New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Milan Records today announces the February 5 release of Bliss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) with music by composer, multi-instrumentalist, and Fall On Your
Sword founder Will Bates. Available to preorder now, the album features music written by Bates for the romantic sci-fi thriller by writer and director Mike Cahill, marking the third collaboration between Bates and Cahill. Included within the 24-track album and out today alongside preorder is a new original song entitled "You And I," which features vocals from Skye Edwards of
Morcheeba - listen here. Bliss makes its debut on Prime Video and in select theaters on Friday, February 5 from Amazon Studios.
Of the soundtrack, Will Bates says, "Collaborating with Mike Cahill continues to be one of my greatest joys. He is a visionary, and he's always pushing the boundaries of what is possible. There's so much mutual trust when we work together. He has the ability of putting everyone he works with in this safe, magical environment that really encourages experimentation. I find myself being challenged in new ways and, despite having worked on so many projects together, it seems as if I'm always trying something new with him… The key was to find the tonal balance that the story has; this mind-bending almost absurdist reality against Greg's heartbreaking journey. The scale of the movie let me really stretch the palette. Along with all sorts of mangled analogue synths, this was my first experience with a full orchestra, and also one that allowed me to dip into my background as a jazz saxophonist."
Available everywhere now, the soundtrack's lead single "You and I" unfolds as a crucial sonic suite in the film. The track features an entrancing and ethereal vocal performance by Morcheeba's Skye Edwards, whose voice sails over a rich backdrop of warm strings towards a hypnotic crescendo. "You and I" arrives today alongside an official music video for the track featuring footage from the film as well as performance footage of Skye Edwards performing her entrancing vocals - watch here. The full soundtrack album boasts both the original version of "You and I" as well as a Fall On Your
Sword Remix from composer Will Bates' production company.
Of "You and I," Bates adds, "As we were nearing the end of the process, we had the idea of there being a song that melodically incorporated the love theme. I've known Skye Edwards for years, since my London days (my old band once opened for Morcheeba.) Mike and I agreed it just had to be her voice, so I wrote the song for her to sing. It was going to be just in the end credits, but when Mike heard it, he recut one of the other scenes in the movie and used it there too."
Bliss is a mind-bending love story following Greg (Owen Wilson) who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious
Isabel (Salma Hayek), a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel's wild conspiracy.
BLISS (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) TRACKLISTING:
You And I
This Is Real Life
The Inside Of Your Head Must Be Amazing
Rabbit Hole
Trying To Reach You
Kendo
Light Bouncing Around Your Neurons
You Have To See It For Yourself
Great Overwhelming
The Thought Visualizer
Home
Let's Go For A Swim
Are You Really Here
It Would Be My honor
The Telekinetic Warrior
My Braids Dad
The Scenic Route
Hotel Pleiades
Blues Here We Come
We're Back In
Go
Safe Harbor
You're Here
You And I (Fall On Your
Sword Remix)
Will Bates is an award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist and founder of music production company Fall On Your Sword. He has composed original scores for a myriad of filmmakers including acclaimed directors Mike Cahill (Another Earth, I Origins), Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Zero Days), Ry Russo-Young (You Won't Miss Me, Nobody Walks) and
Fisher Stevens (Mission Blue, Bright Lights).
Bates has scored a number of television series: Golden
Globe & Emmy-nominated Netflix series Unbelievable, SyFy's hit The Magicians, Hulu's The Path, Chance and The Looming Tower, Away for Netflix, as well as NBC's Rise. Other projects include Sweetbitter on Starz, the
George R.R.
Martin series Nightflyers on Netflix, and the Hulu biographical documentary Hillary. Will's recent features include Michael Tyburski's The Sound of Silence, the HBO documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, and the horror-thriller Depraved. Upcoming features include Michael Haussman's Rajah set in 19th century Borneo and Mike Cahill's Bliss.
As a solo artist and multi-instrumentalist, Bates has recorded and toured around the globe under the name of his own post-punk band The Rinse and has collaborated with
Electric Six front-man Dick
Valentine as The Evil Cowards. As a saxophonist, Bates has collaborated with legendary artists ranging from 60's icon Lulu to techno legend Marshall Jefferson. As a producer and composer, he has worked with a similarly diverse bunch including Mike Rutherford, Roy Ayers, Pussy Riot and Morcheeba's Skye Edwards. In 2007, Bates created the first of a series of videos under the name Fall On Your Sword. His videos quickly went viral on YouTube, racking up hits in the millions and an explosive FOYS live act soon followed. In 2009, Fall On Your
Sword evolved into a music production company. Bates currently resides in Los Angeles, which is also the home of Fall On Your Sword's west coast studio.
