American Mcgee's Alice (Score)
Chris Vrenna's soundtrack to theAmerican McGee's Alicevideo game is fittingly twisted. Sounds created with toy instruments and percussion, music boxes, clocks, doors, and sampled female voices (includingJack Off Jillsinger Jessicka) are manipulated into nightmarish soundscapes. A harpsichord and a clock ticking over a bed of rhythmic effects invoke a sense of Victorian horror, while also playing off of modern motifs. Fans of the game and connoisseurs of dark and spooky music will be delighted by Vrenna's surreal score.--Bryan Reesman