“Oy!” A Short Film by Ben Bostian with a Soundtrack by Ellery Twining, Out Now
Good Day Noir Family,
Today’s review steps slightly outside the usual format. Ellery Twining has joined forces with filmmaker Ben Bostian to create the soundtrack for a short film, and the result feels less like a background score and more like an emotional compass guiding the entire experience.
“Oy!” A Short Film by Ben Bostian with a Soundtrack by Ellery Twining, Out Now
The film itself follows two friends on a snowboarding trip up a quiet mountain.
There are few words. Instead, glances, movement, and landscape carry the narrative. It’s Twining’s music that transforms those simple gestures into something lasting. The compositions float gently beneath the images, adding dimension without overwhelming the visuals.
The tone of the score leans toward the experimental. There’s a suspended quality to the melodies, almost mirage-like, as if time has briefly slowed. The snowy scenery, sometimes blurred by mist, gains additional depth through these subtle harmonic textures. The viewer doesn’t just watch the day unfold. They feel it.
There’s a faint echo of Lynch in the way mood takes precedence over dialogue. The music never dictates emotion directly. It lingers. It invites interpretation. Twining understands restraint, allowing silence and space to carry equal weight alongside the notes.
The most striking aspect lies in how the score captures memory. These are the kinds of days that seem ordinary at first glance. Two friends, fresh air, snow underfoot. Yet, over time, such moments settle deeper into memory. The music underscores that transformation. It suggests that what feels small in the present can become monumental in retrospect.
Furthermore, the closing sequence—where the friends pause to watch the sunset—gains quiet significance. A simple sunset becomes symbolic. Twining’s understated arrangement elevates that stillness, sealing the day with reflection rather than spectacle.
This collaboration proves that music can complete visual storytelling without drawing attention to itself. Twining and Bostian create an experience that feels personal and universal at once.
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Ben Bostian and Ellery Twining connect through a shared experimental spirit, crossing paths via Savannah College of Art & Design and the music project Delta of Venus. What begins as a personal connection quickly evolves into a creative exchange shaped by coincidence and curiosity.
Their work centers on “indeterminate music,” building each track through improvisation over the last, capturing mood with minimal intervention.
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