About the album

Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival to an 11-minute standing ovation, The Plague has garnered significant critical attention. Set at an all-boys water polo camp, the film follows a socially anxious twelve-year-old who becomes entangled in a cruel tradition targeting an outcast, as the boundary between ritual and reality begins to erode.

Composer Johan Lenox’s original score underscores the film’s tense, feral atmosphere through an organic palette of percussion, solo strings, and densely layered vocals. The music mirrors the story’s escalating unease, balancing vulnerability with an ever-present sense of menace.

In exclusive liner notes included with the soundtrack, Lenox reflects on his immediate connection to the project:

“After years of dodging questions about when I would compose my first film score, I finally found the perfect project in Charlie Polinger’s The Plague. I was immediately struck by the story’s primal, Lord of the Flies–like quality.”

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