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Iris [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
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  • Summary: The third full-length release and first soundtrack for the electronic duo is a soundtrack for Jalil Lespert's French 2016 film.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Drowned In Sound
    Jan 17, 2017
    80
    Iris is that very rare thing: a soundtrack that can make a superb stand-alone listen.
  2. The Wire
    Jan 27, 2017
    80
    The duo have created a world of two halves; a land of tension and mystery that collides with a place of release and transcendent sorrow. [Feb 2017, p.55]
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  3. Mixmag
    Feb 6, 2017
    80
    A heavy bass throb infects ‘Retour au Champs de Mars’, beating out a slow, muted rhythm like a submarine engine, while the pair channel labelmate Nils Frahm with the emotive strings, piano and frazzled electronica of ‘Comme on a Dit’.
  4. AllMusic
    Jan 20, 2017
    70
    The duo’s effective use of reverbs and filters works wonders here, transporting the listener through an array of the same kinds of sounds, but they're treated whole-heartedly and differently with each moment.
  5. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Feb 1, 2017
    60
    Ultimately, though, it becomes hard to identify individual tracks without keeping a close eye on the tracklisting as you go.
  6. The Skinny
    Jan 12, 2017
    60
    The resulting album feels like an exercise in understatement, and contextually it’s difficult to know whether it’s a case of self-restraint or a situation in which the shackles are being enforced.
  7. The Quietus
    Jan 25, 2017
    50
    Recorded in Budapest with a 40-piece string orchestra in tow, the Iris soundtrack feels far too paint-by-numbers, gathering yearning strings to ebb and flow atop xeroxed prairies of arpeggiating synths. It’s muzak for gritty thrillers, maintaining a thin soup of emotion with enough colour to paint the background without muddying the foreground.

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#29 Most Shared Album of 2017