Behind the Couch

I recently had the privilege of interviewing Rob Millis – one half of Seattle-based experimental band Climax Golden Twins – about their work on the soundtrack for Brad Anderson’s creepy psychological horror film, Session 9 . Head over to Paracinema’s online home to check it out. The following interview was published on Paracinema.net on 27th September 2011 An Interview with Rob Millis, Climax Golden Twins  Rob Millis of experimental music group, Climax Golden Twins discusses scoring Session 9.  Climax Golden Twins are Robert Millis and Jeffery Taylor, a Seattle-based experimental music group specialising in found sound field recordings, audio manipulation and disquieting ambient compositions. Essentially sound artists, their experimental approach often involves collaborations with a wide range of artists and sound styles. As well as their work on film soundtracks, they also create scores for choreography, gallery installations and live performance pieces. In 1999 they sco...

2001 Dir. Brad Anderson An asbestos removal firm headed by harassed and down-on-his-luck Gordon (Peter Mullan) begin working in an abandoned psychiatric hospital. Under pressure to get the job finished in as little time as possible, the close-knit group begins to fracture and unravel as the oppressive atmosphere of the building entwines itself with their already troubled and fragile psyches, leading to the unveiling of sordid secrets, mental break-down and murder… In the wake of films such as The Blair Witch Project (1999) and The Sixth Sense (1999), many horror films utilised a more subtle approach in their efforts to terrify and extract more cerebral chills. The ‘less is more’ approach of film makers such as Val Lewton is strongly evident in Session 9 , a film that perversely revels in its icy suggestiveness and shadowy menace. Even without showing us something scary, Anderson conveys a particular tone of psychological horror in much of the dialogue: characters discuss the fa...