ComingSoon is pleased to present an exclusive track from Handling the Undead soundtrack, featuring music by Peter Raeburn. The Undead Original Soundtrack will be released Friday, but you can hear a sneak peek with “Finale” below.
“Writing this score was a very personal experience for me and tapped deeply into my own experience of grief. The film asks indelible questions about love, death, and life,” Raeburn says of the film. “Thea, the director, created an incredible cinematic space for the viewer to experience this work of moving art on their own terms and for a hypnotic dance to occur between the cinematography, the music, and the story.”
The album can now be pre-saved on Spotify and Apple Music.
Listen to “Finale” from the Handling the Undead soundtrack below:
“Working with Peter on this soundtrack was absolutely incredible and having him attached to the project long before we went into the production was crucial as it gave me the confidence that the score would add the sensibility needed and elevate the film emotionally,” said director Thea Hvistendahl of the Handling the Undead soundtrack. “He made a sketch before we went into shooting that we listened to a lot on set to get into the mood of the film and I think this piece of music infused the shots in a very particular way that was kept all the way through to the finished film. I’m so happy about the score and the immensely beautiful work Peter has crafted.”
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? A family is faced with the mother’s reawakening before they have even mourned her death after a car accident; an elderly woman gets the love of her life back the same day she has buried her; a grandfather rescues his grandchild from the gravesite in a desperate attempt to get his daughter out of her depression. Handling the Undead is a drama with elements of horror about three families, a story about grief and loss, but also about hope and understanding of what we can’t comprehend or control.
Handling the Undead Soundtrack Tracklist
01. New Death Dance
02. Riverside Bath
03. Midnight Snack
04. Graveyard Dig
05. The Blackout
06. Peter
07. Funeral Leftovers
08. Coming to Terms
09. Eva Driving
10. The Rabbit
11. Zombie at the Cabin
12. Epidemic
13. Morning Ritual
14. Drowned One
15. Early Grave
16. High Rise
17. Kian’s Song
18. Finale
