The Wicker Man

Extraordinarily literate and thoroughly compelling, The Wicker Man has often been called the Citizen Kane of horror movies. Writer Anthony Shaffer and director Robin Hardy built their contemporary (1973) English murder mystery/thriller upon gothic Druid underpinnings and wisely gave songwriter-composer Paul Giovanni (whose first and only film score this is) the freedom to create music of a piece. The score remains one of the most unusual in the entire genre: a collection of original, well-researched folk songs and instrumental underscore that evoke a rare, eerily discomfiting sense of displaced time and place--'70s folk-pop informed by ancient forces of nature and superstition. Long a holy grail among soundtrack aficionados, this lavishly packaged and annotated release has been prepared from recently discovered master tapes with a clarity and presence that gives the late Giovanni's haunting music the gratifying showcase it's so long deserved. --Jerry McCulley Amazon.com

Wicker Man soundtrack a real gem

I had been looking for this soundtrack for 20 years. Pleased to find it finally available. This is a real classic. May 3, 2008

Enjoyable Music From The Film

As a fan of the film I am delighted to have a copy of the soundtrack. It is exactly what I was looking for and I recommend it to anyone else who enjoys the music of the movie. December 7, 2007

Glad to see this finally avail

after years of loving the music and drama of the original ( AND I believe ONLY version of Wickerman) I am thrilled to have the music . So much so that I bought one for each of my 2 best friends. Bravo. October 11, 2007

Question

I was about to buy this when I listened to the samples and I swear the voices here sound much different than in the film. Has this been re-recorded does anyone know? October 11, 2007

Extraordinary soundtrack

This may be the best movie soundtrack of all time. The music conjures up images of the film, just as the film conjures up images of the music. Tracks like "Corn Rigs" are remarkable, while "Gently Johnny" and "WIllow's Song" are, for me, perhaps the most erotic songs ever penned given the context of the movie. A truly haunting film and a stunning sound-track. I should add that I generally loathe folk music, but this is something else. July 24, 2007

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