- Record Label: Warp
- Release Date: Dec 13, 2019
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Dec 30, 2019Uncut Gems is a triumph. The Oneohtrix Point Never albums occupy almost every different mood the human body is capable of expressing and now Lopatin’s soundtrack work is starting to do the same. We’ve had the moody, anxious Lopatin on Good Time and now Uncut Gems has allowed him to show his more thoughtful and emotional side.
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Dec 17, 2019Lesser composers try to merely mirror the action on screen and intensify it, boringly magnifying your emotions – in his hopefully ongoing partnership with the Safdies, Lopatin is showing how contradictory, confusing and vital our dumb human impulses are.
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Dec 17, 2019Manic as the source material may be, Lopatin’s score remains entirely surprising, which doesn’t mean shocking, per se. It’s more that it has a large blast radius in the movie, itself a funny character in an ensemble of unintentionally funny characters. Lopatin is brazenly and consistently there.
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UncutJan 8, 2020Replete with the sort of shimmering, hypnagogic textures that characterises his solo work. [Feb 2020, p.30]
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Dec 17, 2019Utilizing a variety of different sound palettes, from glossy synths to pounding drums and chanting voices, Lopatin uses the Uncut Gems score to give the listener effective moments of tension, dreamlike airiness and triumph, all in equal measure, making the listening a journey all in itself.
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MojoDec 17, 2019Edgy, operatic, driving and frenetic. .. Restful listening, this is not. [Feb 2020, p.89]
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Positive: 8 out of 10
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Negative: 2 out of 10
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Feb 1, 2020The worst soundtrack ever, spoils the whole experience. But after all, how can we judge “art” in the first place?
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Dec 31, 2019