Shelter in Place (2021)
Added on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 Posted by Philippe Mouchon
Plaza Mayor Company presents the soundtrack for the thriller Shelter in Place, Director Chris Beyrooty and Connor Martin and Music by Zach Robinson.
Plaza Mayor Company presents the soundtrack for the thriller Shelter in Place, Director Chris Beyrooty and Connor Martin and Music by Zach Robinson.
The soundtrack is available digitally on January 21, 2022.
In April of 2020, a small group of filmmakers found ourselves locked down in the storied Hollywood Roosevelt hotel. With twelve days until the original safer-at-home order was set to lift (how wrong we were...), we crafted a film that mirrored the current state of our emotions in lockdown.
Upon wrap, we formed an instant connection with composer Zach Robinson, who injected life into our ideas and wove them into sonic splendor. Facing uncertain times, we hoped to capture the early days of what would become a total paradigm shift in our society.
Zach’s score anchored this project, accenting the terror faced by our cast with memorable, chilling motifs that linger long after the credits roll. We wanted something that harkens back to giallo classics of yesteryear, but still maintains the modernity and eeriness of the current wave. This is the result.
- Directors Chris Beyrooty and Connor Martin
In May of 2020, I was approached by two directors to score their horror film, which to my shock and amazement had already been written, shot, and edited mere weeks after the global lockdown had been instated.
As I watched the film for the first time, the most inspiring facet to me was the location at which it was set: the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, one of the most famous Los Angeles landmarks and only a 5-minute drive from my apartment at the time.
The beautiful visuals Chris and Connor were able to retrieve from this once vibrant but now utterly desolate location made my brain wild with ideas. I got to work trying to identify sounds and melodies that echoed the ghostly hotel and was particularly fascinated with the use of space.
For this film, I often chose to write simple melodies with fewer notes, or simpler rhythms that could live within the hotel's uninhabited space without feeling overwhelming or jumbled. The result ended up something akin to an Arvo Pärt score for a giallo film. I'm incredibly grateful to Chris and Connor for bringing me aboard, as well as producers Jonathon Martin and Blake Goza.
-Composer Zach Robinson
Shelter in Place soundtrack page