When people hear the name Daniel Lopatin, they tend to split neatly into two camps: those who know him as the force behind Oneohtrix Point Never — a defining figure in electronic and experimental music, turning performances into immersive, AI-driven multimedia experiences — and those who recognise him as a film composer, working with major directors to create soundtracks that do far more than sit in the background.
And this playlist leans more towards that second side of Lopatin, though not entirely forgetting the first.
So, what is inside?
A track that feels like an opening shot — and very much of the moment — from the much-discussed Marty Supreme, The Call. Then something more hypnotic and emotional, showing Lopatin at his most immersive, with his work for Returnal. There is also pure, tightly wound anxiety from Good Time, where the music almost becomes a character in itself. And finally, one of his more expansive, cinematic pieces — slightly less claustrophobic, but no less powerful — from Star Wars: Visions (Digging).
It is the kind of playlist that lets you do two things at once: step into the atmosphere of these films, while tracing the many-sided personality of Daniel Lopatin.
More to listen
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Under the Influence: Miles Davis
Tracing the fingerprints Miles Davis left across jazz and beyond
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Under the Influence: Bob Dylan
The songwriters who kept the Dylan spirit alive
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Music For the Dunes
Mapping the landscape through sound
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Hidden Sounds Of Morocco
From Umm Kulthum to Gnawa: 70 years of Moroccan sound
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Focus On: Cannes Soundtracks
A recap sliding through 8 decades and 17 tracks