Texada

New York-based composer Elori Saxl’s score Texada will be released via Western Vinyl on April 25th. Texada is the official soundtrack for the film of the same title directed by Claire Sanford and Josephine Anderson and produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

Set on the remote Canadian island of Texada, the film explores the evolving relationship between people and place. Through a richly textured sonic environment, Saxl extends the film’s themes into sound, capturing cycles of creation, extraction, and renewal that unfold across vastly different timescales.

Blending analog synthesizers, processed baritone saxophone (performed by Henry Solomon), and field recordings of water and rock, she builds layers of sound that evoke the textures of stone, the movement of waves, and the pulse of industry. The saxophone—fragmented, stretched, and digitally transformed—oscillates between organic and synthetic, a spectral presence threading through the compositions. Yet, in moments where breath and subtle imperfections emerge, the instrument becomes distinctly human, grounding the music in physicality and fragility. As pulsing rhythms and evolving harmonic textures suggest the steady forces that have shaped Texada over millennia, intricate details reflect the rhythms of daily life and labor.