Mikael Akerfeldt composed the soundtrack to a Netflix Series called 'Clark'
I'm curious to watch it as it's apparently about the origins of the 'Stockholm Syndrome'.
I did check out some of the tracks and seems like a progression of In Cauda Venenum. Should be a fun listen as I'm really into TV and Movie scores.
On writing the soundtrack to CLARK, ÅKERFELDT notes: “Writing the music for CLARK is probably one of the most rewarding things I’ve done musically. It was so fun. Challenging, but fun. I wanted to do a good job of course, and provide music that would fit with the rather bizarre tale of Clark Olofsson. I had to conjure up a sound for him. His sound. It’s all in my head I guess, but it felt like I was on to something after having finished the first track. The immediate feedback from Jonas Åkerlund was almost overly positive. So I just took it from there. During the pandemic I wrote so much music for this project, but I like to think I didn’t stray too much from the "original sound of Clark". The finished soundtrack record is a downright wish-mash of musical styles. Some sounds I’m familiar with. Other sounds were brand new to me. Or old, depending on how you see it. Brand ”old”? The album doesn’t really make musical sense at all, and that’s pretty much the purpose. Writing music to portray the multi-faceted story of a man like Clark Olofsson was bound to generate some type of musical insanity. It (the music) is just all over the place. Oddly enough, so is my own personal taste in music. Even if many would deem Clark "a man insane", it really helped me in my work. No boundaries (let’s cross them). No rules (let’s break them). Anything goes….”
ABOUT CLARK
Clark is a Swedish-language series directed by Jonas Åkerlund from scripts written by Fredrik Agetoft, Peter Arrhenius and Jonas Åkerlund. It’s based on the life and career of Sweden’s most infamous bank robber, Clark Olofsson. He’s also credited as the man behind the expression “The Stockholm syndrome.”
CLARK (SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX FILM)
TRACKLISTING –
0. Libertine Theme
1. Tango Bizarre
2. Druglord Panic
3. Rockefellers
4. Vintage Modern
5. Wish You Were There
6. The Weak Heart
7. Happiness
8. Ode to Confusion in A Minor
9. La Shay' Jadid Taht Alshams
10. The Real Me
11. Here's That Sunny Day
12. Perfect Horizon
13. Sea Slumber
14. Then
15. The Hunted Are in the Clear
16. Northern Hemispheres
17. Ordinary Folks
18. Distant Spring
19. Funky Chicken
20. Code to the Vault
21. Two Mermaids
22. Rags to Riches
23. Sunrise
24. Red & White
25. Headfirst Into The Storm
26. Ballad of the Libertine in G Minor
27. Lost in San Marino *
28. Rhodes Rat
29. Måndag i Stockholm *
30. Mother of One
31. Vielleicht Später *
32. Battle For Love *
33. Night Life
* vocals
The albums cones out tomorrow.