Peg Aloi, The Arts Fuse
‘beautifully discordant music’
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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Film
Amazon/Studio Canal/Film 4/Shoebox/Sunnymarch
Director: Will Sharpe
Producers: Adam Ackland, Ed Clarke, Leah Clarke, Guy Heeley
English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.
Hasitha Fernando, Flickering Myth
‘a bittersweet, poignant score that is equal parts traditional and unconventional. The ideal companion piece to this touching idiosyncratic story.’
Emma Badame, That Shelf
‘fantastic score’
Jeanine T. Abraham, Black Girl Nerds
‘The soundtrack is perfect… The music is an additional character in the movie.’
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times
‘credit must also go to Arthur Sharpe’s terrific score’
David Ehrlich, Indie Wire
‘an enigmatically warbling score by Sharpe… makes better use of the theremin than any movie since “First Man”’
Sheena Scott, Forbes
‘Sharpe’s beautiful soundtrack also adds to this sense of otherworldliness the film instils. The music of the film perfectly captures the mood, a little strange, whimsical and full of pathos.’
Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
‘soaring like some otherworldly violin’