Antiviral
Released by Lakeshore Records, 2013
21 Tracks, with a total running time of 42 min.
Music by E.C. Woodley

Having not seen the film yet, we’re going strictly on this score alone, and not how it might add or enhance the movie. But right away, we can tell how different this score is from most soundtracks. It is very quiet, slow, subdued, and very unique. To know that it is from a film directed by David Cronenberg’s son makes perfect sense. The opening track, just entitled Opening, starts out with a slow echoing piano, playing a few notes, before either a violin or an electronic device takes over right before moving into the next track. And that is what we’re in for with the rest of the score. It is very heavy on the electronic sounds, with vibrating notes holding for long periods of time with other sounds overlapping them, such as more piano or a bass sound, something soft and distance, other times loud and vibrating.

This score is not one where you would find melodies and typical classic style music, but is more atmospheric background sounds and that is really what sets it apart. For me, it makes it a great score to be playing in the background while working on our site, or just to have something there.

We weren’t really aware of Woodley’s work, only having seen the film Dark Hours that he had scored. But he definitely is one that I will keep an eye (or ear as the case may be) in the future. And I am even more now interested in seeing Antiviral to see how this score plays in the film.

So if you are a fan of electronic mood setting sounds, then you are going to want to seek this score out.