Michael Abels - Us (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019)

Waxwork Records is proud to present the Us Original Motion Picture Soundtrack featuring a score by composer Michael Abels. Us, released in March 2019, is an original nightmare written, directed and produced by Academy Award®-winning visionary Jordan Peele (Get Out). Set in present-day Santa Cruz on the iconic Northern California coastline, the film, starring Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong’o and Black Panther’s Winston Duke, pits an ordinary American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.

Abels featured a 30 person choir, a third of them children, in the “Anthem,” and implemented Eastern European instruments, violins, percussion, and a virtual instrument called a Propanium drum. “It makes this trashy metal sound, but you can also play melodies on it,” Abels said. “The Propanium drum has a sound that’s both otherworldly but not electronic or like science fiction. It’s a sound you can’t quite put your finger on, which is why it works well in this film.”

Also included on the soundtrack is the 1995 hip-hop hit “I Got 5 On It” by Luniz and the stand-out track “I Like That” by Janelle Monáe. Abels also helped with a new arrangement of the Luniz hit, which is featured on the soundtrack as the ‘Tethered Mix from Us’.

01. Michael Abels - Anthem (2:58)
02. Janelle Monae - I Like That (3:22)
03. Michael Abels - Outernet (0:46)
04. Michael Abels - Spider (1:17)
05. Michael Abels - Ballet Memory (1:11)
06. Luniz & Michael Marshall - I Got 5 On It (4:15)
07. Michael Abels - Beach Walk (1:24)
08. Michael Abels - First Man Standing (0:45)
09. Michael Abels - Back to the House (1:10)
10. Michael Abels - Keep You Safe (1:37)
11. Michael Abels - Don't Feel Like Myself (2:00)
12. Michael Abels - She Tried to Kill Me (1:46)
13. Michael Abels - Boogieman's Family (1:25)
14. Michael Abels - Home Invasion (4:11)
15. Michael Abels - Once Upon A Time (3:00)
16. Michael Abels - Run (4:39)
17. Michael Abels - Into the Water (2:24)
18. Michael Abels - Spark in the Closet (2:58)
19. Michael Abels - Escape to the Boat (1:18)
20. Michael Abels - Femme Fatale (2:14)
21. Michael Abels - Silent Scream (1:24)
22. Michael Abels - News Report (2:02)
23. Michael Abels - Zora Drives (1:42)
24. Michael Abels - Death of Umbrae (0:55)
25. Michael Abels - Somber Ride (1:07)
26. Michael Abels - Immolation (1:41)
27. Michael Abels - Down the Rabbit Hole (2:35)
28. Michael Abels - Performance Art (1:20)
29. Michael Abels - Human (4:04)
30. Michael Abels - Battle Plan (0:59)
31. Michael Abels - Pas De Deux (2:52)
32. Michael Abels - They Can't Hurt You (1:46)
33. Michael Abels - Finale (3:05)
34. Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs (3:17)
35. Luniz & Michael Marshall - I Got 5 On It (US Remix) (1:43)