- Audio CD (Sep 24 2002)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack
- Label: Silva America Records
- ASIN: B00006GOF7
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #85,729 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Corn Rigs |
| 2. The Landlord's Daughter |
| 3. Gentle 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 |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
Extraordinarily literate and thoroughly compelling, The Wicker Man has often been called the Citizen Kane of horror movies. Writer Anthony Shaffer and director Robin Hardy built their contemporary (1973) English murder mystery/thriller upon gothic Druid underpinnings and wisely gave songwriter-composer Paul Giovanni (whose first and only film score this is) the freedom to create music of a piece. The score remains one of the most unusual in the entire genre: a collection of original, well-researched folk songs and instrumental underscore that evoke a rare, eerily discomfiting sense of displaced time and place--'70s folk-pop informed by ancient forces of nature and superstition. Long a holy grail among soundtrack aficionados, this lavishly packaged and annotated release has been prepared from recently discovered master tapes with a clarity and presence that gives the late Giovanni's haunting music the gratifying showcase it's so long deserved. --Jerry McCulley
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Folkeys Delight,
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Ce commentaire est de: The Wicker Man (Audio CD)
Having never seen the "Wicker Man" film, I came to the soundtrack strictly through the buzz it received in the music press upon its discovery and issue. So I had no preconceptions, I just looked at it as a piece of music. For the uninitiated like myself, the Paul Giovanni tracks, 1-11, will hold the most interest. They are a mixture of solid Gordon Lightfoot/Cat Stevens-ish folk tunes, English pub rave ups, traditional Irish fare, and a few surprises (one track with a Christopher Lee vocal). The standout tracks are "Corn Rigs" (which I'm convinced Sting had in mind when he wrote "Fields of Gold") and the utterly beautiful "Gently Johnny". The rest is a bit dissappointing in comparison (Christopher Lee's quote "I think it is probably the best music I've ever heard in a film," is a bit of an overstatement), but "The Wicker Man" is still a worthy curio addition to your collection. For what its worth, I'm now excited to see the film itself.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Nice to Have,
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Ce commentaire est de: The Wicker Man (Audio CD)
All of the music and some of the dialogue from the (excellent) film. A must-have for fans of "The Wicker Man." "Willow's Song" was surprising to me because I'd not paid much attention to them while Britt was doing her dance. This song and the others taken by themselves provides more insight into the film, adding a new perspective. Well worth the buy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wicker Man is wonderfully different,
By A Customer
Ce commentaire est de: The Wicker Man (Audio CD)
I saw the video recently and loved the quirky bizarreness of it.Being Pagan myself I could see it wasn't quite accurate as they tend to mix up the Fire Festivals into one May Day (Beltaine) celebration and some of the shock value added are events that wouldn't happen today if they happened at all in ancient times that way. That said, if your an adult with the taste for the unusual and compelling I would recommend the movie and the Music is wonderful it stands on it's own! Lovely celtic flavored songs, not really big on folk music overall but this had a sort of folk, renissance quality I really enjoy not to mention that wonderful Retro feel of the 60's and early 70's I so remember! The first 10 songs are actually songs and songs 12-16 are the incidental music of the movie and fun to hear especially if you have seen the movie first. Highly recommend it but the movie and music wont' be for everyone but I venture to guess many of my fellow pagans will love it!
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