"Rob wanted the world of The Northman to feel harsh and uncomfortable, and for everything to feel like it was caked in mud and dry blood, so it was crucial for the score to mirror that."

Composers Robin Carolan (Tri-Angle Records) and Sebastian Gainsborough (Vessel) were given a task of epic proportions when director Rob Eggers (The VVitch, The Lighthouse) asked them to create the score for his ambitious and highly anticipated new film The Northman.

Having backgrounds in left field electronic music, Robin and Sebastian felt liberated by the constraint of using a small selection of musical tools for this piece. "Electronic music has almost limitless potential when it comes to making sounds and that's obviously an incredible thing, but you can also go down the wormhole and get lost in it sometimes. There's no risk of that happening when you only have a few primary instruments to draw upon."

TRACKLIST

A1 Approaching Hrafnsey
A2 The King
A3 Entering The Temple
A4 Last Teardrop
A5 Blood Tree, Part I
A6 Strike, Brother
A7 Escape
B1 I Will Avenge You, Father
B2 The Land Of The Rus
B3 A Burning Barn
B4 Seeress
B5 Raven's Omen
B6 Storm At Sea / Yggdrasill
B7 Iceland
B8 I Will Save You, Mother
B9 Slave Work
B10 Gudrún
B11 Follow The Vixen's Tail
B12 He-Witch
B13 Draugr
B14 Mound Dweller
B15 To The Games
C1 Birch Woods
C2 First Of Many
C3 Trollish Sorcery
C4 Svid Night, Part I
C5 Svid Night, Part II
C6 I Am Your Death
C7 Come Morning
C8 I Am His Vengeance
C9 Odinn
D1 Valkyrie
D2 Vestrahorn
D3 Hidden Valley
D4 Blood Tree, Part II
D5 Blód Inside / I Choose Both
D6 A Maiden King
D7 The Wolf Has Grown
D8 The Gates Of Hel / Slain By Iron
D9 Hekla
D10 Cut The Thread Of Fate
D11 Make Your Passage / Valhöll
D12 End Credits