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Gruff Rhys
- Record Label: Twisted Nerve
- Release Date: Sep 30, 2016
![Set Fire to the Stars [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Image](https://static.metacritic.com/images/products/music/5/39872d854ca2d870cb308270618216b5-98.jpg)
- Artist(s): Shirley Henderson, Kevin Eldon, Kelly Reilly, Celyn Jones
- Summary: The soundtrack to the 2014 film about Dylan Thomas's week in the New York City in 1950 was recorded live with instruments that would had been on hand at the time by the Super Furry Animal artist.
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- Record Label: Twisted Nerve
- Genre(s): Soundtracks, Stage & Screen
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Oct 6, 2016Loose but not chaotic, Set Fire To The Stars has a poetic grace more than worthy of its subject.
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Oct 6, 2016Mirroring the black-and-white sophistication of the era the film was set in, Rhys only uses instruments available in that period, to create a mostly instrumental record that reminds the listener that beyond his role as the Super Furry indie kook icon, there is a truly maverick--albeit always understated--composer at work.
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UncutOct 6, 2016The three proper songs are the highlights, though, with the Bacharach-esque title track among the finest Rhys has ever produced. [Nov 2016, p.37]
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Q MagazineOct 6, 2016If there's an issue, it's that Rhys's voice doesn't appear often enough, although the instrumental interludes--Chop Sop, Dylan's Demons--are typically quirky and inventive. [Nov 2016, p.113]