Parasite [Score] [Green Vinyl] (LP)
Jung Jae-il
Amoeba Review
07/21/2020
Jung Jae-il’s original score for Parasite, the most talked-about movie in recent history, is as layered, nuanced, and surprising as Bong Joon Ho’s film. Heavenly strings lead into tense atmospherics. Childlike vocal melodies take on a creepier, more uncertain edge. Plaintive piano tugs at the heart strings. And through it all cuts that devastating rain. Put the needle on the record, cue the OST up, and relive all the twists and turns of this knife-sharp social satire or just settle in for an eclectic, evocative mix of compositions. Sacred Bones calls this “green grass vinyl”…but we all know the real color is money green.