Plum & Gert Duet © Marc Chesterman and Florian Habicht 2003.
600k MP3

Hugo Song © Marc Chesterman and Florian Habicht 2003.
550k MP3

Music composed by Marc Chesterman. Vocals by Mardi Potter, Steve Abel and Warwick Broadhead. Lyrics: Florian Habicht.

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Plum and Gert miniatures coming soon!

SUNDAY STAR REVIEW BY GRANT SMITHIES, SUNDAY NOV 23, 2003:
RATING: * * * *

I haven't seen the movie, but Marc Chesterman's soundtrack for Florian Habicht's digital flick Woodenhead certainly makes me want to. Dark and quirky, part vaudeville, part fairy tale, with snippets of somewhat disconcerting dialogue shoehorned between short musical tracks, the music alone has me imagining some kind of psychotic soap opera set in the wilds of Northland and directed by David Lynch.

From the doleful cello of "Maidenwood" to the screaming guitar of "Goerdel", from the cruise ship bossa nova of "Horoscope Dance" to the wonderfully weary lullabies "Lucky Star" and "Hospice for Destitute Lovers", it's an ever- changing, constantly surprising and slightly malevolent mood-fest.

This soundtrack was recorded before any visuals were shot, with the actors then invited to improvise their parts to small, scene-sized chunks of sound, which resulted in extremely well-integrated sound and vision but a big problem synching up the dialogue. The cunning solution? The actors deliver their lines without moving their lips, as if they're communicating telepathically. Go and see it, but in the meantime, buy the record, lay back and let your mind make movies of its own.

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