“The music to the Wicker Man is quite extraordinary. I think it is probably the best music I have heard in a film” Christopher Lee Lord Summerisle - The Wicker Man
A timely reissue for this seductive and alluring soundtrack on the 45th anniversary of the film's release on December 6th 1973 at London's Metropole Cinema. Based on the themes of fertile pre-Christian practices of pagan Britain, The Wicker Man did not follow the predictable formula of 1970’s British horror movies. The equally non-formulaic music score was provided by talented songwriter Paul Giovanni, and his assistant Gary Carpenter. With only six weeks allotted to write, research and record the soundtrack, Giovanni drew on the rich traditions of Celtic music to present a brilliant collection of eclectic folk songs underpinned with aeons old verse. The first eight tracks are the stereo masters which would have been the soundtrack to The Wicker Man that Paul Giovanni originally intended for album release but ultimately never happened because of the films troubled history. These masters were carefully preserved over the years and were presented for release for the first time in 2002. The following three tracks were recorded for the film and used for playback purposes on set but only existed in mono versions and were digitally restored and enhanced for CD release. The balance of the tracks were compiled from various sources (with occasional sound effects) and present elements of the background score to the film to give a more complete representation of this unique score. ''The brilliant thing about The Wicker Man soundtrack is that it's risibly silly and total genius at the same time'' - The Times 発売日：2018.12.7
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1 Corn Rigs 2 The Landlord’s Daughter 3 Gently Johnny 4 Maypole 5 Fire Leap 6 The Tinker Of Rye 7 Willow’s Song 8 Procession 9 Chop Chop 10 Lullaby 11 Festival/Mirie It Is/Sumer-Is A-Cumen In 12 Opening Music/Loving Couples/The Ruined Church 13 The Masks/The Hobby Horse 14 Searching For Rowan 15 Appointment With The Wicker Man 16 Sunset
本国公開から25年後に日本で公開された、1970年代を代表するカルトスリラー。45周年記念サウンドトラック！演奏はMAGNET。「探偵＜スルース＞」や「フレンジー」のアンソニー・シェイファーが造り上げたストーリーを雰囲気豊かに映像化した劇場未公開の逸品で、ポール・ジョヴァンニが手掛けるスコットランド民謡を基調としたサウンドトラックの効果は絶大。
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“The music to the Wicker Man is quite extraordinary. I think it is probably the best music I have heard in a film”
Christopher Lee
Lord Summerisle - The Wicker Man
A timely reissue for this seductive and alluring soundtrack on the 45th anniversary of the film's release on December 6th 1973 at London's Metropole Cinema. Based on the themes of fertile pre-Christian practices of pagan Britain, The Wicker Man did not follow the predictable formula of 1970’s British horror movies. The equally non-formulaic music score was provided by talented songwriter Paul Giovanni, and his assistant Gary Carpenter.
With only six weeks allotted to write, research and record the soundtrack, Giovanni drew on the rich traditions of Celtic music to present a brilliant collection of eclectic folk songs underpinned with aeons old verse.
The first eight tracks are the stereo masters which would have been the soundtrack to The Wicker Man that Paul Giovanni originally intended for album release but ultimately never happened because of the films troubled history. These masters were carefully preserved over the years and were presented for release for the first time in 2002.
The following three tracks were recorded for the film and used for playback purposes on set but only existed in mono versions and were digitally restored and enhanced for CD release.
The balance of the tracks were compiled from various sources (with occasional sound effects) and present elements of the background score to the film to give a more complete representation of this unique score.
''The brilliant thing about The Wicker Man soundtrack is that it's risibly silly and total genius at the same time'' - The Times
発売日：2018.12.7
1 Corn Rigs
2 The Landlord’s Daughter
3 Gently Johnny
4 Maypole
5 Fire Leap
6 The Tinker Of Rye
7 Willow’s Song
8 Procession
9 Chop Chop
10 Lullaby
11 Festival/Mirie It Is/Sumer-Is A-Cumen In
12 Opening Music/Loving Couples/The Ruined Church
13 The Masks/The Hobby Horse
14 Searching For Rowan
15 Appointment With The Wicker Man
16 Sunset