Soundtrack Review: Antiviral

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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. Continue reading

Antiviral Screening with Director Attending

Antiviral screeningIf your in the area of DePaul University this Thursday (Oct. 29th), they will be having a FREE screening of Brandon Cronenberg’s feature debut film Antiviral, plus an extensive interview and Q&A with the director after the screening. The event starts at 5:30, with a “Haunted House” interactive exhibit, followed by a Halloween-themed improv comedy. Then at 6:30, they will screen the film, followed by the Q&A.

You are in the area, I would suggest checking it out. I mean, it is free after all. It takes place at the DePaul Student Center, Room 120. For more information, just click HERE.