The Devil All The Time Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs

1. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans' Stirring Musical Score

The Devil All the Time Robert Pattinson
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In many ways the backbone of the movie is a fantastically understated musical score from Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans. While much of the film incorporates era-appropriate music, the original work from the duo accentuates the film's tone perfectly.

Defined more by quiet string pieces than booming orchestral swells, it nevertheless builds suspense while cementing the film's uneasy, discordant, and unpredictable mood.

Though the overall soundscape is generally quite minimalist, this only helps Bensi and Jurriaans' work stand out all the more - especially between the occasional, thunderous bursts of gunfire.

It's perhaps not the most natural pick to give your home cinema system a work-out, but the sinewy score absolutely hits the mark - and then some.

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