Black Rain
Entry updated 13 November 2024. Tagged: Music.
US electronic/industrial group formed in New York in 1989, who formed an association with William Gibson in the 1990s. In 1994, they teamed up with him to produce an audio version of Neuromancer (1984). The music they produced for the audiobook was given a stand-alone release for the novel's 40th anniversary in 2024. Divorced from Gibson's narration, the would-be futuristic electronics ironically now sound thoroughly time-bound, but do effectively conjure the noir-inflected world of Gibson's prose. Their soundtrack for the Gibson adaptation Johnny Mnemonic (1995) was rejected by the studio; parts of it have since been released on compilations. [CWa]
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