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The Wicker Man (Original Soundtrack Album)
Paul Giovanni, Gary Carpenter, Thomas the Rhymer
The Wicker Man (Original Soundtrack Album)
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks
 
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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 mys...  more »

     
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All Artists: Paul Giovanni, Gary Carpenter, Thomas the Rhymer, Wicker Man Ensemble, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Lesley Mackie, Rachel Verney, Sally Presant, Walter Kerr
Title: The Wicker Man (Original Soundtrack Album)
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Silva America
Release Date: 9/24/2002
Album Type: Soundtrack
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 738572114121

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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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CD Reviews

Enjoyable Music From The Film
S. Sears | 12/07/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"As a fan of the film I am delighted to have a copy of the soundtrack. It is exactly what I was looking for and I recommend it to anyone else who enjoys the music of the movie."
Wicker Man soundtrack a real gem
Bruce L. Lahue | 05/03/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I had been looking for this soundtrack for 20 years. Pleased to find it finally available. This is a real classic."