The Lonely Voice

'We can consider ourselves lucky that in death we answer to a God with deep sensitivity to the byzantine hearts of Her creations'.

Music: Spindle Ensemble, 'Inkling' & 'Chase'

Sound FX: Freesound.org

'At some point, it dawns on you that this is the afterlife: the world is only made up of people you’ve met before'.

Music: Philip Glass, 'Anthem -- Part II', 'Raising the Sail', & 'Dreaming of Fiji' from The Truman Show

Sound FX: Freesound.org

'In the afterlife you relive all your experiences, but this time with the events reshuffled into a new order: all the moments that share a quality are grouped together'.

Music: Kevin MacLeod, 'Amazing Plan' & 'Batty McFaddin' from Silent Film Score Compilation -- The Old Times

Sound FX: freesound.org

On the shortest day of the year, a man makes his way to his old family home and kindles the ghosts of the past.

Music: Flook, 'Lalabee/Jig for Simon'; excerpts from Erland Cooper, Folded Landscapes (performed by Scottish Ensemble); Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau, 'Tabhair Dom do Lámh', Edmund Finnis, ⁠Elsewhere⁠ (featuring Daniel Pioro, violin)

Sound FX: freesound.org

'The light of madness, of piercing visions, illumined the nocturnal world...'

Music: Edmund Finnis, Elsewhere (featuring Daniel Pioro, violin); Gabriel Fauré, 'Après un rève' (sung by Sabine Devieilhe); Michael Gordon, Weather (I) (performed by Manchester Collective); John Barry, Eternal Echoes and The Beyondness of Things (performed by English Chamber Orchestra)

Sound FX: freesound.org