Geoff Barrow (Portishead) and Ben Salisbury produced the soundtrack for Ale… Read Full Bio ↴Geoff Barrow (Portishead) and Ben Salisbury produced the soundtrack for Alex Garland’s debut feature film ‘Ex Machina’ released in 2015. They had previously co-written the album 'Drokk: Music Inspired By Mega City One'.
Geoff Barrow is a founding member of Portishead and producer/label owner of Invada Records UK. Ben Salisbury is a soundtrack composer with over 200 film and TV credits to his name, including David Attenborough’s ‘Life of Mammals’, ‘Life in the Undergrowth’ and ‘Life in Cold Blood’. Barrow and Salisbury met over 10 years ago when they both joined a Bristol football team for old men. After many disastrous games they decided they might be more productive working on a music project together. Other work commitments kept them apart until late 2010, when the pair met up with a screenwriter to discuss some possible work on a feature film project. Although their involvement with this particular film did not continue, a collaborative writing relationship had begun…
When Barrow and Salisbury revisited and started expanding upon this early material they decided to continue writing what was essentially soundtrack music. Barrow, along with album designer and long term friend, Marc Bessant, were both avid 2000AD readers from a young age, and the sprawling metropolis and classic stories of Mega-City One seemed the ideal inspiration for this ‘soundtrack’.
DROKK was written in a 6 month period between Barrow’s Portishead world tour and Salisbury’s composing jobs for the BBC. Although it is a soundtrack of sorts, Barrow and Salisbury instinctively felt that music for MC1 should steer clear of the rich orchestration common to many contemporary film scores. Even for electronica the music is often purposefully stark and spare, with the majority of tracks created exclusively on the Oberhiem 2 Voice Synthesizer (a 1975 classic keyboard), and its onboard sequencer used to create rhythm and drums sounds. The only exceptions are a handful of tracks which combine the synth with digitally manipulated and time - stretched performances of acoustic instruments (such as piano, violin, mandolin, ukulele, voice and hammered dulcimer). There is also a brief cameo from Barrow’s other band BEAK>.
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Geoffrey Paul Barrow (born 9 December 1971, Walton in Gordano, Somerset, England) is the producer/instrumentalist for Bristol-based Portishead since it’s inception in 1991.
At the dawn of the ’90s, Barrow was making a name for himself as a remixer, working with such artists as Primal Scream, Paul Weller, Gabrielle and Depeche Mode. In addition, Barrow had produced a track for Tricky and written songs for Neneh Cherry. He launched the band Beak> with fellow Bristol musicians.
Ben Salisbury (born 1970) is a British composer, particularly known for his work in film and television. He has also worked as a co-writer, arranger and musician with a number of bands. He studied music at Newcastle University and Bournemouth University.
Notable television credits include the BAFTA nominated David Attenborough series The Life of Mammals and Life in the Undergrowth, and the BAFTA winning series Life In Cold Blood. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his score for the Wildlife on One film 'Operation Dung Beetle'
Salisbury appears as co-writer, string arranger and musician on the Malachai album 'Return To The Ugly Side' and The Beekeepers album 'Apiculture'. He writes and records as one half of the duo Dolman with Scott Hendy. Dolman released their eponymous debut album on Inflection Point records in June 2014.
In 2012 Salisbury composed the score for the documentary feature film ‘Beyonce: Life Is But A Dream' directed by Beyonce Knowles - a behind the scenes look at the singer's life and music.
Geoff Barrow is a founding member of Portishead and producer/label owner of Invada Records UK. Ben Salisbury is a soundtrack composer with over 200 film and TV credits to his name, including David Attenborough’s ‘Life of Mammals’, ‘Life in the Undergrowth’ and ‘Life in Cold Blood’. Barrow and Salisbury met over 10 years ago when they both joined a Bristol football team for old men. After many disastrous games they decided they might be more productive working on a music project together. Other work commitments kept them apart until late 2010, when the pair met up with a screenwriter to discuss some possible work on a feature film project. Although their involvement with this particular film did not continue, a collaborative writing relationship had begun…
When Barrow and Salisbury revisited and started expanding upon this early material they decided to continue writing what was essentially soundtrack music. Barrow, along with album designer and long term friend, Marc Bessant, were both avid 2000AD readers from a young age, and the sprawling metropolis and classic stories of Mega-City One seemed the ideal inspiration for this ‘soundtrack’.
DROKK was written in a 6 month period between Barrow’s Portishead world tour and Salisbury’s composing jobs for the BBC. Although it is a soundtrack of sorts, Barrow and Salisbury instinctively felt that music for MC1 should steer clear of the rich orchestration common to many contemporary film scores. Even for electronica the music is often purposefully stark and spare, with the majority of tracks created exclusively on the Oberhiem 2 Voice Synthesizer (a 1975 classic keyboard), and its onboard sequencer used to create rhythm and drums sounds. The only exceptions are a handful of tracks which combine the synth with digitally manipulated and time - stretched performances of acoustic instruments (such as piano, violin, mandolin, ukulele, voice and hammered dulcimer). There is also a brief cameo from Barrow’s other band BEAK>.
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Geoffrey Paul Barrow (born 9 December 1971, Walton in Gordano, Somerset, England) is the producer/instrumentalist for Bristol-based Portishead since it’s inception in 1991.
At the dawn of the ’90s, Barrow was making a name for himself as a remixer, working with such artists as Primal Scream, Paul Weller, Gabrielle and Depeche Mode. In addition, Barrow had produced a track for Tricky and written songs for Neneh Cherry. He launched the band Beak> with fellow Bristol musicians.
Ben Salisbury (born 1970) is a British composer, particularly known for his work in film and television. He has also worked as a co-writer, arranger and musician with a number of bands. He studied music at Newcastle University and Bournemouth University.
Notable television credits include the BAFTA nominated David Attenborough series The Life of Mammals and Life in the Undergrowth, and the BAFTA winning series Life In Cold Blood. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his score for the Wildlife on One film 'Operation Dung Beetle'
Salisbury appears as co-writer, string arranger and musician on the Malachai album 'Return To The Ugly Side' and The Beekeepers album 'Apiculture'. He writes and records as one half of the duo Dolman with Scott Hendy. Dolman released their eponymous debut album on Inflection Point records in June 2014.
In 2012 Salisbury composed the score for the documentary feature film ‘Beyonce: Life Is But A Dream' directed by Beyonce Knowles - a behind the scenes look at the singer's life and music.
The Alien
Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'The Alien' by these artists:
Dream Theater Look beyond the Earth, heading set for the stars Interplanet…
Duke Errol and The Lords We're singing those old rebel songs They thought they'd bann…
KITCHEN - Dream Theater Look beyond the Earth, heading set for the stars Interplanet…
Manchester Orchestra The lights were low enough, you guessed You swapped your con…
Sacred Blade a deathly calm hung over the valley as i landed between…
Silva T Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Chain Silva Yuh Love me, It's lovely …
Slash's Snakepit Just what the hell has happened here Smelling smoke Must be …
Slash's Snakepit (Guns'n' Roses) Just what the hell has happened here Smelling smoke Must b…
Slash’s Snakepit Just what the hell has happened here Smelling smoke Must b…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow:
Entering Devs / The Machine The day will break and light will lead the way Down…
The Day Will Break The day will break and light will lead the way Down…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Geoff Barrow:
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@biophilic
This is easily the creepiest piece of music I have ever heard.
A lot of people like to mention weird projects like "Stalaggh" when it comes to creepy and disturbing music, but I feel like a lot of these projects/artists try a bit too hard with their methods of achieving that creepiness. Sampling human screams, pitch-shifting voices and that kind of stuff.
But this is literally just synthesizers creating beeps and boops (very advanced beeps and boops to be fair), yet it sends chills down my spine more than anything else I've ever heard.
Every time one of those weird sounds interrupts the droning background noises, it feels like a wave of pure terror.
As someone who produces ambient-ish music, I have the highest respect for people who are able to create atmosphere that goes right under your skin with just sounds.
@shimmerite_ua
Check out Under the skin OST, you might find it interesting
https://youtu.be/Z_Cc20I-maM
@dslylsd
Something under her skin - Max Richter
@Frogoth
so I went to listen to stalaggh and I just find it too much, it's not creepy it's just many sounds oversaturated, I'd rather listen to merzbow than this thing
@lewy219
@Мерехтливий wow, that was insanely cool, thank you for bringing that track to my attention
@steffanshade3969
Yes. It’s unsettling but thematic. It draws you in with the traditional musical structure, but is just discordant enough that you feel, subliminally, like something is off.
@patchypyro498
Something interesting about this track is how a lot of the lead samples are really abrupt and bassy, where a lot of the background ambience is very open and seeped in reverb, creating this odd uncanny feeling, simultaneously feeling wide and open and suffocatingly claustrophobic. Truly amazing stuff
@KryFuZe
Very well said!
@joorah2555
RIP for those who still hasn't found this soundtrack
@yewlime
You think that's bad? Imagine people who haven't found "Ice Wallow -Come"