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The 11th Hour
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Lakeshore
Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, The 11th Hour assesses the toll of our collective carbon footprint on the world—the graphic for the film features the heavy black tread of a shoe in the center of an aerial view of the globe—and offers ways for every individual to make a difference and help ease the toll we’ve taken on the earth. Featuring interviews with environmental experts like Thom Hartmann, Paul Hawken and Sylvia Earle, The 11th Hour offers a terrifying look at what we’ve done and what we’re in for if we don’t change our ways. The film’s companion soundtrack is a perfect blend of hypnotic instrumentals, ethereal soundscapes and moody indie rock earthbeat. Arve Henriksen’s “Chiaro” benefits from lightly played percussion and a single female voice distantly chanting; Dirty Three’s “Lullaby For Christine” is haunting and elegiac and the Cocteau Twins’ “Otterly” is a brilliantly brooding and melodic trance. Elsewhere, Sigur Rós pitch in two stunning tracks (“Sigur 3” and “Svefn G Englar”), Mogwai’s “Mogwai Fear Satan” is a nearly twenty minute opus that builds into a shuddering crescendo and Deaf Center’s “White Lake” is a moving piano ballad. But it’s Lukas Haas’ gently plucked acoustic closer “Kemp” that steals the show here. Brimming with optimism, renascent energy and a kind of elated hope, it reminds us that all is not lost if we’re willing to find our way out of the mess we’ve created.
—Alex Green
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