Mia Goth is back in A24‘s “X-traordinary origin story” Pearl, Ti West‘s brand new feature film prequel to this year’s X. Pearl was released theatrically today, September 16, 2022.
In celebration, Bloody Disgusting is exclusively debuting the track “Hot House Rag” from the Pearl Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Tyler Bates & Timothy Williams!
The full 19-track album will be available September 23 on major digital platforms.
Listen to “Hot House Rag” below and find Pearl in theaters NOW!
With only six weeks to assemble a 68-person orchestra, Bates brought in frequent collaborator Timothy Williams, who worked with the composer on Guardians of the Galaxy, to help him audition musicians, build the orchestra, rehearse over four days in Nashville, and record the score.
“In the style of mid-century melodramas,” says West, “Tyler Bates fashioned a sweeping, shrieking, strings-based score that lets the viewer know from the opening credits that Pearl will not be a subdued or quiet film. I said to him, ‘let’s do a romantic, melodramatic, old-school score for this movie.’”
He continues, “This wasn’t the first time I’ve used live instruments on a movie—but it was the first time I had a full orchestra. It was awesome. Tyler and Tim really hit it out of the park. The score is very much one of the film’s central characters, and that was important.”
“Ti expressed the musical approach to this film with us before filming,” says Bates & Williams. “We knew that the music would be based in an “Old Hollywood” approach, which stylistically is something we both love to do. This was a rare opportunity to write a lyrical score where the main theme permeates the music throughout the myriad emotional and psychological dynamics from beginning to end.”
Of the unique track ‘Hot House Rag,’ Williams says, “Pearl‘s greatest dream is to become a star as a means to escape her bleak family life on the farm. The film builds to an important audition for her, and ‘Hot House Rag’ (Pearl‘s audition number) morphs into a full-scale Hollywood production of the era, reflecting Pearl‘s state of mind as she delves deeper into her alternative reality.”
In the brand new prequel to Ti West’s slasher movie X…
“Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide, in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.”
