Soulsavers: Kubrick

It’s even more ambitious to base one of those on a concept inspired by filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, but that’s exactly what Soulsavers have done. After releasing Angels & Ghosts with Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, they’ve followed up with the self-produced Kubrick, a meticulously arranged eight-track homage.

Each track is named after a different character from those iconic films, and they feel more like love letters to the worlds they inhabited. Opening with ‘DeLarge’, you can’t help but be immediately drawn into a tense, violent and lonely world, only to then be countered with the stark orchestral composition of ‘Clay’, a feeling that continues through ‘Torrance’.

Kubrick is strictly an orchestral affair seeking to paint a just picture of the director’s world and perhaps looking to establish itself as a standalone companion piece. Flourishes of Soulsavers’ other influences seep through in ‘Dax’, ‘Mandrake’ and ‘Joker’, a superb album standout that does wonders in recreating the creeping insanity of Full Metal Jacket.

Soulsavershave created a stunning, emotional and cinematic landscape that in turn allows a journey into the inner workings of a classic filmmaker’s ouevre.