OST [Robin Carolan & Sebastian Gainsborough]- The Northman

Label: Sacred Bones

Released 7/29/2022

“Rob wanted the world of The Northman to feel harsh and uncomfortable, and for everything to feel like it was caked in mud and dry blood, so it was crucial for the score to mirror that.” Composers Robin Carolan (Tri-Angle Records) and Sebastian Gainsborough (Vessel) were given a task of epic proportions when director Rob Eggers (The VVitch, The Lighthouse) asked them to create the score for his ambitious and highly anticipated new film The Northman, releasing on April 22nd. They needed to make a score that both honored the immense research that had gone into the authenticity of this Viking era period piece and complimented the cinematic maximalism of the film for a modern audience. The artists stretched themselves to the depths of their creativity and the resulting album is a gorgeous, sonic tableaux that places the listener right in the center of the film.

Track listing:

1. Approaching Hrafnsey
2. The King
3. Entering the Temple
4. Last Teardrop
5. Blood Tree, Part I
6. Strike Brother
7. Escape
8. I Will Avenge You Father
9. The Land of the Rus
10. A Burning Barn
11. Seeress
12. Raven's Omen
13. Storm at Sea / Yggdrasill
14. Iceland
15. I Will Save You Mother
16. Slave Work
17. Gu∂rún
18. Follow the Vixens Tail
19. He Witch
20. Draugr
21. Mound Dweller
22. To the Games
23. Birch Woods
24. First of Many
25. Trollish Sorcery
26. Svi∂ Night Part I
27. Svi∂ Night Part II
28. I Am Your Death
29. Come Morning
30. I Am His Vengeance
31. Ó∂inn
32. Valkyrie
33. Vestrahorn
34. Hidden Valley
35. Blood Tree, Part II
    
36. Bló∂ Inside / I Choose Both
37. A Maiden King
38. The Wolf Has Grown
39. The Gates of Hel / Slain By Iron
40. Hekla
41. Cut the Thread of Fate
42. Make Your Passage / Valhöll
43. Ættartré / End Credits