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Two tracks from my composer Ari Balouzian’s band. Textured with hints of lounge music and swooning strings, both of these songs contain the same pleasantly disorienting unreality as The Villages itself.
Feb 11, 2021
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Bubbly, glistening, effervescent New Age tinged jazz that feels like you're slipping into a warm bath and swimming around with a bunch of weird little creatures.
Nov 15, 2023
Gorgeous ambient for all seasons. Individual parts intertwining into an eclectic and bordering-on-cinematic whole. A heartstring tug or two to be found throughout. And a lot of deliciously odd sound design woven in with the usual violins and what not, presented in a way that is anything but (usual, that is).
Mar 23, 2025
what im listening to this morning. from bandcamp description: “percolating patterns of fiberglass synthetics and fluorescent melody, assembled into minimalist bio-domes of refracted light and hanging gardens”
Nov 12, 2024
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My favorite Todd tune. Hauntingly cinematic. This was a big reference for us on our score. We attempted to combine elements of Todd’s psychedelic breakdowns with exotica and romantic noirs (Nelson Riddle and Hermann) to capture the mental and emotional landscapes of our subjects. This song felt that way for us. Something that felt more like a dreamscape.
Feb 11, 2021
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Todd Haynes’ SAFE is one of the best films of the nineties, and it’s a film we referenced a lot during our time on SOME KIND OF HEAVEN for its visual language. Julianne Moore plays Carol, a LA homemaker who inexplicably becomes ill with what seems to be a chronic and extreme aversion to her environment. When mainstream medicine offers no answers, she has to search elsewhere for help. The movie plays as a horror film where the only villains are Carol’s environment and frail body. The movie is engrossing and enigmatic, refusing easy answers and tidy resolutions. And lord knows, it’s become far more relevant today.
Feb 11, 2021
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My favorite Nicholas Ray movie. A Proto-Lynchian descent into madness that picks apart the American dream. I love how subjective the film becomes, as we get closer and closer to a completely unhinged James Mason. A true portrait of a disintegrating man.
Feb 11, 2021