GIL MELLE The Andromeda Strain Original Electronic Soundtrack KAPP KRS 5513
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GIL MELLE The Andromeda Strain
Original Electronic Soundtrack
Used Vinyl Record
Sleeve/Vinyl: VG+/EX
Record Label: KAPP KRS 5513
1971 Pressing. Regular, non-hexagonal version. Long text in inner sleeve briefly describes the context in which each track was used and notes on how they were produced.
Condition: Silver foil cover with hexagonal shape has medium to heavy ring wear. There is a crease on the bottom right corner. Spine has wear and some chipping. There is a green sticker covering part of the Kapp logo in the upper right corner. Top and bottom have medium shelf wear but no splits. Two-sided inner sleeve has a couple creases but is in good shape with no splits. Vinyl looks as if it's been played but well cared for... Clean but with minor paper scuffs and light hairlines. Plays fine save for an occasional soft surface noise/crackle.
Side One
1. Wildfire
2. Hex
3. Andromeda
4. Desert Trip
Side Two
5. The Piedmont Elegy
6. Op
7. Xenogenesis
8. Strobe Crystal Green
Review: The Andromeda Strain is a movie that came out in 1971, based on the Michael Critchon book of the same name. It was directed by Robert Wise, who also directed such classics as West Side Story and The Day The Earth Stood Still.
It’s a good adaptation of the book, albeit a little slow. What’s most interesting about the film (at least in my opinion) is its groundbreaking soundtrack. The score to The Andromeda Strain is the one of the very first all-electronic scores for a major motion picture. The only one I can think of that predates it is the score to Forbidden Planet, which came out in 1956.
Gil Mellé composed the score, using entirely instruments of his own creation. He created many of the bizarre sounds heard on the album by recording and then distorting all kinds of found sound, including buzz saws, trains and bowling alleys. So if you think about it, that probably makes The Andromeda Strain soundtrack one of the first examples of sampling as well.
It’s a very important historical document, and a technical marvel for its time, even if it hasn’t aged particularly well. Its extremely experimental, often sounding more like random noise than anything that might resemble electronic music music. So if you’re expecting to hear something like a John Carpenter score then you may be disappointed. It’s more abstract and atonal than that, very soundscape-like. Imagine what Vangelis’ studio must sound like before he tunes all his synths. It’s like that.
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