Sage had Süin most highly follow the works of Goblin and Tangerine Dream for inspiration, while pushing Süin to take maximum freedom and musical liberties within the genre to craft the ultimate "mind blowing" score for the ultimate "mind blowing" film.
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Damien Sage made Aeryn Süin watch hours and hours of experimental 70's films, including Suspiria and Tommy (to name a few) to get a feeling for the type of audio/visual overdrive he was aiming for.
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(These techniques and the nature of the film as a whole have caused critics to compare the film to Pink Floyd's The Wall and the early works of David Lynch)