Eric André is a 43 year old comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer & musician from Boca Raton, Florida who I became a fan of when The Eric André Show was airing on the Cartoon Network late night block [adult swim]. It would become the greatest talk show of all-time & ran for 6 seasons, joining the likes of Smiling Friends as well as Rick & Morty and Loiter Squad as some of the greatest material they’ve aired. I also enjoyed Bad Trip & saw him do stand-up the night Ye formerly known as Kanye West did a listening party for Jesus is King at the venue next door, except some may not know he dropped an extended play on Christmas 2014 called BLARF. Fast forward to 2019, the full-length debut Cease & Desist under Stones Throw Records was a solid plunderphonics/sound collage album & he’s back for a sophomore effort.
“The Final Shootout” sets the tone of what’s to come by bringing in an orchestra for a composition that I can imagine hearing during a climactic scene in the middle of an old western movie whereas the only single “What’s for Dinner?” fuses symphonic music, orchestral, avant-garde metal, djent, metalcore & minimalism. “Stars Without Light” seems like it would fit in a future Star Wars show on Disney+ because of the emotional weight it carries while “Piano Concerto #0” ends the 1st leg on a more peppier note.
As for “Mercury Dripping Down My Spine”, we have Eric experimenting with a dark ambient sound for the longest number here clocking in at nearly 8 minutes just before “Run for Your Death” makes one feel like they’re in the middle of a chase scene in an action/adventure flick that only gets more & more intense. “Dead Ballerina” nears the end of Film Scores for Films That Don’t Exist with what could easily be the only track here that evokes a sad atmosphere & “1869 Overture” concludes in the form of a brief 64 second finale.
You’re not gonna get anything like Cease & Desist over the course of the half hour Film Scores for Films That Don’t Exist has to offer & I think that’s a very good thing, but the final product though is worth revisiting as someone who doesn’t listen to a lot of orchestral or classical music. Other than maybe “Symphony #9 in E Minor” when former PWG World Champion, 2-time WWE world champion & the longest reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion Gunther makes his entrances or the beginning of my favorite Ren & Stimpy episode “Stimpy’s Invention”. The secondary influences of symphonic metal, avant-garde metal, djent, metalcore, minimalism & dark ambient were all additionally executed properly & further states we won’t ever know what to expect from Eric André musically.
Score: 3.5/5
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