Possum (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

by The Radiophonic Workshop

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Teedubyabee A perfect hinterland between melancholic and disturbing. Unforgettable film, unforgettable soundtrack.

Andrew Dalio I've been listening to my digital download since I bought it, and I absolutely love the eerie atmospherics! My CD just arrived today and is gorgeous. Brilliant work all around!

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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
A special edition released for Record Store Day 2021
2 x green vinyl discs housed in a gatefold sleeve designed by Julian House (Broadcast / Ghost Box)
Includes download card + Possum sketchbook booklet
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CD album in 6 panel digipak with artwork designed by Julian House.

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1.	Verse 1 and Main Titles 02:56	buy track
2.	Arrival Home 01:04	buy track
3.	Smoke Balloons 01:48	buy track
4.	Buried 01:22	buy track
5.	Verse 2, Possum Sting and Undercurrent 00:43	buy track
6.	Going In? 00:43	buy track
7.	A Demonstration 00:31	buy track
8.	Legs 1 and Forest 1 01:50	buy track
9.	Legs 2 and Rumble 00:53	buy track
10.	Forest 2 and Bag Opening 01:10	buy track
11.	Marshland 1 / Anxiety 01:24	buy track
12.	Marshland 2 / Verse 3 and Nightmare 1 / Bedfellows 03:33	buy track
13.	The Fox Story 02:22	buy track
14.	The Fox Story (alternative) 02:21	buy track
15.	The Barracks 05:16	buy track
16.	Newspaper / Stairs 02:20	buy track
17.	Storybook 01:01	buy track
18.	Helpless 00:32	buy track
19.	The Photograph and Fox Return 01:30	buy track
20.	Back From The Dead / Verse 4 00:39	buy track
21.	Nightmare 2 03:13	buy track
22.	Someone At The Door 00:52	buy track
23.	News Report 01:13	buy track
24.	Searching 01:11	buy track
25.	Cracking Up 01:01	buy track
26.	Pursuit 05:58	buy track
27.	Verse 5 / Breakdown 01:01	buy track
28.	Behind The Door / Mummy and Daddy / Possum-Man 02:30	buy track
29.	Devastation 02:05	buy track
30.	Arrival Home And A Demonstration (alternative) 01:33	buy track
31.	The Fox Story (alternative 2) 02:15	buy track
32.	The Barracks (alternative) 06:05	buy track
33.	Storybook (alternative) 01:07	buy track
34.	Helpless (alternative) 00:34	buy track
35.	Pursuit (alternative) 05:57	buy track
36.	Mummy and Daddy (alternative) 01:18	buy track
37.	Devastation (alternative) 00:33	buy track
38.	Opening Titles (early mix) 01:27	buy track

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Original soundtrack to a new British horror film by the pioneering UK electronic research lab responsible for Doctor Who and Quatermass.

Astonishingly considering their 50 year career scoring for radio and television, this is the first time The Radiophonic Workshop have ever scored a feature film for theatrical release or collaborated on a major score together. They’ve risen to the challenge admirably, concocting a soundtrack that mixes pastoral flute with dread synth tones and bowed percussion that connects this to England’s hidden reverse of Coil as much as the masters of Italian Giallo soundtracks. Housed in a beautiful 6-panel sleeve designed by Julian House (Ghost Box Records/Children Of Alice), the soundtrack includes all the cues from the feature film as well as 9 bonus tracks. The soundtrack features sound elements and drones from the Delia Derbyshire archives, the pioneering producer of the original Doctor Who signature tune. These sound elements, discovered in boxes of tapes in the late composer’s attic, have been restored and used in the foundations of the sound track and sound design.

Possum is the directorial debut of Matthew Holness (best known for co-writing and playing the title role in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace). The film stars Sean Harris and Alun Armstrong, telling the story of a disgraced children’s puppeteer who returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.

“This soundtrack a testament to the Radiophonic Workshop’s mastery of sound. At once unnerving, atmospheric, and deeply moving.” - Matthew Holness (Writer & Director)

The Radiophonic Workshop maintain it amongst the most significant work of their career. “The unearthly sounds of this form of radiophonic music are well-suited to atmospheres of paranoia, fear and haunting. In the best tradition of horror and suspense, this soundtrack adds to the extraordinarily claustrophobic atmosphere between the two central characters with dark scampering and threatening moans."

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released October 26, 2018

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The Radiophonic Workshop London, UK

Founded in 1958 by Desmond Briscoe and Daphne Oram, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was home to a maverick group of experimental composers, sound engineers and musical innovators.
Now, original members Peter Howell, Roger Limb, Dr Dick Mills, Paddy Kingsland and Mark Ayres are back working together, described by the music press as the ‘Electronic Buena Vista Social Club’ and ‘The British Kraftwerk’ ... more

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