The Wicker Man - Original Soun [Import, Soundtrack]

Silva Screen Records (film score) and Warner Brothers (the film) present "WICKER MAN" (2006) (97 mins/Color) ... Under Neil LaBute (Director / Screenwriter), Nicolas Cage (Producer), Boaz Davidson (Producer), Randall Emmett (Producer), Norm Golightly (Producer ), Avi Lerner (Producer), John Thompson (Producer), Anthony Shaffer (Screen Story), Paul Sarossy (Cinematographer), Angelo Badalamenti (Composer (Music Score), Joel Plotch (Editor), Phillip Barker (Production Designer), Michael Diner (Art Director), Lynette Meyer (Costume Designer) ----- the cast includes Nicolas Cage (Edward Malus), Ellen Burstyn (Sister Summersisle), Kate Beahan (Sister Willow), Frances Conroy (Dr. Moss), Molly Parker (Sister Rose), Leelee Sobieski (Sister Honey), Diane Delano (Sister Beech), Erika-Shaye Gair (Rowan), Christa Campbell (Truck Stop Waitress), Michael Wiseman (Pete) . . . . . composer Angelo Badalamenti was a natural pick to score the remake of Neil LaBute's The Wicker Man ... listen to the themes surface through strings with undercurrent of brass makes for a fear factor presence ... from creepy to outbursts of climatic cues such as "CYCLING INTO A NIGHTMARE", brings the score a complete 360 degree turn,

Wicker Man (Original Score - Angelo Badalamenti - A Silva Screen Classic Recording)

1. Overture for the Wicker Man (4:35)
2 Cycling into a Nightmare (3:06)
3 Flight to Summer's Isle (1:37)
4 Secret Meeting Note (4:00)
5 The Barn (3:24)
6 The Rose and the Daydream (3:15)
7 Image of Rowan 2:31)
8 Sister Summer's Isle (2:53)
9 Kiss of Bees (2:43)
10.Flashback Memories (1:58)
11 Trapped in Water (3:45)
12 Endless Pursuit (3:04)
13 The Confrontation (2:12)
14 The Burning (5:04)

The album itself is a highlight --- each track paints a picture of psychological intrigue as clues are absorbed within each spilling over with music --- a child has gone missing and turns up on a remote island of Summersisle, California --- what culture with unique beliefs still exist, Badalamenti's score brings out every little morsel and then some --- A must have for all "film-score-buffs", even if you've never seen the film. This CD stands on it's own two "wicker-feet" --- collection of music for missing persons is brought on by the composers unusual and unsettling themes --- as an island populated by missing girl's is surrounded by pagan rituals --- One can only hope this will open the doors of more to come within the vaults of Silva Original Film Music --- You must admit, this is a film collectors cup of tea!

Total Time: 44 mins on 16 Tracks ~ Silva SILCD #1216 ~ (9/12/2006)

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