Premiere: James Lavelle Unveils Brooding Track From FX's 'Trust' Soundtrack
via Lakeshore Records
FX’s series Trust takes you into the world of the Getty’s one of the America’s wealthiest and most unhappy families. The series starts with when John Paul Getty III, the heir to the family wealth, gets kidnapped in Italy. The series wrapped up earlier this year, but the soundtrack is set for release this Friday through Lakeshore Records. Iconic producer and composer James Lavelle made the score and we have the premiere on one of the selections for you today titled “The Rig.”
“The Rig” is a dark and brooding bit of synth work with chugging synths that slowly rise and fall along a steady kick and builds with gravelly white noise in the background. Echoing piano provides a moody element to the track that isn’t going too much, but still captivates the listener with each keystroke.
The song comes from in a critical scene during the show about the financial success and dynamic of the family.
“’The Rig’ is part of a crucial scene in Trust as it’s the first time the financial dynamic of the Gettys is explained as well as a visual look at the oil being manufactured, the life blood of John Paul senior, so it was important to have a piece of music that was upbeat and driving. Also due to the picture edit, when Danny and I sat down to discuss the musical direction of the series, we decided that we didn’t want to make the music completely literal to the 1973 setting, but rather be inspired by and have a contemporary approach to the score," explains Lavelle. "So ‘The Rig’ was inspired by that period and the beginnings of electronic sounds being used in that musical era and referencing the beginnings of the Italo Disco and Moroder sounds that became so popular. Therefore it ended up being a driving modular synth piece and one of my favorites from the score.”
The soundtrack will be released in full this Friday, November 9. See the full tracklist below.
01. Trooper (feat. ESKA) - UNKLE
02. Theme from Trust (Shadow Beat) [Orchestral Variation]
03. Low
04. Knockout - UNKLE
05. Old Paul
06. Prelude
07. Seventy Three
08. Young Paul
09. The Rig
10. Space - UNKLE
11. Low Variation
12. Opening
13. Close To Midnight
14. End of Innocence
15. Chase Theme (ESKA Variation)
16. Primo Burns (feat. ESKA)
17. Gail’s Theme
18. Chase Variation
19. Midnight Cowboy
20. Calabria Theme
21. Paul Fishes
22. Trust No-One
23. Theme from Trust (Shadow Beat) [Original Version]
