One might well expect that an original motion picture score to a film about famed serial killer
John Wayne Gacy
would be disturbing, and
Godal & Fontana
of
the Blue Hawaiians
don't disappoint. The
Gacy
score's pensive, lumbering orchestral arrangements spiked with aural effects and stray guitar licks create a sense of "mystery movie" unease and suspense. The final track,
"Cruel World,"
the only cut with vocals, raises the possibility of redemption, only to disintegrate back into the demented
string theme. Moody and hauntingly lush. ~ Jim Esch