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MOSQUITO (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Director Joao Nuno Pinto Music composed by Justin Melland Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd A Portuguese soldier gets lost in the African jungle, in 1917… Music Soundtrack on CD Digital & Vinyl Collector Limited Edition STATEMENT FROM JUSTIN MELLAND: Working with Joao on MOSQUITO has been the greatest highlight of my career.  He is a master auteur and knew exactly what to say to me to inspire my finest work.  The palette I was presented with when starting to work on this amazing film was so rich and inspired, the score nearly wrote itself.  I formulated my analog based, electronic pallet the same way I would an acoustic orchestra.  I thought of the structures like orchestral music, and I blended the textures much the same way I do when writing for more traditional forces.  The thing I love about writing scores, is the process of diving deeply into an instrument to find i...

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