Haiku Salut - The General - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The General features Haiku Salut's new original soundtrack for Buster Keaton's 1926 comedy classic of the same name. Commissioned by Nottingham Contemporary as part of the BFI's Comedy Genius season, the 23 track score was written within a two-month period over winter in the band's studio at the edge of the English Peak District, and sees the trio of Gemma Barkerwood, Louise Croft and Sophie Barkerwood give the revered silent film a startling electronica overhaul. Combining glitchy electronica, soaring post rock, and beautiful piano pieces, InchThe GeneralInch is an emotional, transformative record. The band find moments of drama and heartbreak in a much-loved comedy, and enrich the bygone world of Buster Keaton with a gloriously contemporary score.. InchLovesInch is a simple, beautiful piece for guitar, piano and electronics, which charts Buster Keaton's character Johnnie Gray woo-ing his true love Annabelle, while InchGoing BackInch follows an extremely unusual chase scene with tangled electronica, ghostly treated voices, and a moment where the music and the action suddenly goes into reverse. Elsewhere, the album takes in shimmering electro (InchFirewoodInch), a song which bleeds electronica into dub (InchTrain StealInch), gorgeous piano pieces haunted by electronics (InchReunitedInch, InchEnlistInch), and songs which melt all of the above (InchThe FloodInch, InchThe EscapeInch). Haiku's albums are often described as Incha soundtrack to an imaginary movieInch, but this album artfully turns that notion on it's head. Here's a soundtrack to an actual movie which exists brilliantly in it's own right.(1) Start (2) Intro (3) Loves (4) Enlist (5) Engine (6) Chattanooga (7) Train Steal (8) Velocipede (9) Deserters (10) Cannon (11) Traction (12) Chopping Wood/Arrive (13) Hide (14) Reunited (15) The Escape (16) Firewood (17) Obstructions (18) Going Back (19) Rock River (20) T