The original soundtrack for How To Have Sex, a three-time BAFTA-nominated feature written and directed by Molly Manning Walker, has been released by British DJ and producer Jacob James, aka Jakwob. James met Manning Walker a decade ago and worked on various short films with her over the years, making How To Have Sex his first feature-length score. Available on all streaming platforms, the soundtrack arrives a week ahead of the film’s US release on 2 February.
Jakwob has previously worked with the likes of Charli XCX, Little Simz, Shygirl and Nia Archives. The feature follows a post-GCSEs blowout gone wrong that was described by NME as “upsetting (and, in some cases, triggering)… [but] For every shot of Tara, bleary-eyed and fighting back tears, there’s a matching one of her cackling… Crucially, the film ends on an upbeat note, which was important to its star. Hope then is the film’s lasting message. Hope that it’ll spark much-needed conversations, but also hope that they won’t be so needed in the future.”
The soundtrack’s tracklist includes Best Holiday Ever, Are Chips Vegetables, I Thought You Were the Fun One?, Are You on Your Ones?, TARA TARA TARA, Two Coats Any Bags? Yeah That’s 4 Pounds, I’m Asleep, F*** The Beach, He Lives on My Street, Oh Ah Malia and We Got This.
In an interview with Crack magazine, Jakwob talked about the score’s direction, which he and Manning Walker drew from their own experiences of club environments. “What feelings does it bring up for you? I’ll be honest, I didn’t enjoy [revisiting that]… I was anxious, stressed and disoriented. But I’ve also had really great experiences, so we chatted about the juxtaposition of what it’s like to feel alone in a space that is full of people seemingly having fun”. The film’s music is supposed to feel like a monster, “like when you’re at a festival and you can’t get to sleep because the dance village is still going. And then it becomes a darker figure and takes over and it becomes angry.
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