SELECTED PRESS :
FLUID RADIO (uk) "This is an incredible achievement. Sometimes cold, sometimes stark, the keys weep, sliding down in tone as they cry out. But the music isn’t just an accompaniment to the film: it coalesces with the very image, smudged into its fabric like a swirling watercolour, embedding itself inside its visual paint and syncing up with certain scenes to create powerful, lasting imprints"
L'OBS (fr) "La musique du duo français colore tout, infuse les êtres et les paysages"
VARIETY (us) "Manta Ray is especially well served by the subtle soundscapes created by French duo Snowdrops"
CINEVUE "The film is filled by a rich, exceptionally layered soundscape with music by French duo Snowdrops. The haunting melodies and sound effects reverberate with an unspeakable pain and displacement in some moments, but also the magic of new connections and simple kindness in others."
SCREEN DAILY (us) "A haunting score by French keyboard-based duo Snowdrops"
ENTRETIEN AVEC SNOWDROPS, LE POLYESTER (fr) "Associer la façon de filmer physique de Phuttiphong Aroonpheng à l’univers musical sensoriel de Christine Ott"
ENTRETIEN AVEC PHUTTIPHONG AROONPHENG "Ce sont les Français de Snowdrops qui ont signé la bande sonore du film. Je leur ai donné carte blanche, je ne voulais pas de barrière culturelle entre la France et la Thaïlande, ils pouvaient faire comme ils le souhaitaient. (...) je voulais qu’on entre dans le film comme on déambule dans un musée »
SNOWDROPS - MANTA RAY ost
2019
Tracklisting :
1. Opening
2. Nanook
3. Family
4. Kayak fragile
5. Pelages
6. Babies
7. Première chasse
8. Walrus hunting
9. Winter’s Coming (Rencontres sur la banquise)
10. Igloos
11. Morning
12. Un autre départ
13. Lights
14. ...Et le blizzard
Original score composed by Snowdrops
except 'Hot Springs' composed by Rasmee Wayrana, re-arranged by Snowdrops (original title : Where Are You, from the album ‘Isan Soul’ by Rasmee Wayrana, © Rasmee)
Snowdrops is Christine Ott & Mathieu Gabry : Ondes Martenot (Original, Dierstein, Ondéa & Ondomo), Piano, Mellotron, Korg MS2000, Augmented Yamaha EZ150, Boite à bourdons BAB V, Field Recordings & Soundscapes
feat. Wanlop Rungkamjad (voice on 'Monologue Theme'), Rasmee (singing on 'Hot Springs'), Aphisit Hama & Rohingyas voices (Hajee Ismail, Aryukarn Pathan, Sayed Alam, Mohamed Armin, Abdul Kalik, Abdul Dorahaman, Abdul Armin, Mohamed Rafik, Zab Zayida, Younus Mohamed, Salem Rashenkran, Saultan Ahmed, Kasim Khan Pataan, Abhu Kalarm, Anam Arkani, Aye Begum, Saheeda, Ismael, Jafar, Ismail, Rajuma, Nazima, Kasim, Fatima, Azeem, Enuos) on 'Circles / The Harmony of Rohingya's voices'
All music recorded by Snowdrops, from august 2017 to may 2018
Additional sounds recorded by Chalermrat Kaweewatttana & Teekhadet Vucharadhanin in Thailand, 2017
Mixed by Charles Bussienne, Arnaud Rolland & Snowdrops at Polyson Studio (Paris) and Serpentine Studio (Strasbourg) from april to october 2018
MANTA RAY by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
produced by Diversion (th), Les Films de l'Etranger (fr), Youku Pictures (ch), Mit Out Sound Films (th),
distributed by Jour2Fête
Artwork design by Wrongdesign
Cover and inside illustration by Unnada Trirattanawong
Layout by Richard Knox & Mathieu Gabry
