Joakim - Metropolis (The Lost Soundtrack) (2023)

label: Tigersushi
cat: TSRLP048D
released: 2 June 2023

After Georgio Moroder, Dieter Moebius or Jeff Mills (who coincidentally is re-releasing his version almost at the same time) , it is Joakim’s turn to compose a soundtrack for one of the greatest masterpieces of Cinema - actually the first movie to enter UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.

Originally commissioned for the 2022 reissue of Metropolis, a restored version of the original director’s cut, the music was removed from the commercial release of the movie after the Murnau Foundation suddenly realized there was gonna be a new additional soundtrack with the reissue. According to them, any new music would “alter the original piece”.

It’s a dark journey into the depths of Metropolis, its industrial noises but also its moments of light through Maria’s character and Freder. Quite a change of scenery, from the exploration of the living realm on Joakim’s previous album Second Nature to the quintessential dystopian human-built city!