Our very own Adam Dodd hailed The Astronauts’ The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter, calling it “ambitious” and “visually stunning” in his review. He also took a moment to pay credit to composer Mikolai Stroinski‘s score, dubbing it, “…subtle, haunting and sufficiently mesmerizing.”
Now that soundtrack is available to stream in full ahead of its official release tomorrow and it’s well worth putting on as background music while you do whatever things you need to do on a Monday night.
Stroinski explains his musical approach:
I’m a pianist. Through improvisation I was trying to come up with a central theme that would capture the story of Ethan Carter. I was planning on orchestrating it once approved. As it turned out, The Astronauts loved it so much they didn’t want to add anything. And so it stayed. If you listen closely to the melodic pieces from the score, you will notice that each one is a variation of ‘Ethan’s Theme’. It borrows either the melodic shape, or the rhythms or the distinguishing melodic intervals.
The haunting mystery thriller puts the player in the role of, “…Paul Prospero, an occult-minded detective who receives a disturbing letter from Ethan Carter. Realizing the boy is in grave danger, Paul arrives at Ethan’s home of Red Creek Valley, where things turn out to be even worse than he imagined. Ethan has vanished in the wake of a brutal murder, which Paul quickly discerns might not be the only local murder worth looking into. ”
The full soundtrack can be streamed below. The album can be ordered direct from Sumthing Else Music Works right here.