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CLARK IS ON NETFLIX NOW – TRAILER HERE
Milan Records announces the release of CLARK (SOUNDTRACK FROM
THE NETFLIX SERIES) by MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT – listen
here. CLARK is a brand-new six-part Netflix
series released on May 5, 2022 and features a dramatic and mesmeric soundtrack
by acclaimed Swedish musician, leading rock guitarist and songwriter, MIKAEL
ÅKERFELDT. In addition to today’s digital
release, the album is set to be released in both CD and vinyl formats in 2022
by InsideOutMusic. The jewelcase CD and the 2-LP heavy weight gatefold set
including liner notes from Mikael Åkerfeldt
& Jonas Åkerlund are set to arrive on July 22, 2022 – preorder here.
This eagerly-anticipated Swedish-language series in the thriller/crime
genre with comedic caper elements is directed by internationally renowned director,
Jonas Åkerlund from scripts by Frederik Agetoft, Peter Arrhenius and Jonas
Åkerlund and is based on a book of his life by the protagonist, Clark
Olofsson. It features Bill Skarsgård (Deadpool, It, The Northman),
Alicia Agneson and Vilhelm Blomgren (Midsommar) and is produced by Börje
Hansson and Julia Stannard. Says Åkerlund of the new series, CLARK:
“...It’s about his whole life and what made him who he is, the truth and lies
of his incredible career...”
MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT’s atmospheric soundscape deftly captures the sound
and feel of the times in music, ranging freely from swinging 60s style sounds
to 1970s progressive rock and psychedelia via heavy metal, tango, funk, jazz,
Arabic melodies and indie pop and chill. All of these vibrant layers and textures
are skillfully combined to effortlessly underpin the high-octane dramatic
content of the series and also to place it perfectly within the context of the
times in which the drama plays out. Clearly, in his element here, of
the 34 tracks presented, four have a distinctive key vocal component provided
by ÅKERFELDT himself.
On writing the soundtrack to CLARK, ÅKERFELDT notes:
“Writing the music for CLARK is probably one of the most
rewarding things I’ve done musically. It was so fun. Challenging, but fun. I
wanted to do a good job of course, and provide music that would fit with the
rather bizarre tale of Clark Olofsson. I had to conjure up a sound for him. His
sound. It’s all in my head I guess, but it felt like I was on to something
after having finished the first track. The immediate feedback from Jonas
Åkerlund was almost overly positive. So I just took it from there. During the
pandemic I wrote so much music for this project, but I like to think I didn’t
stray too much from the "original sound of Clark". The finished
soundtrack record is a downright wish-mash of musical styles. Some sounds I’m
familiar with. Other sounds were brand new to me. Or old, depending on how you
see it. Brand ”old”? The album doesn’t really make musical sense at all, and
that’s pretty much the purpose. Writing music to portray the multi-faceted
story of a man like Clark Olofsson was bound to generate some type of musical
insanity. It (the music) is just all over the place. Oddly enough, so is my own
personal taste in music. Even if many would deem Clark "a man
insane", it really helped me in my work. No boundaries (let’s cross them).
No rules (let’s break them). Anything goes….”
ABOUT CLARK
Clark is a Swedish-language series directed by Jonas Åkerlund from
scripts written by Fredrik Agetoft, Peter Arrhenius and Jonas Åkerlund. It’s
based on the life and career of Sweden’s most infamous bank robber, Clark
Olofsson. He’s also credited as the man behind the expression “The Stockholm
syndrome.”
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CLARK (SOUNDTRACK FROM THE NETFLIX FILM)
TRACKLISTING –
0. Libertine
Theme
1. Tango
Bizarre
2. Druglord
Panic
3. Rockefellers
4. Vintage
Modern
5. Wish
You Were There
6. The
Weak Heart
7. Happiness
8. Ode
to Confusion in A Minor
9. La
Shay' Jadid Taht Alshams
10. The
Real Me
11. Here's
That Sunny Day
12. Perfect
Horizon
13. Sea
Slumber
14. Then
15. The
Hunted Are in the Clear
16. Northern
Hemispheres
17. Ordinary
Folks
18. Distant
Spring
19. Funky
Chicken
20. Code
to the Vault
21. Two
Mermaids
22. Rags
to Riches
23. Sunrise
24. Red
& White
25. Headfirst
Into The Storm
26. Ballad
of the Libertine in G Minor
27. Lost
in San Marino *
28. Rhodes
Rat
29. Måndag
i Stockholm *
30. Mother
of One
31. Vielleicht
Später *
32. Battle
For Love *
33. Night
Life
* vocals
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