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For his latest collaboration with Robert Eggers, Robin Carolan enters the brutal, superstitious world of medieval England. Werwulf blends expansive orchestration, choral voices and uncanny instrumentation into a score that is gritty and folksy, surreal and otherworldly.
Hurdy-gurdies, cymbalum and other archaic instruments are reshaped through unconventional techniques and electronic manipulation. Axes, cleavers and scythes played against wood and bone create unsettling percussion, while bells and clay jugs generate strange drones. Strings shift between the sound of wind and creaking trees, with electronically treated quintet sessions lending a spectral presence.
Collaborators include violinist Daniel Pioro, medieval-music specialist Laura Cannell, Foals drummer Jack Bevan and vocalist Antonina Nowacka, alongside contributions from experimental instrument makers Fron Reilly and Bart Hopkin.
The soundtrack also features “Wynter Waxeth”, an original song performed by Ethel Cain in Middle English. Developed through exchanges of medieval music, prayers and ambient recordings, it brings an earthy, haunted beauty to the score.
Available as limited indie-exclusive silver double vinyl, standard double vinyl and double CD.
Tracklist
- Werwulf (3:27)
- Huntere Moone (2:10)
- A Gyft (1:13)
- Swere (3:00)
- Delven (1:47)
- A Child of God (4:07)
- Delivere Me Fro My Synnes (3:01)
- Persecucioun (3:00)
- Come To Me My Child (1:51)
- Hunteres (2:12)
- Kepeth Thee Sauf (1:22)
- Englonde (1:51)
- Y Swer (2:04)
- Fenden Thee From Evel (1:38)
- Nyghtmare (1:38)
- Funeral (0:44)
- Amen (0:23)
- Cursid Kinde (1:27)
- Transformen (1:49)
- Dark Moone (2:42)
- One More Moone (1:30)
- The Hangynge Oak (2:51)
- Hovel (0:49)
- Wynter Waxeth I (1:14)
- Is Not This Love? (3:34)
- Cold Moone (4:08)
- Wicches (1:55)
- Trappes (1:00)
- Slaughtre (2:48)
- Kille, Kille (2:06)
- Uncurseth Me (1:26)
- Uncursid (1:06)
- Wulf Moone (2:01)
- Dore (2:55)
- Fader! (0:37)
- Evermore (5:07)
- Wynter Waxeth [Ethel Cain] (6:03)