Actually this soundtrack should have been distributed Europe-wide by Jester Records after the world premiere on 31th August 2002 in Stockholm. But at least in Germany you can’t get this record at all. So I had to help myself by purchasing CD‘s in the USA again. Well, because of the US release date it took a bit longer but finally I could accept my consignment and risk an ear for the first tunes.
I could not find anything about a detailed content of the movie itself, because there are no German- or English written reviews yet to find. And I don’t know any Swedish.
This short film was spawned and produced by Swedish director Steve Ericsson with the cooperation of Felix Engström, Julia Dehnisch, Elin Klinga and Josefin Adner. Of course, the title Lyckantropen Themes should already give you a clue to what the film about. ULVER have been the ones who got the preference to accompany this film with music.

Lyckantropen Themes is a very quiet, contemplative, and inwards looking album - background music which is apt to spread subtle horror and an ambivalent atmosphere. The musical outline consists of just 3 chords which get varied stylistically. Around this are roughly outlined melodies, samples and almost schizophrenic appearing noise elements. Stimulating moments alternate with unsettling impressions. Minimalism creates a maximum of effect. The 10 mostly blend into each other. In its musical expression you can compare this soundtrack with elements of ULVER’s Perdition City but you can also associate it with Tangerine Dreams. Especially the mood reminds me a bit of the Near Dark soundtrack. 2 PQ Entry: Nofvjo224020 reminds me of Seigmen and their Radiowaves album. Song titles are sort of strange (3 PQ Entry: Nofvjo224030; 4 PQ Entry: Nofvjo224040 ... etc) and I don’t have a clue about the meaning. The musical orientation of the film score helps you understand the different aspects of the film without actually having seen it. Of course there is a lot of room for your own interpretation.
Lyckantropen Themes is an intensive soundtrack and much too short with its 36 minutes. And this kind of music is not suitable for daylight. Twilight would be perfect. When the night is closing in. Maybe stormy autumn weather around and the fluorescent light cascades of a big city in whose shadows the nameless is lurking.

And in the end this soundtrack even got nominated for the Norse Grammy Award.