Mark Jenkin – Enys Men Original Score out now on Invada Records
MARK JENKIN – ENYS MEN ORIGINAL SCORE
OUT NOW DIGITALLY ON INVADA RECORDS
VINYL AVAILABLE 24 FEBRUARY 2023
IN CINEMAS FROM 13 JANUARY – WATCH THE TRAILER
Mark Jenkin, the BAFTA Award winning director, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and musician, has released his original score from Enys Men, via Invada Records. The vinyl edition will be out on 24 February 2023.
The score’s release coincides with a UK-wide Enys Men preview and director Q&A tour which launched last night in Cornwall and on 13 January, the film receives its cinema release in UK and Ireland via BFI Distribution. Throughout January Jenkin has curated The Cinematic DNA of ENYS MEN, a season at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player, contextualising the film and the inspirations behind it with rarely seen features, documentaries and shorts.
Listen to Enys Men Original Score here: https://lnk.to/HBpxoiYF
Enys Men (‘men’, pronounced ‘mane’, means island in Cornish) is a mind-bending folk horror set in 1973 that unfolds on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast. A wildlife volunteer (played by Mary Woodvine)’s daily observations of a rare flower take a dark turn into the strange and metaphysical, forcing both her and viewers to question what is real and what is nightmare. Is the landscape not only alive but sentient?
Shot by Jenkin on grainy 16mm colour film stock and with his trademark post-synched sound, the form feels both innovative and authentic to the period. Filmed on location around the disused tin mines of West Penwith, it is also an ode to Cornwall’s rich folklore and natural beauty.
Jenkin’s score is suitably haunting, his technique mirroring the analogue craftmanship of his filmmaking. At times it feels like the landscape is singing through synthesised drones, while the elements seep in via environmental recordings. Dialogue from the film along with wildlife and the weather transport the listener to the windswept island alongside the Menhirs (Cornish standing stones), while oversaturated tape and Radiophonic explorations give the piece a grounding in the decade the film is set in.
ENYS MEN ORIGINAL SCORE TRACKLISTING
1 – Enys Pt. 1
2 – Menhir Pt. 1
3 – Jynnji Pt.1
4 – Goelann
5 – Hunros Pt.1
6 – Menhir Pt.2
7 – Enys Pt.2
8 – Menhir Pt.3
9 – Jynnji Pt.2
10 – Knoukya Knoukya
11 – Hunros Pt.2
12 – Bleujen
13 – Enys pt.3
2 – Menhir Pt. 1
3 – Jynnji Pt.1
4 – Goelann
5 – Hunros Pt.1
6 – Menhir Pt.2
7 – Enys Pt.2
8 – Menhir Pt.3
9 – Jynnji Pt.2
10 – Knoukya Knoukya
11 – Hunros Pt.2
12 – Bleujen
13 – Enys pt.3
Listen / buy the Enys Men Original Score here: https://lnk.to/HBpxoiYF
Enys Pt.2: https://youtu.be/7pE6EkzpWCo
Press photograph, credit Steve Tanner
In spring 2023 Enys Men will be released on BFI Blu-ray/DVD (Dual Format Edition) with extras, and on BFI Player where it will join his award winning 2019 film BAIT and a selection of Jenkin’s early work.
ENYS MEN is written and directed by Mark Jenkin and produced by Denzil Monk. It is a Bosena Production, presented by Film4 in association with Sound/Image Cinema Lab.