Cate Blanchett & Hildur Guðnadóttir Vinyl Records
Hot off of its Venice Film Festival premiere, a concept album for Cate Blanchett’s “Tár” is set to be released on Oct. 21. The film bowed to rave reviews and a six-minute standing ovation. The Focus Features film, releasing Oct. 7, stars Blanchett as the fictional Lydia Tár, a globally renowned, gay and sometimes tyrannical conductor of a German orchestra, who finds herself in the crosshairs of a perilous #MeToo scandal. Set in a contemporary classical-music world, Field called on “Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir to work on the film’s music. The concept album is inspired by the film and includes works by Mahler, Elgar, Guðnadóttir and more. Along with Guðnadóttir, the soundtrack will feature Blanchett conducting a rehearsal of Mahler’s fifth symphony and cello work by 20-year-old Sophie Kauer.