Premiering on the international festival circuit, The Garden of Earthly Delights gained strong critical attention for its uncompromising visual language and thematic intensity.

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At Torino, the film received the Best Film award, while at the Netherlands Film Festival it was honored with multiple Golden Calf Awards, including Best Director for Knibbe.

This recognition underscores the film’s impact as a powerful audiovisual work—an influence that resonates in the musical response through its focus on intensity, atmosphere, and existential reflection.

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The music features orchestral, choral, electronic music, and Southeast-Asian indigenous percussion elements as it follows the subjective experiences of Guinto and Michael. Woven seamlessly into the sound design, it is bold and takes broad strokes, yet takes care not to tell the audience what to feel.