Review: 'The History of Sound' Ballads - Netflix

Subject: Review: 'The History of Sound' Ballads - Netflix
From: rich-joy
Date: 12 Jul 26 - 08:30 PM

I'm not one for Review writing, but here is a list of soundtrack songs from this poignant and atmospheric movie:

" ..... The film includes an original score from the acclaimed British composer Oliver Coates, who has also worked on Aftersun, also starring Mescal, as well as Pillion and Under The Skin.

It also, of course, spotlights several traditional folk songs and choral pieces from the early 20th century and earlier.

Those songs are:

‘O Salutaris Hostia’ – Lorenzo Perosi
‘All Is Well’ – Benjamin Howard, Brian Jeffers, Bryan Murray, Christopher Seefeldt, Corey Shotwell, Jason Kahil, John Elliot Yates, Martin Schreiner, Nathan Hodgson, Tomas Cruz, Zachary Fletcher
‘Across The Rocky Mountain’ – arranged by Sam Amidon
‘Silver Dagger’ – arranged by Sam Amidon
‘Country Life’ – arranged by Martin Carthy, Michael Waterson, Norma Waterson, Elaine Waterson
‘The Unquiet Grave’ – arranged by Sam Amidon
‘The Snow It Melts The Soonest’ – arranged by Sam Amidon
‘Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies’ – Sheila Kay Adams
‘Fourteen Wildcat Scalps’ – Eamon O’Leary and Cleek Schrey
‘Sweet Is The Day Of Sacred Rest’ – arranged by Sam Amidon
‘Grieved Soul’ – arranged by Sam Amidon
‘Cuckoo!’ – Benjamin Britten
‘Here In The Vineyard’ – arranged by Sam Amidon
‘The Old Churchyard’ – arranged by Sam Amidon
‘Forked Deer’ – Jackson Lynch and Eli Smith
‘O Salutaris Hostia (second version)’ – Lorenzo Perosi
‘Ave Verum Corpus Op.65 No.1’ – Gabriel Fauré
‘Stabat Mater: 12. Quando Corpus – Amen’ – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
‘All Is Well (choral arrangement)’ – arranged by Peter Amidon
‘Down In The Willow Garden’ – arranged by Sam Amidon
‘The Unquiet Grave (Nancy Kerr version)’ – Nancy Kerr

The film also ends with the anachronistic needle drop of Joy Division’s 1980 classic ‘Atmosphere’...... "

https://www.nme.com/news/film/every-song-on-the-soundtrack-of-the-history-of-sound-3925358


Online Review :
https://www.moviejawn.com/home/2025/9/12/the-history-of-sound-review



Cheers, R-J

Subject: RE: Review: 'The History of Sound' Ballads - Netflix
From: rich-joy
Date: 21 Jul 26 - 06:29 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Review: 'The History of Sound' Ballads - Netflix
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 24 Jul 26 - 01:05 PM

I saw it several months ago. Good music, but unfortunately, they couldn't bother to put any actual Maine folksongs in, even though the characters go to Maine to collect songs. They even mention the logging camps without including a single logging song. Sadly adds to the (mis)perception that all the good US folk music is from the South.