Original Soundtrack The Revenant（2Vinyl）

商品説明

A masterpiece directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, released in 2016, which won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Actor.Although Sakamoto was still recovering from nasopharyngeal cancer, which he had been diagnosed with in 2014, and was not in peak physical condition, he accepted the commission because it came from one of the greatest directors of his generation. The resulting soundtrack has gone on to shine brilliantly in the history of film music.To capture the atmosphere of the bitterly cold region of the American Northwest where the film is set, Sakamoto composed pieces with vast gaps between phrases and a barely perceptible rhythmic structure, creating music that flows like a breath.A chord is played by the strings. As its resonance fades and a void—which feels like nothing but silence—ensues, the chord gently emerges once more.This is a musical expression of a rhythm on the scale of nature—no, on the scale of the Earth itself—completely distinct from rhythms repeated in short beats. Another remarkable aspect of this work is that Sakamoto deliberately chose to have a live orchestra perform this kind of structured sound, rather than relying on computers or electronic instruments.To have musicians—who can only communicate through sheet music—perform music without a fixed metrical structure, Sakamoto composed an unusual score in which the time signature changes with every measure, successfully achieving the “ma” (pause) he envisioned.Of course, not everything is performed by a live orchestra; electronic sounds are also skillfully incorporated. It’s also worth noting that Sakamoto himself plays instruments he hadn’t used much before, such as the cello and electric guitar. Due to his poor health, he had to enlist the help of Alva Noto andBryce Dessner during the final stages of production due to his poor health; as a result, the score was excluded from consideration for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Nevertheless, his achievement in crafting a soundtrack—featuring operatic leitmotifs and synth-based sound effects—that diverges from conventional film music and could be described as “atmospheric” will surely be remembered for generations to come.
The Japanese edition exclusively includes “The Revenant - Main Theme (Alva Noto Remodel R)” as a bonus track.