Anna Calvi shares ‘Miquelon’ from ‘Peaky Blinders’ soundtrack

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Anna Calvi has shared a new track called ‘Miquelon’, set to appear on her forthcoming original score for Peaky Blinders.On Friday (January 26), Calvi will release the original score for seasons five and six of the hugely popular TV show, which she has contributed music to consistently.Of her experience making music for the show, Calvi said: “Composing for Peaky Blinders was about atmosphere and space.

There’s so much nuance when it comes to scoring to picture. It’s more about what you leave out than what you leave in.“I had to let the voice of the actors do the talking but find ways of bringing out the emotion within that.

I became completely obsessed with Tommy Shelby, I dreamt about him every night whilst I was working on the scores, I had to really inhabit the show.”‘Miquelon’ is the opening music from season six, and you can listen to it below.Expanding on her work on Peaky Blinders in a 2022 interview with NME, Calvi said: “I really had to get into [Tommy Shelby’s] head to write the score, and I very much had the idea that my guitar was his bravado and violence, while my voice was his hope for a better life.“It’s darker this time, and there’s this feeling of time running out for Tommy.

He could only go so far along this path before everything catches up with him.”She added: “All along he’s had these outward enemies that he’s had to get away from, but it’s really the enemy within that’s finally going to get him.