10. Krzysztof KomedaKnife In The Water OST
I love film, and I especially love to think about the relationship between soundtracks and film. It’s something I’ve explored, not only in my music, but also in a radio show I once had where I used to interview people on that specific subject. I think about what the relationship we, as musicians, have to cinema, and it’s something I feel has become lost in contemporary cinema. Many times when you go to the movies nowadays, you finish the movie and leave, and you know for a fact that there was sound, lots of it – but you don’t remember anything. You don’t remember a leitmotif, there’s nothing. You were just driven in an emotional rollercoaster by the composer, but it’s not emotionally contrasting what the movie has to say. And many of the Komeda soundtracks actually – The Fearless Vampire Killers, Cul-de-sac, Rosemary’s Baby – were so, so important. But this Knife In The Water soundtrack has a great contrast with the story; there’s this couple that are having sexual tension with a young boy in a sailboat. And it’s just the most rich, delicious jazz music, accompanying the flow of the boat and the tensions within it. Komeda is definitely one of the most influential figures in my life.
