Plasma [Live]

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Trey Anastasio had a lot of pent up creativity locked up behind that pointy little beard. The Phish guitarist eschews his band's stripped down approach and gilds the jam-band lily with big-band aspirations, moving into the ferociously funky territory occupied by King Sunny Ade, and the mighty James Brown. Anastasio not only shows off some truly interstellar guitar playing, but also uses the instrument to subvert mathematical possibilities by whimsically changing time signatures as he fearlessly bobs and weaves between the blasts of soulful sounds from his inventive and frenetic five-person horn section. This two-CD live album was recorded over nine shows during the Anastasio's 2002 tour, exposing fans to Anastasio's more baroque groove-mongering sides as he takes them through a spirited two-hour-plus journey comprised of seven previously unreleased compositions, a cover of Bob Marley's "Small Axe," and three Phish tune, including the politically charged "Sand." --Jaan Uhelszki

Product Description
Double CD live album featuring over two hours of music, including seven previously unreleased tracks. 12 tracks. Elektra. 2003.

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Plasma [Live]

Average customer rating: Theme to movie "Ordinary People" great melody Canon in D is Great! Good thing x 8 My very favorite music CD ever

Pachelbel's Greatest Hit: Canon in D Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pachelbel | Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Pachelbel, Johann | ( P ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Pachelbel's Greatest Hit: The Ultimate Canon The Elegance of Pachelbel The Pachelbel Canon with Ocean Sounds The Most Relaxing Classical Music in the Universe Pachelbel Canon and Other Baroque Hits ASIN: B000003F39 Release Date: 1991-02-15

Tracks:

1. Canon in D - Rudolf Baumgartner
2. The Pachelbel Canon - Glenn Spreen
3. The Pachelbel Canon - The Canadian Brass
4. Quartet No. 6: Rochburg: Variations (On The Pachelbel Canon In D) - Concord String Quartet
5. How, Where, When? (Canon in D) - John Dankworth
6. Earth Angel - The Hampton String Quartet
7. Canon of the Three Stars (The Pachelbel Canon) - Plasma Symphony Orchestra
8. Canon in D - Ettore Stratta

Customer Reviews:

Theme to movie "Ordinary People".......2007-07-07

I have beeen searching for this music and this CD comes closest to my memories of the haunting theme to that movie

great melody.......2007-07-05

I thought that I would get tired of hearing the same song over and over but this cd keeps me listrning it over and over.

Canon in D is Great! .......2007-05-26

We have truely enjoyed Pachelbel's Greatest Hit. Although often associated with weddings this is wonderful to hear anytime. I would highly recommend this CD.

Good thing x 8.......2006-10-28

If you'd told me that I could listen to eight consecutive versions of the same music, I would have been maybe just a tad skeptical. Yet, I just did exactly that and I am now a believer. I gave it four stars because although I do like Cleo Laine, I feel that her vocal version here is sort of like, "which one doesn't belong?" from this set, Galway's excellent flute accompaniment notwithstanding. If you find the Canon in D compelling, then by all means consider this CD.

My very favorite music CD ever.......2006-05-02

My husband and I used to listen to this every night before sleep. After he passed away, it was years before I could listen to it without crying my eyes out. I know that the original has no lyrics, as one poster mentioned, but I absolutely love that one. "When will we ever touch again"... speaks to my very soul. I am here buying it again because I wore out the first copy. You can't go wrong with this CD...

Average customer rating: Some of his best work Angels in America - Always Great! GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Celestial Xpression of Thomas Newman Amazing work

Angels in America Thomas Newman Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score The Shawshank Redemption: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Road to Perdition (Score) The Horse Whisperer: Original Score Cinderella Man ASIN: B0000TAZB0 Release Date: 2003-12-02

Tracks:

1. Threshold of Revelation - Thomas Newman
2. Angels in America (Main Title) - Thomas Newman
3. Lesionnaire - Thomas Newman
4. Ellis Island - Thomas Newman
5. Acolyte of the Flux - Thomas Newman
6. Umdankbar Kind - Thomas Newman
7. The Ramble - Thomas Newman
8. Ozone - Thomas Newman
9. Pill Poppers - Thomas Newman
10. Quartet - Thomas Newman
11. Solitude - Duke Ellington
12. Bayeux Tapestry - Thomas Newman
13. Spotty Monster - Thomas Newman
14. Mauve Antarctica - Thomas Newman
15. Her Fabulous Incipience - Thomas Newman
16. The Infinite Descent - Thomas Newman
17. A Closer Walk With Thee - Lewis, George & His Ragtime Band
18. Broom of Truth - Thomas Newman
19. Submit! - Thomas Newman
20. Plasma Orgasmata - Thomas Newman
21. Delicate Particle Logic - Thomas Newman
22. The Mormons - Thomas Newman
23. Prophet Birds - Thomas Newman
24. More Life - Thomas Newman
25. Black Angel - Thomas Newman
26. Garden of the Soul - Thomas Newman
27. Heaven - Thomas Newman
28. Bethesda Fountain - Thomas Newman
29. The Great Work Begins (End Title) - Thomas Newman
30. Tropopause - Thomas Newman
31. I'm His Child - Zella Jackson-Price

Amazon.com

Playwright Tony Kushner adapted his sprawling meditation on the AIDS epidemic of the 80's into an equally epic, Mike Nichols-directed HBO miniseries. But while Thomas Newman's score spans that dramatic landscape with rich stylistic diversity, the young champion of the daunting Newman family musical tradition (his father was Fox legend Alfred; his brother fellow film scorer David; his cousin songwriter/composer Randy) never lets musical bombast get in the way of compelling emotional introspection. Anchored by a delicate wind and string-driven main theme that's as mature as it is bittersweet, Newman proceeds to explore some of the same adventurous, rhythmically restless soundscapes that characterized his work on Erin Brockovich and American Beauty. But that typically moody experimentalism is leavened elsewhere by moments of neo-baroque choral exultation, smokey 30's jazz (courtesy of George Lewis and his Ragtime Band and Duke Ellington) and even flashes of gospel and orchestral post-modernism, all of it served up with a masterful sense of irony-free restraint that's become one of the composer's most refreshing hallmarks. It's easily one of Newman's -- and 2003's -- most accomplished and satisfying film scores. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Some of his best work.......2007-06-12

Most of us know Thomas Newman for his work on his more famous films like American Beauty, Shawshank Redemption, Scent of a Woman and Meet Joe Black, but this soundtrack to the HBO film is right up there with his best pieces of work. The whole album goes through various feelings, shades and emotions, the best tracks for me being Mauve Antarctica and Tropopause. If you're a Thomas Newman fan then you need this in your collection.

Angels in America - Always Great!.......2007-01-03

Love the film, the play and the soundtrack. If you find the topics of Angels in America interesting, thought-provoking and warm to your heart, you will LOVE this. As a man battling HIV, I find it outstanding. Thanks Amazon, for offering all the Angels in America products.

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-11-01

There are not enough stars on the selection for me to say how good this CD is! It is so beautiful and like classical music. I listen to it all the time!

The Celestial Xpression of Thomas Newman.......2005-08-31

...well, to only write a review is not enough to describe the impressive sound in this record. it is necessary to listen to it. Thomas do not scrimp in efforts to assemble this wonderful musical work. in fact, each one of the melodys, agreed, and instruments (mainly those of wind and strings) even are perfectly connected and performed in litle some more of 70 minutes of music. Transitions from the quietness of a melody to the loudest human chorus, may be hear is this soundtrack (tipically from the original Serie, that I have too in DVD). But everything is not perfect. Must be had included the Henry Mancini song: "Moon River" contained in one of the most sentimental scenes in the film/serie (that i think at least). In a plus, if you are an lover of this kind of productions, it does not have to lack in its collection the "Angels in America Soundtrack". Buy and enjoy it..!

Amazing work.......2004-11-28

After working in film scoring for the past decade, Thomas Newman has finally achieved his masterwork with the soundtrack to "Angels in America." It is a culmination of the different techniques and themes he has worked on in the past, along with a completely new orchestral sound that perfectly underlies the depth and scope of the film. It is a very rare score in that it conveys all the happiness, pain, pessimism and hope that Kushner's work is all about, simply through the nuanced way Newman has written and arranged it. It is an incredibly entertaining score that stands well on its own. A must for any fans of Newman or the film.

Average customer rating: four or five stars? Having horns as a rythm section... Plasma very good exelent cd

Plasma Trey Anastasio Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music Jam Bands | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Trey Anastasio Seis de Mayo Bar 17 Shine L ASIN: B00008PBZT Release Date: 2003-04-29

Tracks:

1. Curlew's Call
2. Plasma
3. Magilla
4. When
5. Mozambique
6. Every Story Ends in Stone
7. Small Axe
8. First Tube

Tracks:

1. Night Speaks to a Women
2. Simple Twist Up Dave
3. Inner Tube
4. Sand

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Trey Anastasio had a lot of pent up creativity locked up behind that pointy little beard. The Phish guitarist eschews his band's stripped down approach and gilds the jam-band lily with big-band aspirations, moving into the ferociously funky territory occupied by King Sunny Ade, and the mighty James Brown. Anastasio not only shows off some truly interstellar guitar playing, but also uses the instrument to subvert mathematical possibilities by whimsically changing time signatures as he fearlessly bobs and weaves between the blasts of soulful sounds from his inventive and frenetic five-person horn section. This two-CD live album was recorded over nine shows during the Anastasio's 2002 tour, exposing fans to Anastasio's more baroque groove-mongering sides as he takes them through a spirited two-hour-plus journey comprised of seven previously unreleased compositions, a cover of Bob Marley's "Small Axe," and three Phish tune, including the politically charged "Sand." --Jaan Uhelszki

Album Description

Double CD live album featuring over two hours of music, including seven previously unreleased tracks. 12 tracks. Elektra. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

four or five stars?.......2006-11-15

I had never heard of Phish [they are not very well known in Europe] but sometime ago I stumbled across a review of this CD. The descriptions made me curious and I decided to buy the CD virtually unheard. At first I quite liked what I heard, but the music started to grow on me and now "liking" is too weak an expression for me. I think the whole musical performance is fantastic, a kind of Santana meets Gil Evans. BUT and it is a big BUT, I find the singing quite weak. That makes me hesitate to give five stars. So it is going to be four stars, because for me five stars means that I have no hesitations whatsoever. In my mind it would have been an immaculate album if he had brought in a real good singer. He could have followed the example of Bill Wyman, another notoriously weak singer, who is having other guys doing most of the vocals in his band. Still very worthwhile to listen to.

Having horns as a rythm section..........2005-03-19

In this case it works pretty well.The music flows and remains interesting from the beginning 'till the end.Recommended.

Plasma.......2005-03-11

If you have ever experienced a Phish show and a Trey Anastasio Band show the difference in the 2 is obvious. Treys band definatly lacks the in show intensity Phish once had, and the unfortunate breakup this year was a real heart breaker for many young phans like myself, however the jazzier touch to Treys work sounds nice behind his pickin and I recommend this album to anyone who is still recovering from Phish's breakup.

very good .......2005-01-07

Trey Anastasio's live album: Plasma is fantastic. To say phish's lyrics are bad is really an ignorant thing to say unless you've heard more than just a few songs. Although some of their more complex peices from their early career were accompanied by nonsensinsical lyrics written merely as inside jokes while the band members were in their teens, there are also a lot of beautiful thought provoking words in a lot of their songs.
On the track Sand, for example...

If you can heal the symptoms
but not affect the cause
it's quite a bit like trying to heal
the gunshot would with gauze
if you instead attempt to rest
the pistol from the hand
then I would not be able to
equate my life with sand

Flowing through the hourglass
pushing through the funnel
turn once more and racing
all your siblings for the tunnel
slide like the silicone
embrace you as you fall
then bounce around
and let your brothers
crush you to the wall

I would choose my own religion
worship my own spirit
but if he ever preached to me
I wouldn't want to hear it
I'd drop him a forgotten god
languishing in shame
and then if I hit stormy seas
I'd have myself to blame

If you can heal the symptoms,
but not affect the cause
you can't heal the symptoms

Look deeper into the lyrics, and you can see something that anyone can relate to.

Anyways... check out the album. It's Stellar.

exelent cd.......2004-09-15

I would 100% disagree with the last review about the lyrics part. Tom Marshall is a complete genius, comparable to Robert Hunter just in much differnt ways. This 2 disk cd set is an exelent compilation of live songs. Now that Phish had broken up, if you wish to continue with Anastasio's work than this cd is a must. The highlight of the cd in my opinion is the " Night Speaks to a Women" very clean jamming. Buy this CD you will thank yourself next time you are on your way to go see Trey

Average customer rating:

Tomita Live In New York Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dukas | Dukas, Paul | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Debussy: Snowflakes Are Dancing, Prelude, etc / Tomita Tomita's Greatest Hits CD ASIN: B000002WBJ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Average customer rating: Under Exposed is right...but still a good cd A Christ-Core SLeeper

Under Exposed Ohmega Watts, Soul Plasma) Acts29 (Braille Manufacturer: Syntax Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Elevator Music Wrong Way 5 Sparrows for 2 Cents ...As Iron Sharpens Iron ASIN: B00006351O Release Date: 2002-04-21

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. See Clear
3. Blank Minds
4. Shoot Out
5. SP 2001
6. Sweet Tooth (Feat. Tiffany Simpson)
7. Overnight (Feat. Othello of Lojique & Tiffany Simpson)
8. Deja Vu
9. Statements
10. Posse On Burnside (Feat. Ethic & Othello)
11. Missionary Dater
12. Family Life (Feat. Othello, Joe Lander & Tiffany Simpson)
13. Hurts To See (Feat. Tiffany Simpson)
14. We Know
15. When The Smoke Clears
16. Come On (Feat. Katie Partridge)
17. Confessions (Feat. Tiffany & Katie Partridge)

Album Description

Under Exposed is an excellent album by an excellent group. If you aren't familiar with them you need to check them out.Don't Sleep!

Customer Reviews:

Under Exposed is right...but still a good cd.......2004-02-20

Acts 29 Under Exposed is a fitting name for this cd because you prob never heard of them in mainstream circles. The cd is a truly good one but not great.

There are no outstanding jams beside "Confessions" but the remaining songs are good and deal with issues like dating the unsaved, stealing and disappointing God. The cd is definately worth the purchase but its not one that you will blast in the car on your way home. It will however minister to you and I guess that is the most important thing.

Feel free to get it, it will compliment your collection

A Christ-Core SLeeper.......2003-04-30

Acts 29 is an eclectic arrangement of Christcentric Hip-Hop designed to sooth your soul and make your head Knod. It definately fits the bill. Underexposed, as the title implies, is just that. More people should give it a lsten . . . you just may be pleasantly surprised.

Average customer rating: Best techno album I`ve ever heard!!!

Plasma LDC Manufacturer: Hot Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001R0T Release Date: 1993-05-17

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Daydream
3. Parsec
4. Space
5. Plasma
6. T-Raumreise [Special Remix Cut]
7. Diarrh
8. Marsch
9. Willkommen an Bord
10. Die Schwarze Zone
11. Live
12. Traumphasen [Chill Out][Mix]

Customer Reviews:

Best techno album I`ve ever heard!!!.......2003-07-22

As I said in the title this album is one of my favourites. I got it few years ago from my friend, haven`t heard of it befeore - I sat in a train, I pressed Play, and I remember that travel till now. Everything seems so on the right place in this album, from the "Intro" till the last ambient tracks. Every track seems to be connected with another although every one is totally different. Songs with English and German melorecitation, and the biggest "hit" of this album (Die Schwarze Zone) are exellent. Chill out tracks at the end are like poetry. This band should be the one of the Biggest in its kind, but it isn`t - why, I have no idea, this album should be one of the key albums in this king of music. Today the sound of this album is not so attractive comparing to today possibilities in techno music, but I think You won`t be dissapointed. I was looking for other products from this band (first I thought the bands name is Plasma), I found some singles but nothing special. Anyway, honestly I can say that if You are fan of electronic music You won`t be dissapointed.

Average customer rating: Not terrible but certainly not Namnambulu either

Artificial Frozen Plasma Manufacturer: Nilaihah Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Emphasize Departure Expansion We Collide Carbon Elektriq v2.0 ASIN: B000FDF7BO Release Date: 2006-04-25

Tracks:

1. Irony
2. Crossroads
3. 1980
4. War/flashbacks
5. A Second of Life
6. A Generation of the Lost
7. Home
8. Betrayed (remixed by Iris)
9. Unborn Faith
10. Hypocrite
11. Condense
12. A Second of Life (Chillout Extended Version)

Product Description

From the ashes of NamNamBulu arise one of the most talked about electro bands of 2006. Vasi Vallis (NamNamBulu and Reaper) joins forces with singer Felix Marc (Diorama). Imagine the hooks, melodies and layers you've come to expect from NamNamBulu alongside hints of VNV Nation and 80's electro. An album that will grow on you in no time...

Customer Reviews:

Not terrible but certainly not Namnambulu either.......2007-01-04

This duo got alot of hype, probably because both guys are from established & favored acts of the underground electro scene. While "Artificial" isn't terrible it also isn't anything really ground breaking w/ maybe a few choice tracks making an impact more for the dance floor appeal that for any other aspect. I thought the new Covenant had more oomph! In any event, atleast it's available at a non import price.

Average customer rating: Finally, never before realeased 1951 movie soundtrack Soundtrack from "The Thing From Another World" finally available!!

Thing from Another World/Take the High Ground Original Soundtrack Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Day the Earth Stood Still (Score) Monster Music: Film Music Classics Atlantis: The Lost Continent/The Power Forbidden Planet: Original MGM Soundtrack Creature from the Black Lagoon (and Other Jungle Pictures) ASIN: B0009GX1MY Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

1. Main Title
2. Flying Saucer Sequence, Pt. 1
3. Flying Saucer Sequence, Pt. 2
4. Melting Sequence
5. Dog Fight
6. Hand
7. Greenhouse Sequence
8. Thing at Door
9. Plasma # 1
10. Plasma Plants # 2
11. Fire Sequence
12. Electrocution Sequence
13. End Title
14. Lion Head/Prologue/Main Title/Foreword
15. Holt's Opening Address
16. Footlockers/Mattresses/Sinking Teeth Bridge/First Day Recap
17. Platoon Breakup
18. Julie
19. Julie Faints
20. Obstacle Montage/Gas Chamber/Platoon Drill
21. Letters from Home
22. Julie's Theme
23. Julie's Distress/Holt Comes Home/Naglaski and Chaplain
24. Infiltration Course/Mock Battle
25. Julie
26. William Tell Tolliver
27. Neon Lighted Love
28. Let Me Alone
29. Dover Awol/Dover Returns
30. Goodbye Julie/Buddies Again
31. Dress Parade/America's Fighting Men
32. Ryan Takes Over
33. End Title [*]
34. Julie's Theme [Key Club Version][*]
35. Take the High Ground! [*]
36. Julie's Theme [*]

Customer Reviews:

Finally, never before realeased 1951 movie soundtrack.......2006-07-17

The original Howard Hawks 1951 movie The Thing came to television some time in the late 1950's when I then saw it as a child. Oh, the horror of thinking back to that first viewing, realizing that electric blanket was melting the block of ice. Now, finally, the music that accompanied this terrifying movie, a score written by Dimitri Tiomkin, is available as a CD remastered from the only remaining acetate recording (from the composers personal collection) preserved at the Cinema-Television Library of the University of Southern California.

The soundtrack is only some 28 minutes long, but runs in proper sequence to the movie. A brief history of the making of The Thing from Another World accompanied the CD and included so many interesting little details, that I played a tape I have of this movie acquired a decade or more ago to pick them out for myself--and I watched the movie before finally playing the new CD. The dramatic theme cords, the wandering wind instruments and subtle electronic component even to this day bring back the fear and dismay I remember as a child under the influence of masterful movie making. Certainly a choice for the music library at McMurdo Station.

It is interesting to note that Tiomkin's 1954 score to the movie The High and the Mighty, with its glorious theme accompanying the story of an airliner filled with many-storied passengers on a flight from Hawaii to San Francisco, also revisits the score from The Thing. I recently bought the digitally enhanced DVD of The High and the Mighty, a beautifully colored version which was fun to see after so long a spell absent from once common TV showings long ago.

Although everything about The High and the Mighty seemed especially familiar, I sat up in my chair when the first hints of problems to come with the plane announced themselves--accompanied by strange, dark cords and wandering wind passages, evoking fear and trepidation. As John Wayne looks out over his starboard engines after an odd tremor and the crew later searches the dark tail section with flash lights amid aluminum struts and control pulleys, the alarming and disquieting music first developed for the Thing now evokes some ill-defined, impending menace haunting the old DC-4.

A second, much longer Tiomkin score recording to the movie Take the High Ground is included--interesting period piece. The CD case mentions "This pressing is limited to 3000 copies"--probably accounts for the somewhat high price of the recording.

Soundtrack from "The Thing From Another World" finally available!!.......2005-11-04

Watching this film I've always been impressed with the quality
of the music and how important it is to each scene. I've always
wanted to own the soundtrack but until now found it be unavailable.
With this release we finally have this eerie and exciting film
music available on CD. If you've seen the film I'm sure you know
what to expect from this soundtrack, it's seminal '50 sci-fi stuff.
The quality of the transfer is excellent, I assume it's exactly as
recorded for the film and not a recent re-recording of an old score.
Now the problem. It was taken from a record. With headphones on
you can hear the needle going around ever so faintly. I'm assuming
that this was the only available source and that would explain why
it was never released before. Don't be put off by the source -
they did an exceptional job reproducing this recording on CD -
it really is as sharp and dynamic as you'd expect from any 50 year
old original source - in fact I'd expect you'd never even be aware
of the source unless you listen really carefully with headphones.
The soundtrack for "The Thing From Another World" as has been
a long time coming and well worth owning, I'm very picky about
sound quality and this is quickly becoming one of my most played
soundtracks. Fans of the Theremin shouldn't miss this one, the
unusual sounds of that instrument are used to great effect, to be
compared with "Forbidden Planet" and "The Day the Earth Stool Still".
Unfortunate that it only runs about 26 minutes.

Twice as long at 51 minutes is "Take the High Ground!", the second
recording on the same disk as "The Thing From Another World". In a
lot of way this is a much more ambitious effort than The Thing and
is well worth owning by itself. The producers really pack as much
as possible into this package - Total playing time for the disk is
78:42 and it comes with a 24 page booklet full of history, photos,
some rare production stills about both films.

Average customer rating: One of the finest Electronic bands

Emphasize Frozen Plasma Manufacturer: Infacted Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Artificial ASIN: B000IFSE8M Release Date: 2006-10-13

Tracks:

1. King of Pain
2. I Get Excited (you get excited too)
3. Lift the Veil
4. Warmongers
5. Vanishing Star
6. A Generation of the Lost (les anges de la nuit rmx)
7. A Generation of the Lost (neuropa rmx)
8. A Generation of the Lost (the naked lie rmx)
9. A Generation of the Lost (lukas boysen rmx)
10. hypocrite (torben wendt rmx)

Customer Reviews:

One of the finest Electronic bands.......2007-06-17

"Frozen Plasma" is new to me. Having listened to 'Warmongers' on I-tunes, I immediately went out to purchase the album. It was no easy task. Most Electronic bands are hard to find in just any store, but I'd say "Emphasize" by Frozen Plasma was worth purchasing.

The songs really have a nice, upbeat, dance feel that guarantees at least a handful of songs be played at nearby clubs. The songs are beautiful to listen to, never once get repetitive, and have enough Synthpop to satisfy the most hardcore fan.

The only problem I have with this album is the senseless remixes of "A Generation of the Lost". I feel that this was added in for filler to make the album have more songs. But if you can listen to a few, you will not be dissappointed in making a purchase.

Average customer rating: Percussive weirdness

Mutant Theatre Manufacturer: Tzadik ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music ASIN: B00011V88Q Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

1. Transmutations
2. Transmutations
3. Transmutations
4. Transmutations
5. Transmutations
6. Inevitable Plasma
7. Meshanitsa
8. Mutant Theatre
9. Mutant Theatre
10. Mutant Theatre
11. Mutant Theatre
12. Mutant Theatre
13. Mutant Theatre
14. Mutant Theatre
15. Twitch
16. Mutant Theatre Act 2, Scene 5

Customer Reviews:

Percussive weirdness.......2004-07-03

I've always loved the percussive elements found in most kinds of music, especially in that of electronic, dance and rap music. This is a very percussive driven record, but it's also highly expressive, zany, and fun.

Compositions such as the aptly-named "Twitch" and the multi-sectioned title track are like the soundtracks to cartoons. Each is filled with potential directions without lingering on any one idea for too long (especially in "Twitch"). Among many other audial oddities you'll hear bursts of radio stactic bump up aginst sounds of dominoes falling and mousetraps snapping (Pateras documents some of his sound sources in the liner notes to this CD).

"Meshanitsa", which employs piano and a computerized voice, is like a disfunctional conversation between two people where both particapants has something to say and has to say it at the same time. It's a fascinating duel that's cut by brief snippets of silence after each spat.

The only misfire on this collection is "Inevitable Plasma", only because I personally find this kind of freeform noodling on a solo piano too tedious for my taste.

Overall, this has been one of the more satisying releases that I've come across from the Tzadik label's Composer Series.

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1. Present/Future
2. Putting It Straight [Original recording remastered] [Import]
3. Runaways
4. Since I Left You [Enhanced]
5. Solace [Import]
6. Songs of Pain: Early Recordings Volume 1 [Original recording remastered]
7. Songs of Praise
8. Songwriter [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered] [Import]
9. Stars Die: The Delerium Years '91-'97 [Original recording remastered]
10. Ten Year Super Bonus Special Anniversary Edition (w/ Bonus DVD) [Original recording remastered]

Rap Music

rap music

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