LISTEN: New Nick Cave/Warren Ellis

Bad Seeds head to Mars

This winter, National Geographic Channel are airing a six-part semi fictional series Mars, with their first episode set for Monday, 14th November. The programme is set on a hypothetical 2033 mission to Mars. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, who worked on a soundtrack for the film Hell Or High Water have also collaborated on a soundtrack, ‘Mars Theme’ to accompany this new series. Warren Ellis is a long time collaborator with Nick Cave, also playing in The Bad Seeds and Grinderman. The track also features vocals from Nick Cave himself.

You can listen to the soundtrack via the Soundcloud link above. ‘Mars Theme’ will be available to purchase on 11th November via Milan Records.

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