{"title":"Ethel Cain \u0026 Robin Carolan","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRobin Carolan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a British-Irish composer and music producer whose distinctive artistic voice has made him an increasingly prominent figure in contemporary film music. Carolan received widespread acclaim for his score to Eggers’ \u003cem\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/em\u003e, earning a BAFTA nomination for Best Original Score, alongside nominations from the World Soundtrack Awards, the Ivor Novello, and numerous other critics’ organizations.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCarolan first made his mark in the music industry as the founder of Tri Angle, an influential independent record label launched in 2010 that became known for its groundbreaking electronic music releases. His creative collaborations include working with Björk on her 2017 album Utopia, where he was described as “the fifth ear,” reflecting his singular musical sensibility and creative instincts.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEthel Cain\u003c\/strong\u003e is the creation of Florida-born multidisciplinary artist Hayden Anhedönia. After years spent teaching herself to produce at home in the Florida panhandle and releasing various projects, Cain moved to Indiana and singlehandedly wrote, produced, recorded and mixed her acclaimed 2021 EP Inbred from the basement of the deconsecrated church where she lived.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eQuickly cementing herself as a universally acclaimed musician and multimedia artist, Cain has released two incredibly influential albums: her 2022 debut \u003cem\u003ePreacher’s Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e and 2025's \u003cem\u003eWilloughby Tucker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eI'll Always Love You\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the longform ambient project \u003cem\u003ePerverts\u003c\/em\u003e. Cain has spent the past year playing a series of sold out tours across North America, Europe, and Oceania, including festival appearances at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Primavera Sound and many more.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCarolan most recently composed the score for Robert Eggers’ upcoming film \u003cem\u003eWerwulf\u003c\/em\u003e, set for theatrical release on December 25, 2026. The soundtrack features the original song \"Wynter Waxeth\", performed by Ethel Cain and written by Cain, composer Robin Carolan and filmmaker Robert Eggers. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sbr-389-robin-carolan-werwulf-original-motion-picture-soundtrack","title":"Werwulf (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor his latest collaboration with \u003cb\u003eRobert Eggers, Robin Carolan \u003c\/b\u003eplunges into the brutal, superstitious world of medieval England with \u003ci\u003eWerwulf\u003c\/i\u003e. Drawing on the sounds, rituals and beliefs of the period, Carolan creates a score that is at once gritty and folksy, surreal and otherworldly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHurdy-gurdies, the cymbalum and other archaic instruments are reimagined through unconventional playing techniques and electronic manipulation. Everyday farming tools, including axes, cleavers and scythes, were played against wood and bone to create uncanny percussive sounds, while bells and clay jugs became the source of strange drones. Together these sounds evoke the agricultural rhythms of the time while conjuring the unseen forces that shaped its beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrings are central to the score’s unsettling atmosphere, shifting between wind and creaking trees. Carolan experimented with a string quintet in a session he called the “Ghost Meditations,” electronically manipulating the recordings until they took on a spectral quality. He also drew on experimental instrument makers Fron Reilly and Bart Hopkin, whose adaptations of archaic instruments offered new ways to reimagine period sounds. Among the score’s collaborators are violinist Daniel Pioro, who helped with the more experimental ideas for strings, string player Laura Cannell with her extensive knowledge of medieval music, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003elongtime friend Jack Bevan, from the band Foals, who contributed folk percussion,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Antonina Nowacka, whose voice brings a celestial quality to the instrumentals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe soundtrack also features “Wynter Waxeth,” an original song performed by \u003cstrong\u003eEthel Cain\u003c\/strong\u003e in Middle English. What began as a discussion about using her voice as a texture within the score soon developed into a fully fleshed out song. Medieval music, prayers and strange ambient recordings were exchanged and with Eggers’ help, Cain mastered the Middle English pronunciation, bringing an earthy, feral, haunted beauty to the score.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarolan’s inspirations extended beyond music into art, literature and the physical spaces of medieval England. \u003ci\u003eThe Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel\u003c\/i\u003e, Lucas Cranach’s \u003ci\u003eThe Werewolf or the Cannibal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEnglish Medieval Graffiti\u003c\/i\u003e informed his thinking, while medieval churches offered a chance to absorb their atmosphere first hand. 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