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 Posted:   Feb 9, 2020 - 3:22 PM   
 By:   pooter   (Member)




Just flagging up the superb score from 70s ecological drama ”The Last Wave” by Charles Wain.
It’s available on vinyl but also on digital via Bandcamp.
It’s a fascinating, rewarding score filled with 70s atmosphere.
You can try it free here...
http://theroundtable.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-wave

 
 Posted:   Feb 9, 2020 - 3:48 PM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

Wow, what an obscure title. Its interesting in parts. Electronics are generally not my cup of tea. I may purchase the digital version just for nostalgia sake's.

 
 
 Posted:   Feb 9, 2020 - 4:12 PM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

Good on ya Potter, boosting obscure releases!!

This film has eluded me forever, sadly, since all I hear is that its terrific.

There ARE some of us who care, keep up the "Brain " fight!!!

 
 Posted:   Feb 10, 2020 - 1:50 AM   
 By:   pooter   (Member)

Good on ya Potter, boosting obscure releases!!

This film has eluded me forever, sadly, since all I hear is that its terrific.

There ARE some of us who care, keep up the "Brain " fight!!!


Thanks man. After reading the helpful comments to my post, I realised that I need to flag these things up more.

The film is pretty spooky, and is a classic 70s slow-burn oddity. The score is fantastic. I have it on vinyl (it's a great record to play with a whisky and a book). I transferred it to digital, which is how I listen to it mostly, and it sounds great! Nice to see that they offer a digital download for those who don't want the vinyl.

 
 
 Posted:   Feb 10, 2020 - 2:33 AM   
 By:   Graham Watt   (Member)

123 views, pooter! I probably won't get the score, but I enjoyed reading your enthusiastic comments about it. Keep 'em coming!

 
 Posted:   Feb 10, 2020 - 9:13 AM   
 By:   Filmscoremonty   (Member)

An excellent film from Peter Weir and a creepy score by Charles Wain. I was fortunate to see it on the big screen a couple of weeks ago when a local Auckland theatre ran it as a charity screening to benefit the NSW SPCA post-bushfires. The score "seeped" into real life for me shortly afterwards - the single-note repeated (possibly echoplexed?) refrain that closes the end title title in the film was being expertly duplicated by one of our local songbirds, the tui, which has two voiceboxes - providing the "bell-ring" note and its echo.

 
 Posted:   Feb 10, 2020 - 10:31 AM   
 By:   Lokutus   (Member)

NO CD. Pass.

 
 Posted:   Feb 10, 2020 - 12:02 PM   
 By:   pooter   (Member)

An excellent film from Peter Weir and a creepy score by Charles Wain. I was fortunate to see it on the big screen a couple of weeks ago when a local Auckland theatre ran it as a charity screening to benefit the NSW SPCA post-bushfires. The score "seeped" into real life for me shortly afterwards - the single-note repeated (possibly echoplexed?) refrain that closes the end title title in the film was being expertly duplicated by one of our local songbirds, the tui, which has two voiceboxes - providing the "bell-ring" note and its echo.

I love this story, and I know exactly what repeated note you mean.

 
 Posted:   Feb 10, 2020 - 12:04 PM   
 By:   pooter   (Member)

NO CD. Pass.

Did you listen to any of the tracks? Just wondering if you ended up liking them, you might find that a digital download would be the closest thing to a CD version.

 
 
 Posted:   Feb 10, 2020 - 1:25 PM   
 By:   Xebec   (Member)

Thanks for bringing this score up, Pooter. I like the samples. I can't actually afford it, but maybe one day down the line. It's not my usual cup of tea but it's certainly an interesting listen. Makes me want to see the film.

 
 Posted:   Feb 10, 2020 - 1:42 PM   
 By:   Sean Nethery   (Member)

Very grateful you boosted this, pooter! I LOVE this movie (much more actually than Peter Weir's other 70's suspenser, Picnic at Hanging Rock) - and never expected to be listening to the soundtrack.

 
 Posted:   Feb 10, 2020 - 1:48 PM   
 By:   Sean Nethery   (Member)

123 views, pooter! I probably won't get the score, but I enjoyed reading your enthusiastic comments about it. Keep 'em coming!

Graham, I'm kind of surprised. I would have thought this might appeal. Have you listened to any of this yet? The second track alone (The Vault) is a cool freak.

I mean, it's not Basil Kirchin or Gil Melle, but it shares some of that weirdo 70's dna. (If a bit more on the Tangerine Dream/Klaus Schulze ambient side from the same period.)

(PS I'm listening on Spotify, one of my homes away from home, musically speaking.)

 
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