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The Ministry of Myxomatosis

2024-08-04 #music

Tracking a déjà entendu from a soundtrack.

One of the earlier scenes of Guy Ritchie’s Ministry of Ungentlemany Warfare has two of the characters stealing vital information aboard a moving train, to the tune of a tense soundtrack by Christopher Benstead featuring drums, bass and menacing sustained wind notes.

I had a feeling of déjà vu déjà entendu at the bass riff and its rhythmical interaction with the drums.

Bass line


After some music library digging, I eventually found the track I had in mind: Myxomatosis from Radiohead’s 2003 Hail to the Thief.

David Bennett actually has an interesting video discussing the time signature of the track and the polyrhythm between bass and percussion.