All about Eve : original music by PJ Harvey

"As a creative exercise, it feels useful for Harvey to have made this soundtrack. The use of "Liebesträume" lends these pieces a thematic cohesion; while the sustained heavy drones and sinister atmospheres reflect prolonged sonic exploration. As Lily James forlornly declares "I can't wait for night to come," over skeletal piano lines, you might be forgiven for thinking that All About Eve's closest companion is the cobwebbed gothic folk of White Chalk - an album of lonely beauty and piercing sorrow that has echoes in All About Eve's depiction of the inner lives and complexities of its female leads".

"Though All About Eve's songs may be its most familiar-sounding moments, some of the most striking ones are the least expected. Harvey incorporates elements of jazz and electronic music into cues such as the otherworldly "Descending," the hypnotic "Lieben" and the aptly named "Shimmer." A thoughtful, complex score, on All About Eve Harvey makes the most of the chance to experiment as well as reinterpret an existing work".

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"Man når lige at glæde sig, men nej, der er ikke tale om et nyt, regulært album fra den britiske støjdronning Polly Jean Harvey ... Dette er PJ Harveys soundtrack til Ivo van Hoves opsætning af 'All About Eve', og på lidt over en halv time bliver vi spist af med korte instrumentalnumre, der falder i med hinanden og på ingen måde kan leve op til niveauet på afsenderens mesterværker som 'Rid Of Me' (1993), 'To Bring You My Love' (1995) og 'Let England Shake' (2011)".

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