The Haxan Cloak, Atticus Ross Score New Doc on Post-Soviet Ukraine

The Haxan Cloak (aka Bobby Krlic), Trent Reznor collaborator Atticus Ross (The Social Network), and his brother Leopold Ross have scored a new documentary on post-Soviet Ukraine. Steve Hoover’s Almost Holy follows a pastor, Gennadiy Mokhnenko, who takes children, sometimes by force, to his Pilgrim Republic rehabilitation center. Sacred Bones will release the OST, which features several songs not included in the film, on August 19. Watch a video from it, for the Ross brothers’ “Punching Bag,” below.

Atticus Ross said of the film:

Occasionally a project comes along where one feels compelled to contribute. It’s a different world over there – of course we have dire poverty in the U.S. – but to see an army of drug-addicted children living in those conditions, children the same age as my own, under ten years old but covered in track marks and sleeping on sewers to stay warm, and someone is asking you to write a little music to help the cause. It would be hard to find a reason not to.

In a statement about the score, Hoover added:

I wanted an original score that could translate the feeling of being in Mariupol with Gennadiy, at this time. Atticus Ross took interest in the film and proposed a collaboration with Leopold Ross and Bobby Krlic. I knew they would eclipse whatever it was that I was imagining for the score. … The score takes a haunting bend that feels like a metaphysical wailing from unknown places, for a people that have had the lion’s share of struggle, but would soon be torn in half. The score is ingrained in the narrative because it developed along with it. They were a part of the film before we began production, offering invaluable creative insight. They were just as essential as my crew.

Almost Holy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack:

01 One Block Further – Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross
02 Punching Bag – Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross
03 Intervention – Bobby Krlic
04 Wild Moose – Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross
05 Pharmacies – Bobby Krlic
06 Mokhnenko – Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross
07 Distance – Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross
08 Coursing – Bobby Krlic
09 Graves – Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross
10 The End – Bobby Krlic

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