M83’s music has an epic quality that means it makes sense for it to has been utilised for film soundtracks. Last year Anthony Gonzalez, a man with sonic ambition, went one further and composed the soundtrack for the Tom Cruise film Oblivion.
For their latest delving into cinema, a new M83 track is featured on the film Divergent and not only does the song have big cavernous drum beats and a synthesized reaching production, that ‘Midnight City’ sax makes a delightful reappearance.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
