Vinyl Record
Remy van Kesteren - The Red Turtle
Remy van Kesteren - The Red Turtle on LP vinyl. A 2020 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP ยท 2020
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2020 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
The Red Turtle is Remy van Kesteren's 2020 alternative soundtrack to the animated film by Michael Dudok de Wit, and the phrase alternative soundtrack is central to its identity. This is not a replacement for the film's original score so much as a parallel act of listening: van Kesteren responds to the film's silence, island imagery, solitude, transformation and elemental pace through a harp-led sequence of pieces. Amber, Waves, ///commonground, Home Is For Rich People, Nowhere Left To Run, She, She Moves, April, 4=1 (Everything), Walking Across The Atlantic, White Horses, Lake and (A Minor) Lament make a complete emotional arc, using the harp as both narrative voice and landscape. The 2020 context matters because it arrived at a moment when many listeners were newly attuned to isolation, suspension and interior space, but the album is not trapped by that year. Its strength is the way van Kesteren makes contemporary harp music feel visual without leaning on obvious film-score grandeur. It is spare, tactile and dreamlike, turning an already wordless film world into music that seems to breathe at the edge of water.
The Red Turtle matters because it shows van Kesteren composing in dialogue with cinema while keeping his own instrumental identity intact. The project connects modern classical harp, soundtrack imagination and minimalist storytelling in a way that feels personal rather than merely illustrative.
For collectors, The Red Turtle is the central Remy van Kesteren title for understanding the April-related material and his Snowstar-period cinematic work. It is especially rewarding for modern classical and soundtrack shelves where atmosphere, concept and instrumental voice all matter.
Cinematic harp-led modern classical with oceanic pacing, delicate plucked resonance, minimal electronics, quiet dramatic swells, island solitude and a restrained dream-state mood.
Recommended for: Listeners interested in alternative soundtracks and film-inspired instrumental albums; Collectors following Remy van Kesteren's modern harp work on vinyl; Fans of quiet cinematic records shaped by water, solitude and transformation.
When was The Red Turtle released on vinyl? The Red Turtle appeared as a 2020 Snowstar Records vinyl release. Is this the original film score? No. It is presented as an alternative soundtrack, with van Kesteren composing his own musical response to the film's world. Which pieces are key to The Red Turtle? April, Waves, Nowhere Left To Run, Walking Across The Atlantic and (A Minor) Lament are strong entry points into the album's mood.