Paul Davies & Tujiko Noriko - Surge (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2022) [Hi-Res]

Constructive are proud to announce the release of the original soundtrack for the British film 'Surge' by Tujiko Noriko and Paul Davies. Directed by Aneil Karia and starring Ben Whishaw, the film is set in London over twenty-four hours and is a stripped back thriller about Joseph. A man who goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation.The album consists of sixteen tracks and presents the soundtrack in a non-conventional form. Sound design and composition are presented side by side as equal components in the score.
The album consists of sixteen tracks and presents the soundtrack in a non-conventional form. Sound design and composition are presented side by side as equal components in the score. The album starts with Davies’ piece ‘TV Dinner’ where shifting plates of aqueous white noise finally give way to a hint of tonality. Tujiko on ‘Broken Glass’ develops the tonality further adding bells, sliding tones and slithers of brass. This alternating of sound design and composition and the blurring of its source material continues throughout the album. Except for the three tracks where they both collaborate on the writing, as on the delicate ‘Empty Rooms’.
The music conveys polar extremes at the same time. Ethereal and urban, delicate yet powerful, juxtaposing the internal landscapes of the film's protagonist against the environmental sounds of a city. Highlights include the unconventional beauty of ‘Children’, the deconstructed jazz of ‘And then to Home’ by Tujiko and the powerful Deathprod-like tectonic plates of sound by Davies on ‘In Street after First Robbery’.
An album of music and sound that works alone away from the film and rewards with repeated attention and deep listening.



Tracklist:
1.01 - Paul Davies - TV Dinner (1:26)
1.02 - Tujiko Noriko - Broken Glass (3:40)
1.03 - Paul Davies - Bloodied Mouth in Mirror (1:33)
1.04 - Tujiko Noriko - Crazed Man / Restless (3:00)
1.05 - Paul Davies - In Street After First Robbery, Pt. 1 (2:36)
1.06 - Tujiko Noriko - Bank Robbery 1 (2:50)
1.07 - Paul Davies - In Street After First Robbery, Pt. 2 (2:26)
1.08 - Tujiko Noriko - Bank Robbery 2 (3:19)
1.09 - Tujiko Noriko - City Dreamscape / Open Mouthed on Train (2:13)
1.10 - Tujiko Noriko - Children (2:30)
1.11 - Tujiko Noriko - Crash and Fight (3:48)
1.12 - Paul Davies - City Dreamscape pt. 2 (1:23)
1.13 - Tujiko Noriko - And Then to Home (1:41)
1.14 - Tujiko Noriko - Rest (1:35)
1.15 - Tujiko Noriko - Empty Rooms (3:27)
1.16 - Tujiko Noriko - Glass Box (3:19)