{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Distinguish|The Blue Eye}} {{Infobox album | name = The Blue Eyes | type = soundtrack | artist = J. G. Thirlwell | cover = J. G. Thirlwell - The Blue Eyes.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2013|12|3}} | recorded = 2011 at Self Immolation Studios, Brooklyn, NY | venue = | studio = | genre = Modern classical | length = 45:13 | label = Ectopic Ents | producer = J. G. Thirlwell | prev_title = Soak | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = Pitchfork |rev1score = (6.2/10)<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |first=Marc |last=Masters |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18982-foetus-jg-thirlwell-soak-the-blue-eyes-ost/ |title=Foetus/J. G. Thirlwell: Soak/The Blue Eyes OST |publisher=Pitchfork |date=February 11, 2014 |accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> }}
'''''The Blue Eyes''''' is a 2013 musical score by Australian composer J. G. Thirlwell for the film of the same name, written and directed by Eva Aridjis.<ref>{{cite web |first=J. G. |last=Thirlwell |url=http://foetus.org/content/discography/releases/jg-thirlwell-the-blue-eyes-original-soundtrack |title=JG Thirlwell: Foetus, Steroid Maximus, Manorexia, Venture Bros. & More. |publisher=foetus.org |date=2014 |accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> Recorded in January 2011, the album was released on December 3, 2013, by Ectopic Ents.<ref>{{cite web |first=Greg |last=Barbrick |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/JG-Thirlwell-From-Foetus-To-The-Venture-Bros-919014.php#page-3 |title=JG Thirlwell: From Foetus to the Venture Bros |publisher=seattlepi.com |date=April 26, 2011 |accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> The score marks a musical departure for Thirlwell, exhibiting a more sombre tone compared to his previous soundtrack work for ''The Venture Bros.''<ref>{{cite web |first=Christopher |last=Nosnibor |url=http://www.paraphiliamagazine.com/periodical/foetus-soak-jg-thirlwell-the-blue-eyes-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/ |title=Foetus: Soak / JG Thirlwell: The Blue Eyes – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |publisher=Paraphilia |date=2014 |accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref>
==Reception== The score received mixed critical reviews. In writing for ''The Wire'', Clive Bell felt that while the music was at times effectively terrifying, it too often felt recycled and lacking in originality.<ref name="wire">{{cite magazine |first=Clive |last=Bell |url=http://foetus.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/SoakReview_Wire.jpeg |title=JG Thirlwell: The Blue Eyes OST |magazine=The Wire |date=2014 |accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> Marc Masters of Pitchfork gave the album 6.2 out of 10, describing the score as typical and concluding that it "is too conventionally filmic to provide a full experience by itself. It feels more in service of someone else's images than capable of inspiring them on its own."<ref name="pitchfork"/>
==Track listing== {{tracklist | all_writing = J. G. Thirlwell | title1 = Blue Eyes | note1 = opening | length1 = 4:08 | title2 = Moths | length2 = 0:28 | title3 = Witchmarket | length3 = 2:26 | title4 = Later | length4 = 1:27 | title5 = The Temple | length5 = 3:47 | title6 = Courtyard Dogs | length6 = 1:33 | title7 = Bracelet | length7 = 0:24 | title8 = Hanging Curse | length8 = 4:22 | title9 = Author | length9 = 1:19 | title10 = Search | length10 = 1:05 | title11 = Muted World | length11 = 1:36 | title12 = Closet Eyes | length12 = 0:58 | title13 = VW | length13 = 1:12 | title14 = Long Bus | length14 = 1:13 | title15 = Urchin | length15 = 2:52 | title16 = Dogs Eye View | length16 = 0:12 | title17 = Mountain Trail | length17 = 4:14 | title18 = The Shack | length18 = 6:14 | title19 = Stabber | length19 = 0:18 | title20 = Post Alles | length20 = 1:23 | title21 = Blue Eyes | note21 = end | length21 = 1:29 | title22 = Blue Eyes | note22 = closing | length22 = 2:22 }}
==Personnel== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} ;Musicians *Isabel Castelvi – cello *James Ilgenfritz – contrabass *Nathan Koci – French horn *Marcus Rojas – bass trombone, tuba *J. G. Thirlwell – instruments, producer, design *Karen Waltuch – violin, viola {{Col-2}} ;Technical personnel *Heung-Heung Chin – art direction *Marietta Davis – photography *Scott Hull – mastering {{col-end}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable" ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |- | United States | 2013 | Ectopic Ents | CD | ECT ENTS 036 |}
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