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This England (Original Soundtrack​)​ 

by David Holmes

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

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    Track listing
    A1 Welcome To Brexit Britain 
    A2 Meanwhile In Wuhan 
    A3 AstraZeneca 
    A4 Herd Immunity 
    A5 Care Homes Catastrophe 
    A6 Why? Why? Why? 
    A7 Why Are They Not Testing? 
    A8 A Very Different Britain 
    A9 15,000 Discharged from Care Homes 

    B1 No Morality 
    B2 National Health Service 
    B3 Test! Test! Test! 
    B4 Another Break at Chequers 
    B5 Jobs for the Boys 
    B6 Forget About the Floods 
    B7 Human Too Human 
    B8 Failure of Leadership 

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    David Holmes (Out of sight, oceans trilogy, no sudden move, 71 , hunger, killing eve, Marlowe Good vibrations) new soundtrack to Sky limited series ‘This England’ is released via Stranger Than Paradise Records.  

    The show is co-written and directed by Michael Winterbottom (A Mighty Heart, The Road to Guantanamo) and stars Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson and Ophelia Lovibond as Carrie Symonds. The 6-part drama is based on Boris Johnson’s tumultuous first months as Prime Minister and traces the impact on the country of the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. 

    The plan for the music for THIS ENGLAND came in 3 parts. 

    1. We wanted to create a theme that was high in tempo. A theme that moved as fast as the virus was spreading. We wanted to always feel that we were chasing the vaccine but were ultimately never catching up as the virus took hold through huge events like Cheltenham & Champions League matches that should never have gone ahead. All the rhythms within the score were created using heart beats, ventilators, defibrillators, ECG machines etc. Even though these weren’t obviously noticeable I felt that it worked great as a linear thread and gave the piece real human movement, emotion and tension that told the story in an original way.  

    2. The second theme centred around the virus itself as it creeped, crawled and spread through cities, countries and ultimately the world, the horrific nature of it and how the world practically changed overnight. I wanted to create a sense of danger that was uncomfortable. It also had to work with the recklessness, nativity and ultimately mismanagement that was witnessed day in day out in Downing Street.  

    3. Emotionally, we had to be really careful. The last thing we wanted was to be overblown with the emotion. It was very important to deal with the raw human emotion in a very delicate way that had a profound feeling as people of all ages were dying unnecessarily by the 100s every day. The care homes were very tricky because of the hopelessness and obvious outcome of the situation. There was no room for sentimentality. We also wanted to create a darker sense of melancholy as Boris Johnson was not taking the virus at all seriously as he drove off to Chequers week after week.  
    David Holmes in his own words:- 

    “I’ve been profoundly affected by the sheer lawlessness and the dishonesty of the Tory government. When are the people who vote them in ever gonna learn? 

    “Boris Johnson is starting to make Margaret Thatcher look like she wasn’t doing a bad job. And she was the devil.” 

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Gatefold Digipack Cd with all 17 tracks

    Includes unlimited streaming of This England (Original Soundtrack)  via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Welcome To Brexit Britian 03:06
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2.
Meanwhile In Wuhan 02:02
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3.
AstraZeneca 01:31
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4.
Herd Immunity 01:07
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5.
Care Homes Catastrophe 01:57
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6.
Why? Why? Why? 01:50
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7.
Why Are They Not testing ? 01:35
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8.
A Very Different Britian 03:46
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9.
15,000 Dischanged from Care Homes 01:36
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10.
No Morality 04:29
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11.
National Health Service 03:47
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12.
Test! Test! Test! 01:18
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13.
Another Break at Chequers 01:38
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14.
Jobs for the Boys 03:17
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15.
Forget About the Floods 01:27
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16.
Human Too Human 02:44
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17.
Failure Of Leadership 01:52
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about

David Holmes (Out of sight, oceans trilogy, no sudden move, 71 , hunger, killing eve, Marlowe Good vibrations) new soundtrack to Sky limited series ‘This England’ is released via Stranger Than Paradise Records.  

The show is co-written and directed by Michael Winterbottom (A Mighty Heart, The Road to Guantanamo) and stars Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson and Ophelia Lovibond as Carrie Symonds. The 6-part drama is based on Boris Johnson’s tumultuous first months as Prime Minister and traces the impact on the country of the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. 

The plan for the music for THIS ENGLAND came in 3 parts. 

1. We wanted to create a theme that was high in tempo. A theme that moved as fast as the virus was spreading. We wanted to always feel that we were chasing the vaccine but were ultimately never catching up as the virus took hold through huge events like Cheltenham & Champions League matches that should never have gone ahead. All the rhythms within the score were created using heart beats, ventilators, defibrillators, ECG machines etc. Even though these weren’t obviously noticeable I felt that it worked great as a linear thread and gave the piece real human movement, emotion and tension that told the story in an original way.  

2. The second theme centred around the virus itself as it creeped, crawled and spread through cities, countries and ultimately the world, the horrific nature of it and how the world practically changed overnight. I wanted to create a sense of danger that was uncomfortable. It also had to work with the recklessness, nativity and ultimately mismanagement that was witnessed day in day out in Downing Street.  

3. Emotionally, we had to be really careful. The last thing we wanted was to be overblown with the emotion. It was very important to deal with the raw human emotion in a very delicate way that had a profound feeling as people of all ages were dying unnecessarily by the 100s every day. The care homes were very tricky because of the hopelessness and obvious outcome of the situation. There was no room for sentimentality. We also wanted to create a darker sense of melancholy as Boris Johnson was not taking the virus at all seriously as he drove off to Chequers week after week.  
David Holmes in his own words:- 

“I’ve been profoundly affected by the sheer lawlessness and the dishonesty of the Tory government. When are the people who vote them in ever gonna learn? 

“Boris Johnson is starting to make Margaret Thatcher look like she wasn’t doing a bad job. And she was the devil.” 

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released January 23, 2023

A1 Welcome To Brexit Britain 
A2 Meanwhile In Wuhan 
A3 AstraZeneca 
A4 Herd Immunity 
A5 Care Homes Catastrophe 
A6 Why? Why? Why? 
A7 Why Are They Not Testing? 
A8 A Very Different Britain 
A9 15,000 Discharged from Care Homes 

B1 No Morality 
B2 National Health Service 
B3 Test! Test! Test! 
B4 Another Break at Chequers 
B5 Jobs for the Boys 
B6 Forget About the Floods 
B7 Human Too Human 
B8 Failure of Leadership 

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