Les Revenants

Mogwai, who have explored death and horror imagery in their music since the beginning and have written scores to Zidane and Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain, were long overdue to write music for a project like Les Revenants, their score for the French TV series based on the 2004 film of the same name. In the show, the dead rise from their graves, but the world doesn't end and panic doesn't necessarily ensue (immediately, anyway). Reflecting this, Mogwai's music is more of a slow burn than a musical inferno. Les Revenants is a true score in that it rarely draws attention to itself unnecessarily, and these cues evoke moods rather than forcing them. This music is often restrained, even gentle, at times recalling the softest moments on early EPs like Ten Rapid on tracks like "Relative Hysteria," "Special N," and "Fridge Magic," which twinkles with a frosty menace.

1 Hungry Face
2 Jaguar
3 The Huts
4 Kill Jester
5 This Messiah Needs Watching
6 Whisky Time
7 Special N
8 Relative Hysteria
9 Fridge Magic
10 Portugal
11 Eagle Tax
12 Modern
13 What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?
14 Wizard Motor