[Thor Joachim Haga]

We could list some CHristmas scores 😉

Yes, but let’s keep them out it. That’s a separate topic, really.

Alan Williams has done a lot of documentaries, set in all types of climates. His best remains AMAZON, but he also has a good one called CONQUERING THE ARCTIC TUNDRA (2001) that is filled with chords connoting vast, open, chilly spaces. In a similar vein is Alex Heffes’ THE ARCTIC: OUR LAST GREAT WILDERNESS (2021).

I would assume Morricone’s IL GRANDE SILENCIO would be an alternative go-to for his chilly winter sounds, maybe even Tarantino’s THE HATEFUL EIGHT? Of course, the chilliest part of THE HATEFUL EIGHT is not the opening wagon theme, but the use of THE THING for that outdoors toilet/blizzard scene. For some reason, I consider these more wintery than THE RED TENT, but maybe that’s because I only listen to the beautiful first part of that album, and not the scatching dissonance of that last mammoth track.