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Overlook. Music inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining

LabelUnexplained Sounds Group

FormatCD

GenreElectronic

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*150 copies limited edition* Overlook is a music compilation inspired by The Shining, the 1980 film directed by Stanley Kubrick, widely regarded as one of the most influential works in the history of cinema. Adapted from Stephen King’s novel and reshaped through Kubrick’s distinctive vision, The Shining stands as a key reference within modern cinematic language. Its impact emerges through atmosphere, spatial tension, psychological fragmentation, and a precise use of sound, architecture, and rhythm.

The film follows the Torrance family during their winter isolation in the remote Overlook Hotel, where Jack Torrance takes a position as caretaker while pursuing his work as a writer. As the hotel becomes cut off from the outside world, the enclosed environment intensifies psychological pressure and reveals latent and spectral forces connected to the building’s past. Within the film, the Overlook functions as an active presence. The building assumes the role of an autonomous entity shaped by repetition, memory, and temporal distortion. Corridors, rooms, the hedge maze, and the bar operate as structural elements through which the film explores isolation, obsession, and the erosion of identity. 

This compilation translates these spatial and psychological dimensions into sound. Architectural structures turn into sonic metaphors, while time unfolds through sustained textures and gradual transformations. The artists involved explore a wide spectrum that spans ambient music (Llyn Y Cwen, Joel Gilardini, Oubys), experimental electronic composition (Rapoon, Mario Lino Stancati, Browning Mummary), Berlin school (Mark Hjorthoy), hauntology (400 Lonely Things) and works situated between drone music and contemporary classical practices (Stefan Klaverdal, Henrik Meierkord, Michael Bonaventure, David Kovacs), sharing a common sensitivity toward atmosphere and sonic detail.

Details
Cat. number: USG119
Year: 2026

Release notes

6 panel matt digipak with clear tray (no booklet). Edition of 150. Track durations are not printed on the release.

Tracklist
1Sidewinder Ascent6:01
2The Frozen Maze Could Save Your Life5:40
3Descent4:35
4The Haunting5:35
5The Geometry Of Madness5:02
6Redrum6:12
7Everlasting Hallways6:08
8The Overlooked5:07
9The Gold Room6:44
10Freeze7:24
11detnemroT mind4:01
12Other Kinds Of Traces4:53
Credits
Raffaele Pezzella
Curated By, Mastered By
RhaD Studio
Edited By [Editing By]
Matteo Mariano
Layout
Falynne Rice
Photography By [Source Photography By]
Krisjanis Kazaks
Photography By [Source Photography By]
Tobias Rademacher
Photography By [Source Photography By]
Waldemar Brandt
Photography By [Source Photography By]

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