JOHNNY JEWEL announces album HOLLY (OST) set for release October 13th via Italians Do It Better & shares single "The Witch"

JOHNNY JEWEL - Announces Holly Original Motion Picture Soundtrack also featuring Desire - Out Oct 13th via Italians Do It Better - First single "The Witch" online now - European tour dates this autumn

Johnny Jewel (Chromatics, Desire, Glass Candy) has created the original motion picture soundtrack for the highly anticipated Fien Troch-directed new film Holly, which will come out October 13th via Italians Do It Better. The score also features Desire and is Johnny Jewel's tenth solo album of experimental film music, following on from critically acclaimed works Windswept, Digital Rain, Home (OST), & Lost River (OST). Today the first single from the Holly soundtrack "The Witch" is streaming online. As well as this, Johnny Jewel is set to embark on a special live tour throughout Europe in October and November, performing 60 minutes of cinematic bliss from his music for films.  Nominated for the Venice Film Festival and opening the Ghent Film Festival, Holly follows the story of a 15-year-old girl who calls her school to say she is staying home for the day. Soon after, a fire breaks out at the school, killing several students. With everyone touched by the tragedy, the community comes together, trying to heal. Anna, a teacher, intrigued by Holly and her strange premonition, invites her to join the volunteering group she runs. Holly’s presence seems to bring peace of mind, warmth, and hope to those she encounters. But soon, people begin to seek out Holly and her cathartic energy, demanding more and more from the young girl. On the soundtrack, Johnny Jewel said "I used music to usher in the unseen elements of Holly's story. Underscoring the supernatural overtones of the film, I studied the wind in her hair, counted the plumes of smoke billowing from the burning high school, & stared into the howling forest swaying in the distance. The looming musical foreshadowing mirrors her gifts. As Holly's character slowly unravels, the score begins to warp as it's stretched to an ominously slow crawl. Throughout the film, vague hues overlap seamlessly like clouds constantly morphing. As the audience, we project meanings to the shapes that emerge from the chaos in what appear to be patterns. It's abstract enough to be unrecognisable, yet it's somehow familiar. Inspired by the masters of mood like Goblin's blood curdling chimes for Dario Argento, Tangerine Dream's spiraling synthesis for William Friedkin, & John Carpenter's hyper-minimalist approach to scoring his own films with Alan Howarth, I explored a genre-based language to trigger the audience's subconscious. Metallic synthesizers, celeste bells, mellotron flutes & detuned music boxes haunt the recurring musical motif. Like an inevitable storm rolling in, the soundtrack is eerily elusive & at times, almost formless. At other times, the music is crystal clear & so sharply in focus you could reach out & touch it." On the collaboration, writer and director of Holly Fien Troch added "I've always been drawn to Johnny's music, as it is reckless & physical. His music is an emotional roller coaster. Every time I see scenes of my film with Johnny's music on, everything I've done & worked for is lifted to another level. When you work with Johnny, you don't just get the score for your film. It's like finally finding that missing element to make the story complete. It makes the film whole & gives it its own identity."   Listen to "The Witch" via YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEtM7hR-QvM Listen to "The Witch" via other streaming services: https://idib.ffm.to/thewitch Pre-save album: https://idib.ffm.to/hollysoundtrack Praise for Holly film:  "Troch elicits breezily naturalistic performances from the young cast. Thanks to Frank van den Eeden's cinematography & synth-led sound of Johnny Jewel's soundtrack, there's a vibe here that recalls Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides" - THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ***** "An elusive, intriguing teen drama. Unnerving"- VARIETY ***** "An atmospheric, intriguingly sparse metaphysical drama" - SCREEN DAILY ***** "An eerie & impressive gem. Fien Troch returns with a film that confirms her as a thrilling voice in cinema" - EURONEWS ***** "Stephen King's antiheroine comes to mind more than once" - VARIETY ***** "A fantastic escape in all meanings of the word" - CINEUROPA ***** "A mysterious multi-layered parable of the price of doing good" - THE FILM VERDICT ***** "The film asks philosophical questions about the parasitic nature of the need for spiritual comfort, & whether a truly selfless act can ever really exist" -SCREEN ​​​​***** Holly OST artwork: Holly OST track list: 1. The Witch 2. Amulet 3. Necromancer 4. Komt Vrienden In De Ronde (feat. ÜkeHele) 5. Eclipse 6. Connection 7. Totem 8. The Misfits 9. Voices In The Forest 10. A Storm Is Coming 11. Flowers 12. The Invitation  13. Awakening 14. Descent 15. Dread 16. The Power Of Love (feat. Desire) As a film composer, Jewel is also known for his previous work with Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn on the films Bronson and Drive. In 2017, he appeared on screen in David Lynch's iconic Twin Peaks, for which he also contributed musical score alongside the Angelo Badalamenti. Jewel's music has also soundtracked numerous runways for the fashion houses of Chanel, Gucci, Versace, Balenciaga, Fendi, Dior and Louis Vuitton. He worked extensively with the Bottega Veneta brand, scoring seven short films in collaboration with French director Fabien Baron. For his upcoming live performances, Jewel will be playing music from his iconic scores using uses synthesisers & samplers to create a colorful wall of sound and melody. It's a 60-minute kaleidoscopic dreamscape of improvisation that blurs ambient abstraction with beat driven music. See Johnny Jewel live: Oct 25th - Saint Sebastian, Dabadaba ES  Oct 27th - Neuchatel, Case A Chaos CH Nov 2nd - Vienna, Rote Bar Im Volkstheater AT Nov 3rd - Milan, Circolo Magnolia IT Nov 4th - Prague, Meet Factory CZ Nov 7th - Berlin, Hole 44 DE Nov 8th - Amsterdam, H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 48 NL Nov 9th - Brussels, Botanquie - Rotonde, BE Nov 10th - Barcelona, MIRA Festival ES Nov 11th - Porto, Mouco PT Nov 14th - Paris, Le Hasard Ludique FR Nov 15th - Dublin, The Sugar Club IE Nov 16th - Manchester, The White Hotel UK Nov 17th - Glasgow, CCA UK Tour poster: Links: Johnny Jewel Facebook Italians Do It Better website Italians Do It Better Twitter Italians Do It Better Facebook