The Knick (Season 2)
Added on Monday, November 16, 2015 Posted by Arvid Fossen
“… season 2 revels in corporeal horror just as viscerally as the first season did.”
The Emmy-winning series from writer/director Steven Soderbergh (HBO’s Behind the Candelabra, Magic Mike, Contagion) returns for a second season. The Knick continues its examination of the lethal turn-of-the-century medicine practiced and perfected in the Knickerbocker Hospital under the eye of cocaine-addled chief surgeon Dr. Thackery (Clive Owen).
The anachronistic electronic soundtrack features work by long-time Soderbergh collaborator and Season One composer Cliff Martinez (Drive, Only God Forgives, Solaris) as well as pieces by emerging talent Gregory Tripi (Dark Places). Haunting and cerebral, the music serves as a stark reminder of the cutting-edge nature of the brutal medicine practiced on-screen.