Thursday, January 15, 2009

"The Sweet Hereafter" OST

This is a really nice soundtrack, and very apt to the film, which which it's closely entwined. The songs on which Sarah Polley sings (I'm not sure if she also wrote any of them; it turns out that there's no Jane Siberry, but one of the songs was written by her) convey the same mood and are in the same vein as the instrumental pieces - pretty, plaintive, simple, gently swelling. Polley's not an especially vivid singer, but the music lingers nonetheless, as does the haunting main theme, frequently reiterated, of the instrumental score.