about the record

Animated films soundtrack is one of the most substantial aspects of Bystryakov's career. He masterfully balances between being a composer and a sound designer. Following his success on "Alice", Kyivnaukfilm studio assigned him to the cartoon thriller for Stephen King's "Battleground" adaptation in 1985—1986. The work itself reached the Soviet reader in 1981 for the first time and was King's first publication in the USSR.

"Battlefield" is a work that belongs entirely to its time. This soundtrack is a semi-conscious journey through the night TV network during "Perestroika": from Italian horror movies and detectives to "Blade Runner" on the last working channel well past midnight. Actually, in such a sequence, the fabric of the work is revealed. The atmosphere in the style of Goblin (Untitled I), thus echoing the work of Enno Morricone (Title theme, Theme of the boss). In addition to melodic fragments, he boldly creates minimalist pieces that undoubtedly sound like an early acid house (Untitled II), and the sound of Roland TB-303 is instantly recognisable.

Bystryakov's approach did not involve the use of many tools or effects. In addition to the mentioned groove box, his other fav tools were the Roland Juno-106 and TR-606. Nevertheless, to not stick in cold electronics he constructed the final theme (End Theme), where a piercing solo on a saxophone fades out the futuristic atmosphere to nostalgia. (Dmytro Prutkin, Shukai)