{"product_id":"the-juniper-tree-audio-cd","title":"The Juniper Tree (2x CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*This is NOT a comic! But you can listen to it while you read comics! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy Midori Hirano. Published by Viernulvier Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2x CD, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Juniper Tree\u003c\/em\u003e explores an interrelationship between the ethereal and terrestrial that seems to cloak the ever-present Icelandic landscape. The film, written and directed by \u003cstrong\u003eNietzchka Keene\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1986 and released in 1990, is disbelieving of binaries such as life and death, natural and supernatural, stillness and unrest. It is perhaps best known as the genesis point for \u003cstrong\u003eBjörk\u003c\/strong\u003e's career as an actor, but in its compelling feminist retelling of the Brothers Grimm story of the same name it recasts tropes of witches and wicked stepmothers as women in tune with nature's gifts and fighting for survival under the suspicious gaze of patriarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout, the land dwarfs the characters, and a sense of studied quietude saturates even the tensest moments. Tenderness and terror intertwine as a web of familial bonds contract and unravel, the dead reappearing as visions and as birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2025, \u003cstrong\u003eMidori Hirano\u003c\/strong\u003e was commissioned by Kunstencentrum Viernulvier to create a new soundtrack to the film for their acclaimed \u003cem\u003eVideodroom\u003c\/em\u003e series, in which contemporary experimentalists reimagine the musical accompaniment of classic arthouse cinema. Her sonic vision for \u003cem\u003eThe Juniper Tree\u003c\/em\u003e is imbued with the same sense of restraint as the film, hushed in both its moments of beauty and intensity. Hirano presents piano compositions that are steeped in minimalism, but speak with a delicate language that signifies the emotional bonds shared by the characters, especially the sister witches Katla and Margit. Elsewhere, synthesizers emerge from supple silences, their tones felted and intimate, even as they are paired with images of stark Icelandic vistas. Despite the music's gravity, it floats weightlessly, featherlike, on the ear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTrack List\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1. THE JUNIPER TREE\u003cbr\u003eA2. FAR ABOVE\u003cbr\u003eA3. SPELL ON YOU\u003cbr\u003eA4. TEMPTATION\u003cbr\u003eA5. WHAT CONNECTS THE TWO\u003cbr\u003eA6. THE DEAD COUNT\u003cbr\u003eA7. YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN'T SEE\u003cbr\u003eA8. TAKE ME WITH YOU\u003cbr\u003eB1. MOTHER'S PATH\u003cbr\u003eB2. IN A GLASS BOX\u003cbr\u003eB3. MIDNIGHT\u003cbr\u003eB4. SILENCING\u003cbr\u003eB5. BIRD SLEEPING IN WATER\u003cbr\u003eB6. A PIECE OF HIM\u003cbr\u003eB7. GOOD BYE\u003cbr\u003eB8. FOREVER IN THE SKY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viernulvier Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64268352356682,"sku":"thejunipertreecd","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/IMG_25212.jpg?v=1794081489","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/the-juniper-tree-audio-cd","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}