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Ultrasound Movie Storyline. Heading home late at night during a heavy rainstorm, Glen (Vincent Kartheiser) drives over a plank of nails and must seek help at a nearby house. There, he’s welcomed in by Art (Bob Stephenson), who after a bit of friendly chitchat, cajoles Glen into sleeping with his younger wife, Cyndi (Chelsea Lopez).
Glen’s unease over this arrangement is significant, and it only escalates when, a short time afterwards, he’s visited at home by Art, who shows him a videotape of a pregnant Cyndi in the shower. Art convinces Glen that he’s now responsible for Cyndi, and it’s not long before the two are cohabitating in an apartment that, like the rest of the mystery-box world presented by assured first-time filmmaker Rob Schroeder, seems to exist on the other side of reality.
Ultrasound is a 2021 American science fiction film directed and produced by Rob Schroeder in his feature directorial debut. It is based on the comic book “Generous Bosom” by Conor Stechschulte. It stars Vincent Kartheiser, Chelsea Lopez, Breeda Wool, Tunde Adebimpe, Rainey Qualley, Chris Gartin, and Bob Stephenson.
The plot follows a man’s sexual encounter with a married woman that results in them questioning their sanity. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 15, 2021, and was released in the United States on March 11, 2022, by Magnet Releasing. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
A few words on the Ultrasound score
The role of sound and music in Ultrasound was—for lack of a better word—amplified compared to other film scores. The concepts of auditory manipulation and the physical/mental repercussions of prolonged exposure to sound were both inspiring and slightly terrifying to Zak at the onset of the project. Combining these ideas with the responsibility of capturing the human experience the film’s characters was the balance he and sound-designer Bobb Barito had to strike.
Zak’s score for Ultrasound was created using a heavy combination of analogue and digital synthesizers, as well as some acoustic instrumentation to help round out the human elements in the story. Working primarily with gear from Moog and Dave Smith Instruments, Zak was influenced by more electronic music of the past century like “Vernal Equinox” by Jon Hassell, “Plantasia” by Mort Garson, and Vangelis’ everimitated score for “Blade Runner.” More recent scores like Daniel Lopatin’s soundtrack for “Uncut Gems,”
Oneohtrix Point Never’s “Good Time” OST, and Disasterpeace’s “Hyper Light Drifter” masterpiece were also huge assets for Zak when exploring how to serve Schroeder’s musical vision for the film. Digital synths like Slate + Ash’s CYCLES and AURAS made big appearances in the score—their software allowing Zak to not only tweak existing sound patches, but to record his own acoustic elements (violin, kalimba, piano, voice) and process them through Slate + Ash’s sequencer and granular synthesis environment. The soundtrack for the film includes Zak’s full score, as well as a remix of the final track “We Never Left” by Ian Hultquist.
Ultrasound (2022)
Directed by: Rob Schroeder
Starring: Vincent Kartheiser, Chelsea Lopez, Breeda Wool, Tunde Adebimpe, Rainey Qualley, Chris Gartin, Bob Stephenson, Porter Duong, Tony Evangelista, Davida Williams, Cheryl Dent
Screenplay by: Conor Stechschulte
Production Design by: Alexis Rose
Cinematography by: Matthew Rudenberg
Film Editing by: Brock Bodell
Costume Design by: Chelsea Robbins
Art Direction by: Olga Nesvetaylov
Music by: Zak Engel
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Magnolia Pictures
Release Date: June 15, 2021 (Tribeca), March 11, 2022 (United States)
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