![]() ![]() ![]() Harvey has drawn inspiration from Liszt's deeply emotional "Liebesträume", which featured in the original movie. Guitars are used to produced swathes of sound rather than plucked, picked or strummed as they were designed to be. The arrangements are very good, and this is a much more interesting soundtrack than many of the mostly electronic mood pieces that seem to have replaced the bombast of Hans Zimmer or Max Richter in recent years. PJ Harvey leads on production and is joined by drummer Kenrick Rowe and guitarist / keyboard player James Johnston, both members of her most recent touring band. This applies here and there is clearly a dimension missing, unless you happen to have seen the production on stage. Soundtrack albums are, with a few exceptions, just that - not designed to stand on their own. The exciting Belgian director Ivo Van Hove made a shrewd choice, as Harvey has shown herself to be expert at evoking the inner turmoil of women in conflict – the theme of All About Eve – not least with her very strong score for Ian Rickson’s version of Sophocles’s Electra in 2014. Mankiewicz’s classic Hollywood blockbuster and Betty Davis vehicle All About Eve is the latest of her accomplishments. The music for the stage version of Joseph L.
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