Night Kaleidescope (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Chances are you haven’t seen Grant McPhee’s 2017 film Night Kaleidoscope. Not that it matters; Alec Cheer’s thrilling score works as a stand-alone LP and a dedicated study of the revived synth wave genre. Working under the influence of the vintage horror scores of Goblin, Fabio Frizzi and John Carpenter — as well as contemporary film and TV score favourites like Drive and Stranger Things — Alec Cheer’s score reframes the analogue synth aesthetic for contemporary Neo-noir