The lodger / 2020

Part of Fire Records’ ongoing series of re-imagined soundtracks that includes Fenella’s take on Marcell Jankovics’ ‘Feherlofia’ and Death and Vanilla’s reworking of ‘The Tenant’ and ‘Vampyr’.

‘The Lodger’ – based on Marie Belloc Lowndes’ 1913 novel with a nod to the infamous Jack The Ripper case – set many hearts racing when visiting the East End of London and an unexpected fog descended. The drama was afoot, and the tension has been further escalated with a re-imagined score.

This tale of murder and suspense set on the streets terrorised London is eerily completed as Reynolds’ sweeps from light to dark; it’s playful in places, haunting, a tease – like Hitchcock at his best. Nowhere is safe, even the seemingly innocuous ‘Police Station’ which is accompanied by a brooding piece of maniacal piano that underpins a gloriously evocative theme; a haunting and suggestive muse that stutters with tension.