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Jon Hopkins: How I Live Now [OST]

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Simon Sweetman
Apr 16, 2014
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How I live now OST

Jon Hopkins

How I Live Now [OST]

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I haven’t seen the film - it’s based on a young-adult novel but this soundtrack suggests a lot of heart, a sincerity, something certainly sombre too. It’s easy to hear that slow-gorgeous build of The Album Leaf on The River and on shorter cues (The Hawk, Distant Fire) I’m reminded of Max Richter and Trent Reznor as …

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