Eli Keszler The Scary Of Sixty-First

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This first release from the Deeper Into Movies label is the score for Dasha Nekrasova's notorious award-winning debut feature film 'The Scary of Sixty-First'. The score meets at the confluence between the visceral electro-acoustic Giallo style and brooding acoustic drones, which feature his abstract and textural percussion playing he has explored in his solo music. All of this working together to evoke the very haunts of the film's Uptown locations.
Speaking about the score Keszler said'
'The score was built around the 'pentagram melody' as we called it, a seven-note symmetrical pattern that formed the sign found on the tarot card, a repeated motif of dread and premonition found in the film. In the Scary Theme and later in Tarot Theme three variations occur, where each tonal triangle is introduced individually, followed by it playing in counterpoint to each other to complete the symbol.
Nekrasova's work is a thriller centred on two young women who unknowingly move into a Manhattan apartment that used to belong to Jeffrey Epstein. The psychosexual drama is steeped in Giallo, with a touch of DePalma and Polanski. Premiering at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, it took home their prestigious 'Best First Feature' award.
Keszler other film work includes contributions to Daniel Lopatin's score for the Safdie Brother's acclaimed, Uncut Gems, while his solo music has been released on LuckyMe, Empty Editions, ESP Disk and PAN. His album 'Stadium' released on Shelter Press was awarded Boomkat's 2018 'Album Of The Year' and Pitchfork claimed his most recent album 'Icons' (2021) as 'strangely wonderful'.

'Eli Keszler's synth-heavy score elicits some great B-movie moments' Little White Lies

'Brash, gutsy, morbidly funny' Variety

Track List
Side A
A1 Scary Theme
A2 Realtor Creep
A3 New Age for Smudging
A4 Nightmare (Tarot One)
A5 The Girl Knocks
A6 Addie's Dream
A7 Research
A8 Vyvanse Study
A9 Addie & The Girl
A10 Tarot Hallucination
Side B
B1 So Royal
B2 Enchantment
B3 Teaspoon Two
B4 The Basement
B5 Awakens
B6 She Runs
B7 The Letter