Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

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The Profile

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis are an Australian composer duo known for film scores and soundtrack albums. They have collaborated on multiple films and released soundtrack records.

Warren Ellis is a long-time collaborator and member of Nick Cave's bands; together they have composed scores for films such as The Proposition (2005), The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, The Road, Lawless, Hell Or High Water, Wind River and others.

The provided review criticises The Proposition soundtrack as minimal and ineffective, highlighting only a few tracks (Gun Thing, The Rider Song, Clean Hands, Dirty Hands). The reviewer recommends listening with the film and laments a perceived decline in Nick Cave's creative edge.

Notable Quotes

❝ It pains me to speak ill of a great artist, but this "The Proposition" is a colossal mess, minimal music that aims to be evocative but fails miserably, with barely hinted melodies that don’t even give you time to be absorbed, there is nothing else.