Asian Dub Foundation Live score of George Lucas's film THX1138

Asian Dub Foundation perform live their new soundtrack to George Lucas’s cult sci-fi classic – a chilling dystopian fantasy set in a post-apocalyptic future.

The group’s brutal, beautiful, sparse and thick interpretation of the score, set to the visuals, transports you to a world where brainwashing drugs are mandatory, sex is prohibited, android police and CCTV are everywhere and a young Robert Duval rages against the system.

Made by one of the most successful filmmakers of all time and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, THX 1138 has achieved cult status, with the soundtrack by Lalo Schiffrin and sound design by triple Oscar winner Walter Murch. Audio samples of dialogue and the soundtrack have been used by a host of influential electronic artists including Nine Inch Nails, UNKLE, Orbital and many more.

Frequent collaborators, Asian Dub Foundation have mixed their trademark fusion of punk, electronic beats, reggae, bhangra and hip-hop with artists such as Radiohead, Chuck D, Primal Scream and Sinead O’Connor, criticising control and oppression. They are celebrated for their brilliant live shows and have previously performed live soundtracks to films including La Haine and Battle of Algiers. They wear their political hearts on their sleeves as this timely reinterpretation reveals how many of the themes dealt with in THX 1138 have ultimately proved to be prescient.

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