Playlist "Psyche van het Folk", Radio Centraal, Antwerpen, Belgium. 3rd week of Nov,2003
1. Intro : some dark poetic moments
2. Subject : Great Horror Soundtracks (not just plain orchestral !).
1. Small intro, part 1, dark poetic music :
I browsed all darker releases I have from the eighties and early nineties to see what I still appreciate. I guess the Das Ich piano pieces I still like a lot. They're from a dark gothic poetic nature. I still find them very expressive :
* Danse Macabre 
Das Ich : Die Propheten (D,1991)**°°
Das Ich : Die Propheten (D,1991)**°°I keep this release mostly for one track, "Frevel". Surely this last track, with mostly piano (+ some orchestrations) and gothic vocals I still like a lot after all those years. This beautiful track which come close in style to early Goethes Erben.
* Danse MacabreDas Ich : Satanische Verse (D,1991)***°'
Das Ich : Satanische Verse (D,1991)***°'"Jericho" is another piano (+ some arrangements) with poetry track, from this gothic mostly early electro wave band. A similar fantastic track. I can still appreciate this album.
I once made very interesting concepts (going very deep into the psychology of the content) about works from Goethes Erben & Sopor Aeternus. Goethes Erben trilogy (and couple of related tracks) is also very interesting from a dark psychology view and its poetic expression of it. Also lots of Sopor Aeternus work until a few years is very interesting from a psychological view how to deal seriously with the concept of suicide, and loss by death of a close friend. The subjects from those groups are taken seriously, and are therefore different from groups who more take a pose in the fashion Gothic can be. Although I prefer not to use it now, I will always keep it, may be one day I'll use it again.
The 2 associated groups which I will not airplay this time, but it's interesting to mention ! :
Goethes Erben (Gothic poetry on music) :
Official page : http://www.goetheserben.de/
A track from trilogy I played before in my earlier conceptual radioshow, one of the best tracks from "Die Traum an die Erinnerung" (= the dream of memory) I used is "Das Schwarze Wesen" :
More fragments : http://www.goetheserben.de/index.php?action=hproben
Sopor Aeternus official website : http://www.soporaeternus.de/
3 very different soundfragment I used before to give an idea of better tracks :
From 1st album ("Ich tote mich jedesmahl..")
I once wrote a review of this album for a folk magazine. Afterwards they were angry at me saying this wasn't folk but gothic. I acclaimed then this is folk as well, as a kind of alternative to the woollen socks "folk and only traditional folk" freaks, but I must admit I shouldn't have done that.
From Death Lover's Sarabande (face 1) : track
A shame I didn't have enough airplay time for some of these, but the persons who read the newsletter and check the playlists get a few fitting extras.
2. Part 2 : interesting Horror movie soundtracks :
(Starting with some more "gothic" like interpretations, until progressive rock). It took me some years to get these soundtracks together, so here they are.
* Solar Lodge R.Coil : the unreleased themes for Hellraiser (UK,1987)****
Coil : the unreleased themes for Hellraiser (UK,1987)****Tr.1, "The Hellraiser theme" 4 minTr.2, "The Hellbound heart" 3 minTr.3, "Box Theme" 3 minTr.6, "Main title" 3 min 13 26Wonderful filmmusic possibly still fitting perfectly with the movie, but at the end it was not used for it. I With inventive keyboards. At the new soundtrack, the finally used box theme in the movie is still worth to hear and compair. This has a wonderful cover. Seen from close it's a picture of an angel. Seen from far, it's a face of death. Great mini CD.
WebPage on this release : http://brainwashed.com/coil/music/hellraiser/
Korean ? page on this release with extra pictures :
Coil's homepage : http://www.brainwashed.com/coil/
* Atonal Rec.Art Zoyd : Haxan (B/F,1991)***
Art Zoyd : Haxan (B/F,1991)***Tr.3, "Haxan F" 6 min (fragment max. 2 min) 2 minTr.5, Haxan ?" 5 min 7 33Somewhat Gothic at moments, sometimes R.I.O.-styled & contemporary music styled. This movie is from 1921, by B.Christensen (Sweden). The pictures in booklet from the movie are powerful, in expressionist style.
Homepage Art Zoyd : http://www.artzoyd.org/
Small pages on Art Zoyd : http://silent-cries.com/artzoyd/ &
Review of CD : http://artzoyd.unibase.cz/reviews/Haxan1.html
Info on Art Zoyd & the movie : http://epidemic.cicv.fr/geogb/art/artzoyd/prj/haxangb.html
Bigger image of powerful DVD cover of movie :
Cover of earlier VHS : http://store1.yimg.com/I/ihf_1752_11280046
Pictures of movie : http://www.jrbooksonline.com/Haxan_frame_captures.htm &
Info on movie http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/Haxan1922.html &
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/doogansviews/101701.html Review of movie :
* Atonal Rec. Art Zoyd : Faust (B/F,1995)***°'
Art Zoyd : Faust (B/F,1995)***°'Tr.3, "Flask" (Zab.) 3 minTr.8, "Pact" (Zab.) 4 minTr.9, "Bruissement" (Hourb.) 4 minTr.10, "Essaim" (Hourb.) 2 minTr.12, "Gates of Darkness 2" (Zab.) 5 min 20 53Dark composed filmmusic. Sometimes powerful and unique. May be the most consistent of all three releases I have, have heard from this group. I really like the fantastic expressionist photography of the movie. It was much better than more simplistic movies like the more popular Frankenstein.
Korean review with cover : http://archi.snu.ac.kr/kalynda/Music/Review/AZ.F.html
Cover of DVD : http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue10/reviews/murnau/pic3.htm
Info on movie : http://www.internettrash.com/users/murnau/fausteng.htm
(with lots of big scan pictures) & http://www.murnau-forum.de/murnau-en/filme/f_faust.htm
Another picture with review : http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue10/reviews/murnau/default-nf.htm
Special picture about movie preparations :
* Atonal Rec.Art Zoyd : Nosferatu (B/F,1989)***°°
Art Zoyd : Nosferatu (B/F,1989)***°° Tr.1, "Loeuf du serpent" (Hourb.) 4 min 57First track is incredible ! Electronic. And dark, with brooding power. Everybody knows this movie is one of the best ever, also thanks to the talent of the actor and the powerful photography & ideas.
More on Art Zoyd and this movie :
http://www.artzoyd.org/gb/rub_cs/nosfe/nosfe.doc (with pictures of movie) :
Info on movie with lots of big scans :
Info on movie : http://www.internettrash.com/users/murnau/nosfeng.htm
DVD review : http://www.silentera.com/DVD/faustDVD.html
* Spalax Rec.Popol Vuh : ( "on a way to a little way ") Nosferatu (D,1978)
Popol Vuh : ( "on a way to a little way ") Nosferatu (D,1978)Tr.5, 5 minTr.7, 3 min 8 65Unique group Popol Vuh (under lead of Florian Fricke) who's music I admire a lot (think I have all his releases now except the first). Interpretation of loneliness of this interpretation of Nosferatu, by Werner Herzog. Surely the tracks with moog ? are really horror movie like, but, like all his music in a meditative way. Rest of the track is in a more typical Popol Vuh style, here often with sitar. I once did a full radioshow on Popol Vuh's complete career. Best starters (and all must haves) : "Tantric Songs" & "Hosianna Mantra" (both combinations of Indian and Christian themes), "Einsj臠er & Siebenj臠er" (with band), "Florian Fricke" (perfect compilation), "Sei Still wisse ich bin" (impressive versions with choir). Popol Vuh was one of the first to make real, pure and integer "New Age music" before the genre existed. His music is very unique in its kind. Popol Vuh created in fact a genre on its own.
Review : http://www.groove.nl/cd/2/25640.html
Some Popol Vuh page : http://utenti.lycos.it/popol_vuh/
Info on movie : http://www.sloppyfilms.com/murnau/nosferat.htm
* Pickup RecordsLibra : Schock (I,1977)**ｰ
Libra : Schock (I,1977)**ｰTr.13, "Tema di Marco" 2 minTr.5, "La Cantina" + "The Schock" 5 min 9 74Fine group that hold is progressive but not necessarily working within this genre. I have 3 albums by them, all working fine. Never a must, but always enjoyable. This album comes close to usual movie 70's rock music but goes in the direction of Goblin as well, very different from the other two Libra releases I know. A few fragments are more original as usual, like the 5th track with the more powerful main theme. Libra's drummer was also Goblin's drummer at the same time. It is considered as another Goblin related soundtrack.
More audio : "The Schock"
Info on Libra : http://www.italianprog.com/a_libra.htm
Info on this release : http://www.goblin.org/schock.html
Different CD cover : http://www.footlight.com/img/product/125/24400.jpg
Small review with 3 soundfiles : http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/schock.htm#tracks
Italian review : http://www.alexvisani.com/horrormusics/shockcir.htm
Label's entry : http://www.bixio.it/horror/i_cat09.html
Info on movie with poster : http://www.goblin.org/filmography/film_schock.html
German page with different poster & pictures :
