Russ Davies' score for the BBC America adaptation of Terry Pratchett's The Watch is getting a release by Silva Screen next month.
The eight-part series is inspired by characters created by Terry Pratchett, rather than being a straight book adaptation. Underlined by Cyberpunk visuals, Season One takes place "somewhere in a distant secondhand dimension". The first episode of what could be described as a fantasy police dramedy was shown on 31st December 2020 and the series ran until mid-February 2021 in the US. Created by Simon Allen (Choose or Die, Das Boot, The Musketeers), The Watch features Richard Dormer as Captain Vimes, Lara Rossi as Lady Sybil Ramkin, Adam Hugill as Constable Carrot Ironfoundersson. The character of Death is portrayed by Wendel Pearce.
The Watch follows the misfits of The City Watch, a police organization in a city ruled by crime guilds. The guilds are regulated, the assassins are allowed to kill a certain number of citizens a year (and must leave receipts on the bodies), while people can schedule muggings or other thief-related activity as those guilds also fill their quotas.
The Watch soundtrack, arriving on 1 June, is penned by British composer and producer Russ Davies. Davies brings together a diverse range of influences and genres to create unique modern compositions. Prior to starting writing for film and TV in 2019, Russ has released over 15 artist albums under various aliases including Abakus, Cinnamon Chasers and Aiiso. Mojo sees his music as "Satisfying unpredictable", whilst The Observer describes it as "A blend of power and intimacy that resembles the rawness of John Lennon mixed with the hushed heart-shiver of Nick Drake or Alex Chilton."
Russ's work as a film composer began with the short film Controller, directed by Saman Kesh, which featured a hybrid electronic-orchestral score. His next project was BBC1 series The War Of The Worlds, directed by Craig Viveiros and aired in 2019. In 2020/2021 he composed the remarkable fantasy soundtrack for AMC/BBC-America's The Watch. Davies describes the soundtrack as a "fantasy themed score, with an energetic fusion of orchestral layers, analog synthesisers and electric guitar, aiming to be as leftfield, unconventional and as colorful as the show is itself". Davies's song writing skills are spotlighted in Zero, song written for the climax of Episode Four. Zero is performed by Inge Beckmann who also appears in the episode as a Torch Singer in The Mended Drum.
No comments:
Post a Comment