The Deceived

Emmynominated composer Hannah Peel has created a dark, atmospheric and contemporary classical soundtrack for The Deceived, a new 4part psychological thriller written by Lisa McGee Derry Girls, Being Human, The White Queen and Tobias Beer, which aired on Channel 5 in the UK this week.Hannah Peel drew on one of the masters of the genre as inspiration ldquoThe TV series draws influence from many thriller classics, so I approached the music in the same way as a full film score. Irsquom a fan of Hitchcock and of course the incredible Bernard Herrmann scores that always leave a wonderful aural aftertaste. The obsessive romance of Vertigo played on my mind a lot,rdquo says Peel, ldquobut The Birds was my main grounding for inspiration. The use of field recordings and electronic manipulations created a unique soundscape. This really came into play for a lot of my audio source material, which I recorded on set. I spent a day on set recording sounds specific to the old house to be able to work into the soundscape of the score. Unnerving atmospheres from crystal cut glass, subbass creaks from the front door with electronic manipulation they became a foundation for me to score the strings on top of.rdquoThe 24track album is a digitalonly release on Silva Screen Records.www.hannahpeel.comwww.silvascreen.com