Heavy Metal (1981) FSM Soundtrack
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List Price: $51.98
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Manufacturer: FSM
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0638558025024
Format: Soundtrack
Label: FSM
Manufacturer: FSM
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: FSM
Release Date: 2008-04-15
Studio: FSM
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One of the great ironies of soundtrack collecting is that one of the most fantastic symphonic scores ever written is for a movie entitled Heavy Metal. The 1981 animated feature Heavy Metal (adapted from stories published in the magazine of the same name) was an adult-oriented anthology with copious amounts of sex and violence. Sporting a hit soundtrack of contemporary pop-rock songs (licensing of which delayed the films video release until 1996), the film also benefited from an extraordinary symphonic score by Elmer Bernstein which did the lions share of the musical storytelling. (Bernstein was, at the time, the regular composer for producer Ivan Reitman.)
To put it simply, Heavy Metal is Elmer Bernsteins Star Warsa rich, vital, thunderingly symphonic work bursting with melody and drive. The anthology nature of the film allowed Bernstein to write distinct melodies for the disparate segments: from the heroic anthem of Den to the moody film noir stylings of Harry Canyon, and, especially, the soaring chorus and ondes Martenot of Taarnathe latter adapting the composers rejected love theme from Saturn III (1980).
Heavy Metal: The Score has long been desired by soundtrack collectors. FSM releases not only the original LP but the complete score remastered from the composers personal 1/4 stereo tapes (in excellent sound quality). The cues are presented in chronological order, with bonus tracks of selections edited for the 1981 Asylum Records LPmeaning listeners can, if so inclined, program a recreation of the original album sequence.
Liner notes for this historical and long-anticipated CD are by Paul Andrew MacLean, drawing from interviews with Bernstein and including new comments from orchestrator David Spear, who adapted two of the cues from Bernsteins thematic material. The package is beautifully illustrated with stills from the film.
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Summary: Wating since the '80s
Comment: I had this soundtrack on a cassette back when the film first came out. It's one of the REALLY great movie scores and got overlooked with the popularty of Star Wars. I have been trying to find it on CD FOREVER and here it is. Great Music by a great composer.
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