It Follows (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

It Follows Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a one-disc set containing all of the music in It Follows, composed by Disasterpeace.

Development
David Robert Mitchell envisioned eerie and rhythmic tunes for the soundtrack of It Follows that also pays respect to classic composers for horror such as John Carpenter and Bernard Hermann. After playing the video game FEZ and liking the chiptune themes played during the game, Mitchell sought after the composer of the game, Rich Vreeland (Disasterpeace), and asked him if he would like to compose the soundtrack for his next film, which he gladly accepted.

Being the first major motion picture to compose, Vreeland did not know where to start in concerns of making the right sounds and themes appropriate for the nature of the film, in particularly, a horror film. Vreeland and Mitchell initially thought they were going to have six months to put the music together. But when the film got into Cannes, Vreeland tells EW, “we had to compress our deadline into three weeks. In order to accomplish that, we tried to use every tool we could. As time rolled on and we needed to get things done quickly, David and his team decided to create a temp score, referencing material from musicians like John Carpenter, John Cage, Krzysztof Penderecki, and even music of mine from FEZ."

However, during development, Vreeland and Mitchell had disagreements upon the initial music composed for the film. Vreeland wanted the music to be loud and booming while Mitchell wanted a more soft, eerie, and somewhat vintage-sounding themes. After testing with different combinations, Vreeland and Mitchell agreed that the themes for the soundtrack were complete.

According to Vreeland, the end results are both creepy and engrossing, particularly during the film’s climax. “The big finale scene took a while to nail down,” he explains. “There’s a lot happening and there are already a few scenes by that point that have pretty high highs. The difficulty was in trying to make an even higher high to tie everything up in a nice bow. We threw the kitchen sink at that scene, musically speaking.”

Release Date
The soundtrack was officially released for CD and Vinyl on February 2, 2015 over Editions Milan Music with permission of The Weinstein Company with a digital booklet. However, the digital version of the album went on sale on a later date of March 10, 2015.

Track List
1. Heels 02:47

2. Title 02:17

3. Jay 01:28

4. Anyone 01:48

5. Old Maid 02:32

6. Company 04:12

7. Detroit 01:20

8. Detritus 02:18

9. Playpen 01:28

10. Inquiry 02:20

11. Lakeward 01:34

12. Doppel 05:25

13. Relay 01:52

14. Greg 03:28

15. Snare 00:59

16. Pool 01:35

17. Father 05:01

18. Linger 02:20