Varese Sarabande revisits the glory days of 1980s sci-fi “synthwave” with a new edition of Tangerine Dream’s classic electronic score for Firestarter (1984).
Firestarter, based on a 1980 book by Stephen King and directed by Mark L. Lester, starred eight-year-old Drew Barrymore as Charly, a girl with pyrokinetic powers owing to her parents’ participation in a secret study of hallucinogenic drugs. When the agency behind the experiments comes for Charly to weaponize her powers, led by an assassin played by George C. Scott, she goes on the run with her father.
Firestarter came amidst the 1980s film-scoring heyday of German synth band Tangerine Dream, in their well-known lineup of Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Johannes Schmoelling. The band’s pulsating textures and ambient soundscape reinvented film scoring in films as varied as Thief, Risky Business, The Keep, Legend (U.S. version), Three O’Clock High, Near Dark and Miracle Mile, and have cast a long shadow on future styles.
The band considered Firestarter one of their most challenging scores, as they needed to provide not only suspense and pace for the paranormal chases and powers, but an emotional sensitivity to the child protagonist. New liner notes by Randall D. Larson explain how the band did not score to picture, but created “wild” cues to be used by the film’s music editors. Hence this 11 track program is the same as MCA Records’ 1984 soundtrack album, released by Varese Sarabande on CD in 1990, and newly remastered for this long-awaited reissue.
VARESE SARABANDE CD CLUBの限定盤！スティーヴン・キングの大ベストセラー小説を完全映画化した、ドリュー・バリモア主演、1984年のサイキック・スリラー! オリジナル・サウンドトラックがリマスターで再発売！1984年にMCAレコードから発売されたサウンドトラック・アルバムと同じもので、1990年にVarese SarabandeレーベルからCDで発売され、今回新たにリマスターされて待望の再リリースです。限定1500枚。
トラックリスト【story】
政府の薬物実験を受けた両親から生まれ、パイロキネシス（念力放火）能力を持った突然変異体の少女チャーリー。一家は、軍事利用を企む組織「ザ・ショップ」に狙われ、最愛の母を殺されてしまう。そこからチャーリーと父との逃避行が始まった。しかし、チャーリーは、母を失った悲しみや次々と襲う不幸に、次第に感情のコントロールが利かなくなり･･･。
【解説】
1980年に全米ベストセラーのトップに君臨したスティーヴン・キングの「ファイアスターター」の映画化。主演は、『E.T.』（82年）に出演し、天才子役として一躍時の人となったドリュー・バリモア。本作が『ET』の次に公開された作品で、初の主演映画。共演には、デヴィッド・キース、ジョージ・Ｃ・スコット、マーティン・シーン、アート・カーニー、ヘザー・ロックリアら空前の豪華演技陣。監督は『処刑教室』『コマンドー』のマーク・L・レスター、制作総指揮はには『キングコング』などの大物ディノ・デ・ラウレンティス、そして音楽はドイツエレクトロのタンジェリン・ドリーム が担当している。 1984年米。
Varese Sarabande revisits the glory days of 1980s sci-fi “synthwave” with a new edition of Tangerine Dream’s classic electronic score for Firestarter (1984).
Firestarter, based on a 1980 book by Stephen King and directed by Mark L. Lester, starred eight-year-old Drew Barrymore as Charly, a girl with pyrokinetic powers owing to her parents’ participation in a secret study of hallucinogenic drugs. When the agency behind the experiments comes for Charly to weaponize her powers, led by an assassin played by George C. Scott, she goes on the run with her father.
Firestarter came amidst the 1980s film-scoring heyday of German synth band Tangerine Dream, in their well-known lineup of Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Johannes Schmoelling. The band’s pulsating textures and ambient soundscape reinvented film scoring in films as varied as Thief, Risky Business, The Keep, Legend (U.S. version), Three O’Clock High, Near Dark and Miracle Mile, and have cast a long shadow on future styles.
The band considered Firestarter one of their most challenging scores, as they needed to provide not only suspense and pace for the paranormal chases and powers, but an emotional sensitivity to the child protagonist. New liner notes by Randall D. Larson explain how the band did not score to picture, but created “wild” cues to be used by the film’s music editors. Hence this 11 track program is the same as MCA Records’ 1984 soundtrack album, released by Varese Sarabande on CD in 1990, and newly remastered for this long-awaited reissue.
Limited edition of 1,500 copies. *レーベルより抜粋
Side A:
1. Crystal Voice 3:11
2. The Run 4:50
3. Testlab 4:01
4. Charly The Kid 3:55
5. Escaping Point 5:10
Side B:
1. Rainbirds Move 2:32
2. Burning Force 4:19
3. Between Realities 2:58
4. Shop Territory 3:16
5. Flash Final 5:17
6. Out Of The Heat 2:31