Divinity (soundtrack)
Divinity is the film score composed by DJ Muggs and Dean Hurley to the 2023 film Divinity directed by Eddie Alcazar. The film score was released through Sacred Bones Records on October 13, 2023.
Background
The film score is written, curated and produced by DJ Muggs in collaboration with Dean Hurley. Hurley came in contact with Alcazar for a potential film scoring opportunity. Alcazar reached out to Muggs and Hurley and discussed about the script, which they liked to do, as it was something out of their comfort zone prompting him to push the sound and the pulse to a different world. Alcazar was a fan of Muggs since his childhood. He showed him footage of few sequences and found it to be a perfect fit for him to explore some of these ideas. The unique sound was considered to be a challenge, as Muggs refrained from rehashing his past discography and wanting to sound different from other works.Muggs used a software which sounded like real symphonies and orchestras, while for the beats he went with a more traditional approach. In terms of sounds, the software emphasizes on real orchestral music which did not come like playing on a keyboard. While playing for the first time, he "pretty much nailed it, like 80% the first time" though having to concentrate on few details. Muggs prioritized on using synthesizers and 8-bit samplers to curate the film's music.