Shimmer - an alternative soundtrack to the film Annihilation

    I saw the film Annihilation on opening weekend and really liked it. It was directed by the same guy that directed Ex Machina and has the same crew doing the score. While I didn't like it quite as much as my favorite sci-fi film of the last few years, Arrival, I did like it quite a bit. And I especially loved the score. It goes seamlessly from acoustic guitar to synthetic noises to creepy choral sounds. It's great.   So of course I had to make my own interpretation of the soundtrack, just like I did for Blade Runner 2049. I liked how that one turned out so much that I knew immediately after seeing Annihilation that I'd soon be making a mix.   I started collecting a few tunes for the mix but it wasn't until I found "Elemental Shimmer" by Robert Davies that the project really took off.  The music from Davies' album is perfect for setting the scene and it's even more appropriate because it's got the word "Shimmer" in the title.  The Shimmer is the anomaly enveloping "area x" that the scientists enter to try and figure what the heck is going on.   ROBERT DAVIES - ELEMENTAL SHIMMER   Making these alternative soundtracks is a lot of fun and I'm sure I'll be doing more in the future. I hope you like this one.   Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00    Robert Davies - Honeysuckle Vapour 04:18    Moon Wiring Club - Marshlight No. 2 05:00    Ryuichi Sakamoto - Walker 07:05    Chris Watson - Vatnajokull 07:30    Martin Grech - Ashes Over Embers 09:00    Peter Gabriel - Slow Water 11:05    Moon Wiring Club - A New Face On An Old Friend (Blazing) 13:20    Recondite - Der Steinmetz 15:45    Isorinne - b2 5-00 19:50    Stockholm Radio Choir - Lux Aeterna 21:17    Penguin Cafe - Control 1(interlude) 25:30    A.R.C. Soundtracks - Ruins-Ritual 28:57    Biosphere - Sphere Of No Form 30:12    Murcof - Sangre 31:45    Leyland Kirby - Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was 32:18    Somei Satoh - Mantra/Stabat Mater from The Arts at St. Ann's 33:30    Emptyset - Augur 35:06    Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel 3 35:45    From the Mouth of the Sun - A Breath to Retrieve Your Body 39:20    Ryuichi Sakamoto - Solari(Johann Johannsson rework) 44:44    Robert Davies - Of Foxglove & Nettle Leaves 50:42    Western Skies Motel - Leaving Behind 53:45    Thomas Köner - Tiento de la Luz 4 55:43    Biosphere - Green Reflections 58:45    end