Early Floyd Meets Monster Movie Soundtrack
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I was scared, I was mortified, I was in a trance, I was disturbed.  Yeti is disturbing, loud, cumbersome and drifting.  Yeti is a big hairy beast that disturbes your dreams with dark fears of the unknown.
This music is not for everyone, but I had to set the record straight given the one other (at this writing) review of this group.  They are not easily accepted, yet they are good, and they are artists.  You won't hear Yeti on your local pop station, and probably not even on your local Heavy Metal Station, but you should hear them in your College bars, and, as the soundtrack to your nightmares.
My first experience with Yeti was live.  Enigmatic, they said nothing from stage, introduced no song.  They have no lyrics, they just play.  They entertain themselves, and in turn, entertain the audience, whome they rarely even acknowledge.  I found this last point refreshingly honest.  They are all about music, and nothing about convention.  They are, rightly so, all about the emotional element of music, and nothing about the buisiness.
So what if they never really "make it big."  But I hope, for their sake, that they make at least a little money off of this album, and club dates.  Enough to make another album or two.
One last thing.  John Perry, in his review, says that this music "comes too much from the head and not enough from the groin", and I think he is right.  Only, I think that music that only comes too much from the groin is shallow, and meaningless.  This music is imaginative, groin music is intellectually low.  This music has emotion, groin music is all about nothing.  In other words, Mr. Perry, I think YOU missed the mark on this one.  Perhaps you listen too much with your groin, and not enough with your head.
Also, for any vintage keyboard enthusaists out there, all keyboards on this album are analogue, and should be in museums!  It was amazing to see this guy set up all those old keyboards remeniscent of a Keith Emerson set up!
3150152
This CD features some great horror themed songs.  Classics like "Monster Mash", "Haunted House" and "The Purple People Eater".  Plus great lesser known songs like "The Creature From The Black Lagoon", "Halloween Spooks" and "Voodoo Voodoo".  The only bad song here is "Full Moon", sung by Elvira herself.  In fact, if it hadn't been performed by Elvira, it wouldn't have been considered good enough to be on this CD.  The other problem I have with this CD is that it only has 17 tracks, while the LP and cassette versions had 23 tracks.  The CD is only 54 minutes long, so it's not like there wasn't room for the 6 extra tracks.  For the record, the missing songs are: "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes", "Little Demon", "Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman", "King Kong", "The Creature" and "Martian Hop".  But this is still probably the best horror themed music compilation available.
1550127
This is the soundtrack to the film, but more than that -- this is really part of the sound track of the 1970s! I LOVE IT!!!
1369486
I write this as I am listening to "Shine on You Crazy Diamond."  A great song.
My Pink Floyd collection began with only Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.  I thought it was good enough, those being their two  most well known albums.  Then I read a review on amazon.com stating  "if you think you're a Floyd fan and only own Dark Side of the Moon,  think again."  I realized they were talking about myself.  I read on  and discovered there were still some great Pink Floyd albums out there such  as Wish You Were Here, Meddle, and Animals.  Now that I own a far greater  Pink Floyd collection I feel I must agree with whoever wrote that review.  Although Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall are my favorite Floyd albums, I  am still drawn to Wish You Were Here, Animals, and Meddle's  "Echoes."  But especially Wish You Were Here, an album dedicated  to the bands former leader Syd Barrett.  Still, Pink Floyd sounds  completely different from when they began with Syd Barrett.  Better.  In  Wish You Were Here, Roger Waters' thought complexing lyrics are still at  their best.  Dave Gilmour's guitarwork ... phenomonal (I hope I spelled  that correctly).  Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Welcome to the Machine, Have  a Cigar, and Wish You Were Here are all brilliant.  If you like instamental  music, this is you're thing.  Buy this album and enjoy, you won't regret  it.
2725005
I hate recent soundtrack albums. It's riddled with "what's hot" songs and genre jumping bands that rarely compliment the movie. That's why I appreciate this album more for it's ability to capture the mood of the film than the songs themselves. But don't get me wrong, there are some amazing songs on this soundtrack.  The Cure's "Burn' (with crow cawing samples), a great NIN cover of Joy Division's "Dead Souls",and the fast paced industial tune "After The Flesh" from My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult, are all featured in the film and create an atmospheric backround for the movie's dark scenes. Even if you're not a big fan of the movie itself, the soundtrack gives listeners a great collection of some of the great songs from bands that were at their prime in the '90s.
4377540
Ok.  The movie was ultra-creepy.  I just saw it. I know.  The website is quite creepy.  And this soundtrack (even though it has only one or two selections actually FROM the movie) is yes...creepy, very creepy.  All goth  bands and coffinrock (hmmm Coffin Rock, that's a place in the movie....)  and sound bytes from the film, it delivers the chills even after you have  left the movie theater.  Long after.  Lots of weird songs and sounds here.  Perfect for reminiscing or just mood music when you're playing an eerie  game like Doom.  I personally like this kind of music and am already quite  fond of the CD which features the likes of Skinny Puppy, Bauhaus, and Type  O Neg.  However...If you don't like Gothic music or the movie, you probably  shouldn't get this CD.  It isn't going to appeal to everyone, so I gave it  a 4 out of five.  It's a must-have, though for fans of the movie.
3284362
Anyone who has seen the Creature from the Black Lagoon knows that it has a fantastic soundtrack and this suite compiling all the music from the film is a must-have for your collection!
2429530
It's the original Muppet Movie soundtrack! You don't already know all the songs? Stop searching for pot holders and go watch the movie until you know it front and back. Then come get this on a $5 MP3 sale.
2236693
Some fun tunes...not as good as the music from the movie but some good memories nonetheless.
4247880
This is a great album with a great selection of tracks from the film. Given that this was a film from 1971, I wasn't expecting the sound quality to be perfect, but it is particularly bad on some tracks. The background strings on "pure imagination" sound very fuzzy and distorted.

The record itself is painted gold. There is a non-removable plastic film over the record, which I assume is to protect the gold paint. It is thin enough that it doesn't seem to prevent the needle from picking up the grooves. I wonder if that's what's causing the poor sound quality on several of the tracks.

The full track listing is printed on the "B" side. I would think they should have printed the track listing for side A on side A and the one for side B on side B, or just printed them all on side A. This is a little confusing when trying to figure out which side to play.

Overall, a nice novelty gift, but not great for anyone who is a serious enthusiast of music or of the film.
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This recording by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nic Raine of James Bernard's score for NOSFERATU is the recording used for the 1997 British television presentation.  During the past week I've listened to this CD at least ten times and watched the film 5-6 times. (I have an imperfect copy of the film with this score courtesy of a friend who recorded it off the TV for me a year ago.)  This is the same performance as is on the film.

I'm familiar with four musical accompaniments for NOSFERATU and to my taste James Bernard's music is the most effective score among them. I won't go into what I like or dislike about any of the others, but each has its merits.  (I happen to know one of the other composers.)

Being already familiar with some of Bernard's work for Hammer (QUATERMASS, THE HORROR OF DRACULA, THE DEVIL RIDES OUT), I expected to encounter more aggressive music than is here, so the first time I listened, I felt just a little let down.  That was a short-lived response, though - a few more listens and it had me.  Bernard's NOSFERATU score has to tell the whole story, not just periodically set a mood, smooth over awkward film editing or mark exclamation points, and he composed to THIS film, not a Hammer film.  This music reflects German expressionism and has a great deal of power where it matters and a simmering tension throughout.  Bernard paces himself and enjoys each sensation as it comes, whether one of carefree affection or of apprehension or terror and, matching the film's subtitle, presents a "Symphony of Horrors".

A very impressive recording, this is one of Silva's more significant releases ever.
819896
This fifteen track tribute to the late great Pink Floyd founder, Syd Barrett might be tough to find without paying a pretty penny. Personally, I got a lot out of this various artists CD. Cuts I found to be most astounding were Spacemen 3's "Things'll Never Be The Same", the Flaming Lips happening tune "She Is Death", Gong's contribution of "5 And 20 School Girls" (off their 1970 'Magick Brothers' lp), Hawkwind's cover of Pink Floyd's "Cymbaline", Amm's wailing "Ailantus Glandulosa" and perhaps the CD's best track, the 18-minute Acid Mothers Temple real head-tripper "Crystal Rainbow Pyramid". Good luck with locating a copy. A great find.
3236280
Bolshi Yarblockos, my droggies. Viddy thou this incredible soundtrack from the film A Clockwork Orange. Cued from the novel by Anthony Burgess, the musical selections mainly focus on the Beethoven obsession of the main character Alex, however Carlos's deep knowledge of the classical repetoire and Kubrick's neurotic perfectionism combine to fill out this album.  I love most of the tracks here, and have listened to them since 1972.

My personal favorite is the title music of the film, Henry Purcell's "Funeral Music for Queen Mary," a piece so appropriate to the film that Purcell must have been channelling the future when he wrote it in the late 17th century. Carlos's interpretation of this Purcell piece is astounding in its forboding textures and alientating timbres. Electronic tympani have never sounded better - and were never used like this before. Ring modualtions, filter sweeps, phased sawtooth angel trumpets and resonate devil trombones - oh bliss!

I also liked the strange music Kubrick chose - "I want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper," and "Anthem to the Sun," both obscure and perfect.

Carlos's avant-garde composition "Timesteps" appears in abbreviated form here, and for most listeners this abridgement is enough.

The concluding ironic use of "Singing in the Rain," is wonderful, and after an album (and film) full of electronics, classical music, and weirdness, a standard is shocking enough.

There is a new version of the soundtrack put out by Carlos herself, which includes only her work. Some tracks composed but not used in the film appear here, as do some track used, but not appearing on the OST as well. Timesteps in its 13:37 form is also on this album.

For those fans of Prog rock: Viddy the film when Alex visits a record store: Notice the Vertigo swirl above the main desk, also in the wrecked foyer of Alex's highrise, one of the figures on the vandalised mural has "Suck it and see" written on it, also the name of a Vertigo music sampler of the same era.
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I recently saw "The Nice Guys" in the theater (more on that later). The movie is chockfull of great music, both as to the song placements and as to the original score. When I looked into what soundtrack was released, I found out there are actually two separate releases: the original score (composed by David Buckley and John Ottman), and this release, which gathers a number of the songs that you hear in the movie, some more prominently than the others.

"The Nice Guys - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (15 tracks; 62 min.) kicks off just like in the movie, with the ominous opening sounds of the Temptations' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone", which plays over the opening credits in a re-edited version of just the instrumental parts of the song (on this soundtrack you get the whole song). Next we get a mix of various party classics of that era (the movie is set in 1977). However, I can't make heads or tails as to why the songs appear on this soundtrack in this particular order. Couple of examples: EW&F's two songs (September, Boogie Wonderland) appear in the movie one after another (the band is shown as performing them at the LA Car Show), and here the songs are placed 4 tracks apart for no particular or good reason. Al Green's classic "Love and Happiness" plays prominently over the movie's end titles. Here is shows up midway through (as track 6), again for no particular reason. Let's be clear, though: even though this soundtrack's sequencing is way out of whack, the quality of the songs on here is superb. It is amazing to me how well these songs have aged, now roughly 40 years later. I hadn't heard Brick's "Dazz" in a very long time, it's probably the least widely known song on this collection (but certainly not the "least best"). Andrew Gold's "Lonely Boy" still has a nice kick to it. This soundtrack closes with the short Herb Albert instrumental "Green Peppers", which frankly I don't recall having heard in the movie. On the other hand, I also need to point out that this soundtrack does not collect all the songs from the movie (missing are "The Money Shot", and "East of Midnight", just to name those). But in the end, this soundtrack, flaws and all, is a nice reminder of the great songs from that era.

As to the movie, writer-director Shane Black brings back the crime drama/buddy movie feeling from that era, and does so very well. Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe have great on-screen chemistry as opposite but complementary "nice guys" (like the ying and the yang), but for me it is newcomer Angourie Rice (as Gosling's 13 r. old daughter) who steals the movie. Amazing new talent. Bottom line: "The Nice Guys", both the soundtrack and the movie, is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
174752
Tape was in excellent shape. It played perfectly from beginning to end. It was a good quality recording. As far as content.....it's Pink Floyd !!! It CAN'T be bad !!!!
457186
Very much enjoy Pink Floyd's uniqueness. Of course, their prior album, The Dark Side of the Moon was a classic. But, this venture enjoyable also. The way CD recorded/rerecorded/mastered has more of a studio environment affect. (that works) However, some tracks lack bass, immediacy and realism. (almost as if vocals muffled)
Overall, recommended.
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Certainly any attempt to follow up The Wall would be considered anti-climactic. Yes, the strain Waters & Gilmore had during this recording would become evident as Waters composed this angry, cynical rant and dominates the album. Yet it moves as much today as when it first came out back in 1983 when the last reminants of Pink Floyd disintergrated (Sorry, Division Bell & Lapse Of Reason don't count.). The question people will be asking is it worth forking out the extra cash to replace the old CD. That depends. Overall, I'd say yes. Not so much for the bonus track of  "When The Tigers Broke Free", a nice but unecessary addition. It's for the remastering itself which gives the vocals, orchestra, and sound effects a new, brighter crispness in sound. Not a dramatic improvement per se, but it is noticable in a side by side comparrison where the original on Columbia/Sony does sound muddier. If you're the slightest bit interested, I think you'll find yourself picking this up and be quite satisfied.