Although I write lots of reviews, I occasionally like to do something different, something new. A while ago I was thinking about movies and music, but not the score, but music inspired by a specific film. Of course there are a lot of music videos based on movies and there are lots of songs that sample them, but what would a musician do if I asked to create a song that truly was inspired by film?
I approached Freek Mastwijk with this question. I’ve known him for a long time and together with his brother he was partly responsible for the music for the documentary “Dichter bij Maarten”. He also can be found on Soundcloud. I didn’t give him any movie title, but without hesitation he thought of the movie Cube from 1997. It’s about a group of people who are locked in rooms shaped like cubes which they have to try to escape from. The rooms are designed to kill though.
The song he came up with can be heard below, which really manages to provoke a strong feeling, which personally made me think a bit of the score for Under the Skin, which makes you feel uncomfortable and which you can’t easily forget.
You can hear it here:
What’s your opinion about this song?