>From: jwbarlow@...
>
>Well, sometime between when Vosh bought his new copy and you bought your used
>copy, I bought a brand new copy of Delusion of the Fury (I'll also recommend
>The Bewitched and Revelation In The Courthouse Park). When I got home and
>opened it up, "Hey! Where's the demo record?" It turns out Columbia did
>release the LP as a double LP too. It's worth it to get the demo record if
>only to hear him say, in that great fluttering craggy voice, "and, the bass
>wang!"
Yeah, hearing Partch describe the instruments and his philosophy is
priceless. I highly recommend his book "Genesis of a Music" as well, a
terrific treatise on tuning and aesthetics.
>
>Recently, I was finally in a good record store and had the presence of mind
>(and cash) to finally pick up the soundtrack CD to Forbidden Planet. Good to
>hear it apart from the movie -- I wish there were more high end in the
>recording! I'm now somewhat back in tune with getting historical experimental
>music for my collection -- I was also able to get a copy of Penderecki's
>Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima, which had been on my list for over
>twenty years. Anyone want to list their "top ten" historical or influential
>electronic/experimental recordings?
I doubt I could narrow it to 10!
One that I'd have to mention is Conlon Nancarrow's "Studies for Player
Piano". I find both Partch and Nancarrow very interesting as composers
looking for new resources from the generation before electronics. The Wergo
re-issues of Nancarrow are absolutely essential.
>
>I also wouldn't mind some discussion (offlist if that's better for the other
>MOTM people) about sci-fi soundtracks -- I remember someone (Ken?) was REALLY
>into them and had the Irwin Allen boxed set for example.
>
One of my absolute favorites is Howard Shore's score to Cronenberg's
"Scanners", creepy orchestra meets modular synths! Very effective stuff,
one of the few records that can consistantly scare me. The score is
available on a CD called "Dead Ringers: Music for the Films of David
Cronenberg." Shore is one of my favorite film composers, and "Scanners" is
one of his most overtly electronic scores.
Another favorite that is somewhat on-topic is the score to Dario Argento's
ultra-cheesy 70's horror flick "Suspiria." The score is by Italian
rock/fusion band Goblin, and has a great blend of great musicianship and
true cheese, with some very cool synth sounds, totally great stuff. The
Score CD is available as an import, and there are excerpts on a Goblin
compilation CD that's available domestically.
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