Steve Moore – Mayhem (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Zombi man rides the crest of a synthwave. Increasingly prolific to the point where one wonders whether he might want to go easy on the energy drinks, Steve Moore has been flying the flag for synth-driven soundtrack music for well over a decade now, both as a solo artist and with the reliably extraordinary Zombi. As with 2016’s The Mind’s Eye, Mayhem works both as a paean to all the electronic horror and sci-fi soundtracks of the 70s and 80s and as a genuinely unsettling and bewildering collage of sound and melody in its own right. Such is the nature of these things that most pieces end long before the three-minute mark, and so the one downside here is that some of Moore’s best musical ideas are only briefly explored. That said, a strong majority of these slender vignettes are still gripping, evocative and sonically rich. From opener Welcome To TSC’s textbook tense electropulse and the woozy drones of We Are Brave to The Bull’s sinister ululations and the epic video game clatter of Bullets Are For Cowards, an atmosphere of brooding disquiet prevails, which is presumably just the thing the movie’s director was hoping for. It surely won’t be long before Moore is knee-deep in Hollywood madness. Good for him.

Tracklist:
1. Steve Moore – Welcome to TSC (01:57)
2. Steve Moore – Thank God for Coffee (00:27)
3. Steve Moore – 9 O’Clock (01:09)
4. Steve Moore – Drop of Water (01:14)
5. Steve Moore – Deep Shit (01:52)
6. Steve Moore – File 45A (01:45)
7. Steve Moore – We Are Brave (02:23)
8. Steve Moore – Thumbs Turned (01:39)
9. Steve Moore – The Reaper (00:29)
10. Steve Moore – ID-7 (03:35)
11. Steve Moore – Dead Inside (02:25)
12. Steve Moore – The Bull (03:48)
13. Steve Moore – Loophole (03:56)
14. Steve Moore – Two Pepperoni Pizzas (00:41)
15. Steve Moore – Time to Work (01:17)
16. Steve Moore – Wednesdays (02:28)
17. Steve Moore – Extreme Measures (02:40)
18. Steve Moore – On The Count Of (00:57)
19. Steve Moore – Nevil Reed (02:59)
20. Steve Moore – Allergies (00:54)
21. Steve Moore – Make Your Move (00:40)
22. Steve Moore – Showdown (01:05)
23. Steve Moore – Can We Talk (00:31)
24. Steve Moore – Negotiations Have Ended (02:47)
25. Steve Moore – No More Bullshit (00:42)
26. Steve Moore – Fuck This Place (02:58)
27. Steve Moore – Up to 11 (01:03)
28. Steve Moore – So What Now (01:03)
29. Steve Moore – Irene Smythe (03:00)
30. Steve Moore – Level 3 (02:58)
31. Steve Moore – Bullets Are For Cowards (03:37)
32. Steve Moore – You Belong Here (02:13)
33. Steve Moore – Surrender (02:00)
34. Steve Moore – Mine’s Bigger (02:56)
35. Steve Moore – The King Falls (03:02)