My new re-imagined soundtrack album The Juniper Tree has been released via VIERNULVIER Records (original LP and CD release), with the digital release on Thrill Jockey.
This re-scoring project began when the Belgian cultural center VIERNULVIER commissioned me to compose and perform a new interpreted soundtrack for the 1990 film The Juniper Tree as part of their VIDEODROOM series in 2025.
Written and directed by the gone-too-soon filmmaker Nietzchka Keene (1952-2004), the film is loosely based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name and is also widely known as Björk's acclaimed acting debut.
The album is available for the following formats:
Limited edition of LP, CD and Digital.
LP version includes a 12-page booklet with liner notes by writer Anna Bogutskaya and additional artwork by illustrator and graphic novelist Martha Verschaffel
Please find more details and order link on the label bandcamp (! ships from Belgium, EU !)
Rough Trade / HHV / Anost (Germany)
Boomkat / Norman Records (UK)
Finer Sounds / Forced Exposure (US)
Disk Union (Japan), or please ask your local shop.
Digital version can also be purchased on Thrill Jockey website.
“The Juniper Tree, like the film that inspired it, is fascinated by humans’ place in the natural world. Midori Hirano has successfully found a sonic outlet for this particular sense of wonder that sounds simultaneously unique, bewildering, awe-inspiring, and hopeful.”
- Pop Matters (8/10)