CD Digipak Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Wind River

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis return to the bleak, majestic landscapes of the American West with their haunting original score for Wind River. Released via Lakeshore Records, this album marks another masterful collaboration between the Bad Seeds frontman and multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis, echoing the tonal depth of their previous works like Hell or High Water and The Assassination of Jesse James.

The soundtrack is a mesmerizing blend of sparse instrumentation and ambient soundscapes. Utilizing a small ensemble of solo violin, piano, and synths, the duo captures the stark loneliness and palpable desperation of the Wyoming wilderness. The music is characterized by rising and falling string sections and distant, choral voices, with Nick Cave providing a softly spoken, half-whispered vocal performance that feels like "nature itself telling tales."

Key Highlights:

• Atmospheric Intensity: Described as "beautiful and depressing at the same time," capturing the duality of the Wind River Reservation.
• "Snow Wolf": A standout opening track built around an evocative 8-note violin motif that sets the film’s introverted tone.
• Artistic Continuity: Shares the same raw, pulse-driven ethos as Cave’s critically acclaimed album Skeleton Tree.

Spanning approximately 44 minutes, this CD release is a must-have for collectors of contemporary scores and fans of Cave and Ellis’s unique brand of "dour, unsentimental" musical storytelling.