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Oct 5, 2012 - 1:01 AM
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bewlay
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At this point it seems unlikely that a 'soundtrack' to Nicolas Roeg's film The Man Who Fell To Earth will ever be released, seeing as it contained a diverse collage of music, John Phillips, Stomu Yamashta, various pop tunes, some library music, ambient/instrumental, etc - too much to put on to one soundtrack. As far as I know John Phillips wrote a few pieces of music for the film, the rest of it was taken from various sources, genres & backgrounds.
Much of the music used in the film, the well known stuff, is listed over on IMDB, however that list is incomplete, & is missing much of the instrumental or background music.
Most of what is unknown relates to what I would think of as library music that's heard at different points in the film. I've looked around all over the net for more information on this music, however no one seems to know anything about it. Many of the pieces are so different in genre & style that it's hard to even know where to start looking.
I'm wondering if anyone out there has any information concerning the more obscure music found in the film...is it British or American library music, a mixture of both, was it composed specifically for the film..?
Surely someone somewhere must have a more complete listing of all the music used in the film?
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You could just get David Bowie's LOW which matches the film perfectly ;-)
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Oct 5, 2012 - 7:21 PM
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merlyn
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Hi There, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (SOUNDTRACK)
Original Music Recorded by John Phillips
Original Music Recorded at CTS Studios (Wembley) Lansdowne Recording Studios in London, England.
Sound Recordist Robin Gregory
Due to a creative and contractual dispute with Roeg and the studio, no official soundtrack was ever released for the film, even though the 1976 Pan Books paperback edition of the novel (released to tie in with the film) states on the back cover that the soundtrack is available on RCA. According to Bowie in several interviews over the years, there are no plans ever to release a soundtrack album, Bowie was originally approached to provide the music, contractual wrangles during production caused him to withdraw from this aspect of the project, and the music used in the film was coordinated by John Phillips, former leader of the pop group The Mamas & the Papas, with contributions from Phillips himself and Japanese percussionist-composer Stomu Yamashta, as well as some stock music. The music was recorded at CTS Lansdowne Recording Studios in London, England.
R.C.A. had planned a soundtrack album but it was cancelled.
Music crew Musical Director: John Phillips
Piano/Keyboards: Pete Kelly
Guitars: Mick Taylor, Ricky Hitchcock
Pedal Steel Guitar: B. J. Cole
Bass: Dave Marquee
Drums: Henry Spinetti
Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Music as listed on end credits
Composed & recorded by Stomu Yamashta:
"Poker Dice"
"33?"
"Mandala"
"Wind Words"
"One Way"
"Memory of Hiroshima"
Performed by John Phillips:
"Boys From The South"
"Rhumba Boogie"
"Bluegrass Breakdown"
"Hello Mary-Lou" (featuring Mick Taylor)
Other music:
"Blueberry Hill" - Louis Armstrong
"Enfantillages Pittoresques" - Frank Glazer
"A Fool Such As I" - Jim Reeves
"Make The World go Away" - Jim Reeves
"Try To Remember" - The Kingston Trio
"Blue Bayou" - Roy Orbison
"Silent Night" - Robert Farnon
"Any Major Dude Will Tell You" - Steely Dan
"Shades of Scarlett Conquering" - Joni Mitchell
"True Love" - Bing Crosby
"Love Is Coming Back" - Genevieve Waite
"Stardust" - Artie Shaw
"Planets Suite, Op. 32: Mars, Bringer Of War & Venus, Bringer Of Peace"
composed by Gustav Holst and performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Special electronic and oceanic effects were done by Desmond Briscoe and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Lyn ( some info wikepedia and BFI )
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Oct 6, 2012 - 4:43 AM
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bewlay
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Thanks for that Merlyn, however this is surprisingly still an incomplete listing...!
There are two tracks by John Phillips which aren't even listed, Black Broadway & Devil On The Loose, which for some reason are never mentioned, in addition to other snippets of instrumental & jazz music, which may or may not have been written specifically for the film.
There is one particular piece of music, that comes early in the film, when a character puts on a record.It's definitely jazz music of the period, mid 70s, but it's nowhere to be found in the list you have provided. It's not listed in the end credits of the film, & there is no information available anywhere on it.
There are other scenes with music as such, which was either performed by the musicians John Phillips assembled for the film, or sourced from elsewhere- but these remain frustratingly unknown & obscure!
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I've been trying to find out for years what the song/artist is for the scene that introduces Rip Torn as Dr. Nathan Bryce. Does anyone know?
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And the other good news is that the film is being re-released on Blu, though I don't see reference to a Region 1 release. I'd say eff you to the speculators on ebay who are selling the Criterion for such astronomical prices, but the Bowie commentary doesn't seem to have been ported over to this new release. Damn.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=19656
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Wonder why Amazon US has the release date two weeks behind Amazon UK. Huh. Anyways, great to hear this is coming out. Will give me an excuse to revisit this seriously trippy film some point in the near future.
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Aug 28, 2016 - 10:09 PM
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bewlay
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Samples here!
http://www.grooves-inc.fr/ost-various-the-man-who-fell-earth-ltd-super-dlx-universal-cd-pZZa1-2097581310.html
At last, the "Window" cue is released! Although it sounds a bit different here than it does in the film.
Oh no. I've just heard the samples too. Lots of differences to what is heard in the film. Subtle differences maybe, but enough to frustrate those who have been looking for this soundtrack for years.
In some cases there are still missing pieces of music, especially the jazz music when Farnsworth first meets Newton.
There are 2 tracks called 'Jazz' & 'Jazz II', but neither of them sound like what was used in that scene. How could they miss out on that?
It's not going to be one of THOSE types of soundtracks, where we hear alternate versions, outtakes, music not even heard in the film - in addition to key pieces of music still missing?
I'll try to hold judgement until we hear the 2 CDs in full, but I'm hoping that the samples just contain the unused bits, & that other parts of those tracks contain the actual music which is heard in the film.
I've seen this happen with other soundtracks before, where there is a discrepancy between the CD version & actual film score.
I've always wondered what the deal was with that - how could they manage to locate music that was 'kind of' close to what you hear in the film, but not the actual film renditions themselves?
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