given situation or feeling and produce a whole record without overplaying or showboating, they just get their point across and finish in silence. When you watch the film and lose your mind in the soundtrack, that’s the best experience for you to begin to understand what the film is actually doing.”
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