A composer I never got was Peter Thomas. I've never really understood this madness about him. I've only heard "Raumpatrouille" and "100% Cotton" and I can't understand it, really.
Well, if you really don't think "Raumpatrouille" is excellent, you can give up listening to any of his other work. "Raumpatrouille" is definitely much, much better than anything else he has done. What is so great about it is its combination of laid-back, cool tunes, which suddenly erupt into these violent, dissonant soundblasts. This is something that, in that days and age, could really only be done in the soundtrack medium, which has its own rules quite different from those of both the pop and the avant-garde world. Nowadays most soundtracks are either the John Williams type of orchestral bullshit, or the compilation type which collects some dumb tracks by nu metal bands. But in the 60s, some really innovative stuff was made.
Thanks for the Komeda indications. I'll definitely look for that "Vampire Killers" album. If it's similar to "Disco Volante" it's bound to be great!
You could also go out and rent the movie, and see if it works for you. Pay attention to the scene where the mute servant pulls a sleigh through the snow - the music for that scene is just so "Disco Volante"-like. Now that we're on the subject of movies, has anyone seen the 1969 Argentinian movie "Invasion", scripted by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares? I would really be interested to see this movie (with English subtitles), but I don't know whether it has ever been released. Frankco
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Well, if you really don't think "Raumpatrouille" is excellent, you can give up listening to any of his other work.
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.
Nowadays most soundtracks are either the John Williams type of orchestral bullshit, or the compilation type which collects some dumb tracks by nu metal bands. But in the 60s, some really innovative stuff was made.
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.
Thanks for the Komeda indications. I'll definitely look for that "Vampire Killers" album. If it's similar to "Disco Volante" it's bound to be great!
You could also go out and rent the movie, and see if it works for you. Pay attention to the scene where the mute servant pulls a sleigh through the snow - the music for that scene is just so "Disco Volante"-like.
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.
Now that we're on the subject of movies, has anyone seen the 1969 Argentinian movie "Invasion", scripted by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares? I would really be interested to see this movie (with English subtitles), but I don't know whether it has ever been released.
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. Best, Efrén del Valle n.p: Melvins "Hostile Ambient Takeover" (Ipecac) ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... http://messenger.yahoo.es
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