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Monday, August 20, 2007Hammer Film Music, Volume 2 Here's the second volume of the out-of-print disc of themes from Hammer Horror's best (and worst) films.Track Listing: 1. The Satanic Rites Of Dracula-John Cacavas 2. Demons Of The Mind-Harry Robinson 3. The Mummy's Shroud-Don Banks 4. Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell-James 5. Dracula Has Risen From The Grave-James Bernard 6. The Witches-Richard Rodney Bennett 7. The Vengeance Of She-Mario Nascimbene 8. The Evil Of Frankenstein-Don Banks 9. The Plague Of The Zombies-James Bernard 10. Fear In The Night-John McCabe 11. Frankenstein Created Woman-James Bernard 12. The Pirates Of Blood River-Gary Hughes 13. To The Devil A Daughter-Paul Glass 14. Quatermass 2-james Bernard 15. The Curse Of The Warewolf-Benjamin Frankel 16. The Abominable Snowman-humphrey Searle 17. Dracula AD 1972-Michael Vickers 18. The Hound Of The Baskervilles-James Bernard 19. Vampire Circus-David Whitaker 20. The Lost Continent-Roy Phillips 21. Slave Girls-Carlo Martelli 22. The Phantom Of The Opera-Edwin Astley 23. Crescendo-Malcolm Williamson 24. Rasputin The Mad Monk-Don Banks 25. One Million Years BC-Mario Nascimbene Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GHPP2UWA Labels: mp3s, Soundtracks posted by Keith at 11:58 AM | 0 Comments | Wednesday, August 15, 2007Hammer Film Music Collection, Vol. 1 Thought I'd dust this one off and let it lumber forth from deep within its musty crypt. We here at Teleport City are vociferous supporters of old Hammer horror films, and part of what made those movies so fabulous -- aside from the stars, sets, and extra-large heaving bosoms --- was the music. The Hammer sound was pioneered by composer James Bernard, who wrote the scores for the bulk of the studio's most famous films, including Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein, and plenty more. Following Bernard's lead, a slew of composers (or decomposers, so many of these being vampire films -- har har har!) turned in great scores, with styles ranging from the thunderous classical anthems to the ill-advised but never-the-less hilariously enjoyable action film funk of movies like Dracula AD 1972 and Satanic Rites of Dracula, with plenty of weird stuff in between. witness, for example, the swingin' jet set theme from Moon Zero Two, or the laid-back ballad from The Lost Continent.The two-volume Hammer Film Music Collection from 1998 is hands down the best collection of themes from a variety of Hammer films, focusing on gothic horror, naturally, but also including science fiction, swashbuckling adventure, and psychological thrillers. It's a shame that these collections are so rare, but I guess the world isn't crying out for anthologies of old-fashioned scary movie music. Luckily, we're out of step with the world and more than happy to indulge. So here's volume 1. Volume 2 will follow shortly. Track Listing The Devil Rides Out - James Bernard Twins Of Evil - Harry Robinson The Mummy - Franz Reizenstein Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter - Laurie Johnson Dracula - James Bernard Moon Zero Two - Don Ellis Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed - James Bernard When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth - Mario Nascimbene The Kiss Of The Vampire - James Bernard The Gorgon - James Bernard Scars Of Dracula - James Bernard Hands Of The Ripper - Christopher Gunning The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb - Carlo Martelli The Vampire Lovers - Harry Robinson Creatures The World Forgot - Mario Nascimbene The Curse Of Frankensein - James Bernard Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde - David Whitaker Lust For A Vampire - Harry Robinson Quatermass And The Pit - Tristam Cary Countess Dracula - Harry Robinson She - James Bernard The Brides Of Dracula - Malcolm Williamson Blood From The Mummy's Tomb - Tristram Carry The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires - James Taste The Blood Of Dracula - James Bernard Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T2Z2LADA Labels: mp3s, Soundtracks posted by Keith at 5:22 PM | 3 Comments | Wednesday, July 25, 2007I Remember Hong Kong Time for a trip East, with something a little different than the usual Asia-influenced exotica. Different primarily because this one is actually comprised of music from Hong Kong. I don't know if you'd call these the greatest hits of the year, but it's still a nice sample of some of the tradition-meets-pop music that was popular from the 30s-60s. If you remember the music used in Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love, then you have an idea of what the music is like. Side B of the LP was culled from a popular Huangmei Opera. Good stuff.From the album's back cover: "Fiesta Records presents another outstanding album of international music recorded in its native country. In this album "I Remember Hong Kong" we bring you a collection of popular songs from the various provinces of China. Also contained in this long playing record are excerpts from the screen opera entitled "Red Lantern," which type of production is very popular in the China of today. All the selections contained in this album of far eastern music have a strong oriental flavor. These songs, like their people, have a rich feeling and the interpretation of the lyrics projects many wise and significant adages. We know that, after listening to this album, you will have a true feeling of the music of Hong Kong. "This album was arranged and conducted by Lee Ho Shiang, who is one of the leading composers in Hong Kong. He migrated from China in 1948 and has since composed the screen background music for over eighty motion pictures and has written over two hundred screen songs. Lee Ho Shiang is known in Hong Kong as the "Composer of Composers." Track List [Side A] Bearer Juno Bird Spring Does Not Belong to Us Lotus Seed Voice of the Ghost House Foggy Night Lament [Side B] Red Lantern Opera Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UMS7RIVQ Labels: Exotic Asia, Exotica, mp3s posted by Keith at 8:54 AM | 0 Comments | Tuesday, July 24, 2007Martin Denny: Hawaii Goes A-Go-Go For the inaugural file upload, I figured Martin Denny going cuckoo was the best place to start. Denny was one of the originators of the exotica sound, that bizarre blend of jazz, pop, and white, middle-class America's interpretation of mysterious far-flung locales like Polynesia, Asia, and Araby.In the early 1960s, Elvis Presley returned home from the Army and resumed his acting career. But the serious films he'd been making before he left were a thing of the past, and upon his return, The King entered into a long career of breezy romantic comedy musicals that got increasingly shoddy as the years wore on but, for a man like me, never really got unenjoyable. His big hit was Blue Hawaii, a film that found the one-time king of rock and roll crooning a number of exotica-flavored songs that, years earlier, would have been the music of someone's parents. Square stuff. But Elvis made exotica palatable to the rock and roll generation. A few years later, exotica king Martin Denny must have seen fit to pay the King back, and the result is Hawaii Goes A Go-Go, an exotica album with a go-go rock undercurrent. And while I can't get images of square-jawed insurance salesmen in cardigans or Hawaiian shirts clapping out of time and moving stiffly to the wild grooves, that doesn't mean this isn't a boss selection of Denny tunes that will encourage you to hop up, shake your thang, and possibly clap along (though the spontaneous clapping on the recording sounds rather premeditated). This is my first real rip from vinyl, so forgive if the sound quality is suspect. I think it sounds good, but I'm not a freak about such things. Track Listing [Side 1] E Lei Ka Lei Lei Beyond the Reef The Girl from Ipanema Hole in the Wall Luna Luna Call Me [Side 2] Friendly Islands Sweet Someone Everything in the Garden She Sang Aloha to Me Pearls (Mexican Pearls) Pearly Shells Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BYLGE2TA Labels: Artist: Martin Denny, Exotica, mp3s posted by Keith at 2:58 PM | 1 Comments | |
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