A Banquet, by CJ Mirra

A Banquet

by CJ Mirra

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The Film Scorer An impressive feature score debut from CJ, mixing eerie textures with splashes of unsettling melodies. A great listen for when you want to feel ill at ease.

Had the pleasure to interview him about it not long back and he's a top notch guy to boot. Favorite track: Lipstick.

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1.	Shopping Bags 01:32	buy track
2.	Lipstick 02:14	buy track
3.	Don't Be The Show 02:27	buy track
4.	Scales Extended 02:34	buy track
5.	A Banquet 02:14	buy track
6.	Teeth 02:50	buy track
7.	Forest Tones 03:10	buy track
8.	Remembering 05:09	buy track
9.	Finale 01:56	buy track

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‘A BANQUET’ SOUNDTRACK BY CJ MIRRA

Original Soundtrack by CJ Mirra for Ruth Paxton’s debut feature ‘A Banquet’ released on March 11th on First Artists Recordings (FAR) and Burning Witches Records.

“An intense combination of an apocalyptic nightmare and a family psychodrama” (Screen Daily)

On March 11th, London based composer, sound designer and recording artist CJ Mirra releases the OST to IFC Midnight and Hanway Film’s A Banquet, which premieres at Cinemas on the same date. A limited run of Green vinyl will be available via Burning Witches Records

A Banquet is a visually arresting, slow-burning psychological horror that uses subtle supernatural elements to create tension within a family in the midst of a breakdown, exploiting the complicated bond between three generations of mothers and daughters. Variety likens it to Lars Von Tries’ Melancholia and Jeff Nichol’s Take Shelter. ‘A Banquet’ sees composer CJ Mirra reunite with Scottish director Ruth Paxton for this her feature length debut following their festival favorite BBC short Be Still My Beating Heart, in Ruth’s words:

“CJs score for A Banquet is an expression of luxurious tragedy. The work is evocative, menacing and beautifully haunting all at once. A lingering body of powerful compositions: the work is not only exquisitely atmospheric, but definitive of the film itself. I treasure my director-composer partnership with CJ and his fundamental contribution to our film’s unique identity”

For the score, which includes some production by Dan Carey and vocals by One Little Independent’s Tusks, Mirra utilised a rare a synthesiser called a Swarmatron and a 70s synth called Synthi, played through guitar amps for percussive and rhythmic elements. Mirra also experimented with woodwind in an unconventional way, both elements create the suffocating and anxious atmosphere that the film delivers.

Mirra says of the film, “A Banquet’ is not a straight up horror film. There's elements of the genre, but we wanted the music to really keep a sense of constant anxiety, of never feeling settled, even if the main focus is on beauty or tenderness. The film is visually laced with so much texture and we wanted to reflect that in the instrumentation.”

Available on limited “pea green” colour vinyl, with insert print.

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released February 18, 2022

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