> Sure. I bought "100% Cotton" and found it quite
> inconsistent. There's a relatively recent compilation
> on some German label that didn't do it for me either.

Apart from "Raumpatrouille", the only Peter Thomas CD
that I would really recommend is the "Moonflowers and
Miniskirts" compilation. It has some cool TV and film
works, but its main attraction would have to be a number
of *very* cheesy tunes such as "Vergiss mich wenn du kannst".

> Sure. The panorama is quite sad nowadays. Danny Elfman
> looked promising some years ago, with that excellent
> "Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack and some other
> good stuff for Burton, quite amazing. But he seems to
> have lost his personality at some point in the way to
> the extent where you only recognize his personal touch
> at some given moments.

I think a band/project like Ulver is doing some commendable
work in the soundtrack arena, but unfortunately it does not
bring anything new to the scene. Having visited the Rotterdam
Film Festival just a few days ago, one trend amongst East-Asian
cinema appears to be the total absence of a soundtrack (other
than diegetic sound, that is). It works quite well to have
to concentrate on the visual aspects of a movie, without an
often obligatory soundtrack forcing or even suggesting the mood
that the spectator should feel.

> I think it's going to be easier to get my hands on the
> cds than renting the movie here. In fact, I already
> found an internet retailer that stocks some promising
> recordings, "Rosemary's Baby/The Vampire Killers"
> among them.

What's the URL? I am still looking for a CD with Komeda's
"Knife in the Water" soundtrack.

> I've also wanted to watch that movie for quite a
> while, considering who the responsibles for the
> screenplay were, but I think this didn't even make it
> on VHS! They had some worn 16 mm copies in Argentina
> and maybe they will restore them, I don't know. Let's
> hope it will be different with DVD but we'll probably
> have to be patient.

It was shown on Arte not too long ago, so at least it
is still out there and someone is realizing its importance.
I doubt whether anyone in Argentina will bother to restore
it, as the government has tried for years to suppress it.

Frankco