Us Soundtrack (Limited Edition Coloured 2LP Vinyl)

Us Soundtrack by Michael Abels (Limited Edition 180-gram “The Untethering” Red, Brass, and White split 2LP Vinyl)

The Complete Score By Michael Abels

• Interactive Gatefold Jacket w/ Satin Coating
• Die-Cut Mirror Board Back Cover
• Art By Edward Kinsella
• Liner Notes By Shana L. Redmond Ph.D.
• Heavyweight 11″x11″ Art Print

Abels featured a 30 person choir, a third of them children, in the “Anthem,” and implemented Eastern European instruments, violins, percussion, and a virtual instrument called a Propanium drum. “It makes this trashy metal sound, but you can also play melodies on it,” Abels said. “The Propanium drum has a sound that’s both otherworldly but not electronic or like science fiction. It’s a sound you can’t quite put your finger on, which is why it works well in this film.”

Also included on the soundtrack is the 1995 hip-hop hit “I Got 5 On It” by Luniz and the stand-out track “I Like That” by Janelle Monáe. Abels also helped with a new arrangement of the Luniz hit, which is featured on the soundtrack as the ‘Tethered Mix from Us’. The album artwork was created by illustrator Edward Kinsella. The interactive packaging includes die-cut inner gatefold jackets that require customers to use scissors to cut through family-member portraits to reveal their tethered doppelgängers lurking in the shadows on the printed inner sleeves housed within. More deluxe items include a die-cut mirror board back cover, a heavyweight 11”x11” art print, and an exclusive essay by UCLA Professor, scholar, and activist Shana L. Redmond Ph.D.

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