Composer: Claude Bolling
Year: 1980
Format: Apple Lossless

Excellent, little known horror score by Claude Bolling. With its eerie tone and French impressionist flourishes, it sounds very much like a Toru Takemitsu score, especially like his work on Empire of Passion or the more mystical sounding portions of Glowing Autumn. This is the complete score as included in the pricey import "Claude Bolling: American Movies" 2-cd set; I have encoded it with the beautiful original LP art, but if you wish to use the hideous "American Movies" box art, go right ahead. The sound is of course much better than those old LP rips that have been floating around.


Tracklisting:
1. Queen Kara (04:00)
2. Heroglyphics (02:57)
3. The inner tomb (02:32)
4. Hadmid's last judgement (02:51)
5. The eclipse (02:12)
6. She has a name (01:28)
7. Kara's will (02:03)
8. The mirror (02:25)
9. The kiss (02:16)
10. Corbeck's garden (02:35)
11. The sirdab (01:42)
12. Jane's discovery (03:16)
13. Mind over matter (01:47)
14. Jane's betrayal (01:51)
15. Big drop (03:31)
16. Body snatching ceremony (02:13)
17. Psychiatrist's death (03:32)
18. The ceremony / Queen Kara (finale) (08:18)

Total runtime: 52:38 (13 more minutes than the LP release)

LINK:
https://mega.co.nz/#!nMNVHL4a!ySXoo4yJmD3Fx385OC3K6t5aeFc4BUQCC18KrM-j9H8

Hi, Cvalda. Thank you for this share.
Please, consider to share the disc 1 of the compilation. Would be great.

Bolling's best!

thanks a lot

Wonderful score. Thank you so very much!

That's great! A prime example of a score so much better than the movie that it almost makes a totally crap film worth watching... But now I won't have to. Thanks!

Thanks a lot for your sharing.

Thank you!

The LP is a different (and superior) recording

No it isn't; the only difference in recording is the Main Title cue, which is a shorter alternate take on the LP (and duplicated twice for some reason). The LP is just heavily edited and features a lot more reverb in its mix.

A wonderful score unfortunately not quite well-known !
Thank you very much for the sonics & length upgrades !

Listen to Corbeck's Garden (Party) LP version from the 1.00 minute mark, the instrumentation is different

Listen to that cue with headphones and you'll hear that the LP version just has a terribly edited 10 second overdub for some reason. Hardly a different recording.

pricy import ???

where is it that pricy ? :)

pricy import ???

where is it that pricy ? :)
If it's cheap where you are, then by all means buy it yourself :)

Ok we'll have to disagree here, let's just say I prefer the LP edit as a listening experience (esp. the Main Title arrangement)

Sounds veeery very interesting! Thanks a lot for sharing - this'll be downloaded immediately, to listen to it! :)

Lol already did : was just curious that's all =)

It's true, the Lp sounds different - in some places better (or we just have become too used to it) - but is far from complete. So you have to combine both versions.

An LP-copy @320 would be nice to have... anyone?

I bought this three times... On record, as a warped cd on ebay - which oddly ran at the wrong speed! - and in the newly released 2cd set.

It's true, the Lp sounds different - in some places better (or we have become just too used to it) - but is far from complete. So you have to combine both versions.

An LP-copy @320 would be nice to have... anyone?

I bought this three times... On record, as a wobbly cd on ebay - which oddly ran at the wrong speed! - and in the newly released 2cd set.

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I like your face. You have such an honest face.

Thank you so much!

Thank you. Very interesting.

Thanks for such a great post. BTW, I noticed that the left and right channels are reversed on this new CD release of the score, compared to the LP.

Thanks a lot!

Thanks!

Thank you again, very pleasant listening. Very good score.

Thanks!!

Thanks :)

Thank you.

thanks !

Thanks for the nice music.

Thanks!

Thank you, Cvalda!

Thanks for this nice music.

Thanks!!

Thanks for the link.

Thank you so very much Cvalda!!!

thank you!

A lot of thanks

Thanks a lot

Top upload chief! Thank you for your kindness!!

thanks for this, sounds fun! This is the first I've heard of this composer, any other recommendations of his along these lines?

thank you

Thanks for the music.

thanks!!

Many thanks.

Thanks