The abstract music of the Berlin pianist, composer and producer Nils Frahm balances between ambient, minimal and modern classical. No wonder he had been looking for an assignment for a soundtrack for a while. The script of the German film Victoria (2015) by director Sebastian Schipper immediately appealed to him. Filmed in one long shot, we see a group of Berlin youngsters getting into trouble, in
… a disco and the streets of Berlin at night. This soundtrack (which, like the film itself, was nominated for the prestigious Deutsche Filmpreis) starts with a remix of Burn With Meand then goes into depth with dark atmospheric music full of repetitive piano songs, swelling strings and resonating electronics. Exciting sounds for a film set in a metropolis at night. (MR)more