DANIEL ISN’T REAL

The Brighton-based British musician Clark presents another landmark in his flourishing film soundtrack career. The expanded edition of his score for Adam Egypt Mortimer’s psychological horror thriller Daniel Isn’t Real, includes two bonus tracks from the score sessions, and a Thom Yorke remix. Daniel Isn’t Real is a darkly euphoric dreamscape that evokes both rapture and dread. Clark’s mutated orchestral score plays a key part in telling the tale of the mayhem unleashed after college freshman Luke is taken captive by his charismatic imaginary childhood friend – the increasingly malevolent Daniel. The soundtrack, which mirrors Luke’s descent into the abyss of psychotic violence while reinforcing unanswered questions about Daniel’s identity, was praised by The Hollywood News for delivering “a brooding, moody, chain of sound that runs parallel to the story”, enabling viewers to work out Luke’s mental state based purely on what they hear. Clark described something “mysterious, creepy and sad, but with elements of feral excitement and the gleeful reverie of total mayhem,” adding, “it was particularly rewarding scoring Luke, clambering inside the electric majesty of his slowly dissolving mind.”