The soundtrack for Mandy would be the last work of Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, who passed away in February 2018. Jóhannsson has previously made soundtracks for films such as , and . Mandy, starring Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough, was directed by Italian director Panos Cosmatos. The story features demonic bikers, a bizarre hippie cult and a vengeful Cage. The film is not easy to
… describe and goes back to both music and cinema from the 80s. The story starts as an LSD trip and slowly unfolds into a slasher horror in which the blood and narcotics flow freely. That includes a suitable soundtrack. Jóhannsson therefore used ambient, metal, drone music, doom and orchestral work to make a mesmerizing and ominous trip that connects seamlessly with this equally hallucinatory film. (JvQ)more
