Near Dark [Soundtrack]

1. Caleb's Blues

2. Pick up at High Noon

3. Rain in the Third House

4. Bus Station [Includes Mae's Theme]

5. Good Times

6. She's My Sister (Resurrection 1)

7. Mae Comes Back

8. Father and Son (Resurrection 2)

9. Severin Dies

10. Fight at Dawn

11. Mae's Transformation

Near Dark,Tangerine Dream,Varese Sarabande,Electronic,Prog-Rock/Art Rock,Soundtrack

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Enclosure Two: Harry Partch Manufacturer: INNOVA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Partch, Harry | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Enclosure Five: Harry Partch Harry Partch: Enclosure 7 The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 1 The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 2 ASIN: B000004AF9 Release Date: 2000-12-06

Tracks:

1. I am Harry Partch - Harry Partch
2. By the Rivers of Babylon - Harry Partch
3. Texts and Music: A Wagnerian Wrestling Match - Harry Partch
4. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 1 - A Dream - Harry Partch
5. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 2 - An Encounter in the Field - Harry Partch
6. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 3 - On Hearing the Flute - Harry Partch
7. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 4 - The Intruder - Harry Partch
8. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 5 - I am a Peach Tree - Harry Partch
9. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 6 - With a Man of Leisure - Harry Partch
10. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 7 - A Midnight Farewell - Harry Partch
11. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 8 - Before the Cask of Wine - Harry Partch
12. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 9 - On the Ship of Spicewood - Harry Partch
13. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 10 - By the Great Wall - Harry Partch
14. The Use of English in Serious Music - Harry Partch
15. Barstow - Eight Hitch-Hiker's Inscriptions. . . - Harry Partch
16. San Francisco - Newsboy Cries - Harry Partch
17. Life is too precious to spend it with important people - Harry Partch
18. U. S. Highball - A Musical Account of Slim's Transcontinental Hobo Trip - Harry Partch
19. While my Heart Keeps Beating Time - Harry Partch
20. San Francisco II - Harry Partch

Tracks:

1. I'm going to start right off by giving you some sounds - Harry Partch
2. Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegan's Wake: 1 - Isobel - Harry Partch
3. Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegan's Wake: 2 - Annah the Allmaziful - Harry Partch
4. Dark Brother - Harry Partch
5. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 1 - Harry Partch
6. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 2 - Harry Partch
7. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 3 - Harry Partch
8. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 4 - Harry Partch
9. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 5 - Harry Partch
10. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 6 - Harry Partch
11. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 7 - Harry Partch
12. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 8 - Harry Partch
13. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 9 - Harry Partch
14. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 10 - Harry Partch
15. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 11 - Harry Partch
16. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 12 - Harry Partch
17. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 13 - Harry Partch
18. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 14 - Harry Partch
19. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 15 - Harry Partch
20. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 16 - Harry Partch
21. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 17 - Harry Partch
22. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 18 - Harry Partch
23. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 19 - Harry Partch

Tracks:

1. June 11, 1935 - Santa Rosa, California - H. PARTCH
2. June 12 - Federal Shelter, Stockton - H. PARTCH
3. June 13 - H. PARTCH
4. June 14 - H. PARTCH
5. June 16 - Huntington Ranch, San Joaquin - H. PARTCH
6. June 17 - H. PARTCH
7. July 4 - H. PARTCH
8. July 14 - H. PARTCH
9. July 16 - H. PARTCH
10. July 19 - H. PARTCH
11. July 20 - Heading north, between Sacramento and Redding (Later incorporated into The Wind) - H. PARTCH
12. July 24 - Federal Shelter, Portland - H. PARTCH
13. July 25 - Blue Ox Lodge, Seattle, Washington - H. PARTCH
14. July 27 - H. PARTCH
15. July 29 - H. PARTCH
16. July 30 - H. PARTCH
17. August 7 - Between Grants Pass and Klamath Falls, Oregon - H. PARTCH
18. August 15 - H. PARTCH
19. October 22 - Nearing Monterey (reworked in 1943 as The Letter) - H. PARTCH
20. October 24 - Leaving Big Sur - H. PARTCH
21. October 25 - Near Slate's Hot Springs (Now the Esalen Institute) - H. PARTCH
22. October 26 - H. PARTCH
23. October 27 - H. PARTCH
24. October 28 - H. PARTCH
25. October 29 - H. PARTCH
26. October 30 - Big Creek - H. PARTCH
27. November 12 - Santa Barbara - H. PARTCH
28. November 14 - H. PARTCH
29. November 15 - Leaving Santa Barbara - H. PARTCH
30. November 16 - Ojai - H. PARTCH
31. November 17 - H. PARTCH
32. November 23 - Los Angeles - H. PARTCH
33. November 28 - H. PARTCH
34. December 4 - H. PARTCH
35. December, 1935 - H. PARTCH
36. Feburary 1, 1936 - San Bernardino - H. PARTCH

Tracks:

1. Yankee Doodle Birds - H. PARTCH
2. Y.D. Fantasy - On the Words of an Early American Tune - H. PARTCH
3. O Frabjous Day! - H. PARTCH
4. You are charged with being guilty. Are you drunk or not drunk? - H. PARTCH
5. Ring Around the Moon - A Dance Fantasm for Here - H. PARTCH
6. Bless This Home - H. PARTCH
7. Harrys Wake - H. PARTCH

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Enclosure 2, all four cds, is curated as a sprawling notebook filled with sounds and speech instead of sketches and words. Of any Partch recording extant, it gives the best picture of the man--as the curmudgeonly, extremely innovative misanthrope that he was, as the composer who was impossibly unlike anyone else before or since. The essence of Partch's music reflects the history of the world--from his particular perspective--the imaginings of ancient Greece to the influence of Chinese musical melodrama, all propelled by homemade instruments based on a 43-tone scale named things like the "Kithara" and the "Boo." These recordings also give the best sense of his philosophy of language in music. Lamenting the whole time how text in music had become detached from the language of everyday life, Partch ran music alongside newsboys' cries and hobos' diaries, following the forms, cadence, and dynamics of speech, rather than the other way around. From his juvenilia (a wonderful song he wrote at 18) to a 45-minute segment of his wake in 1974, the first steps towards exploring Partch's sparkling works fully are made here. --Robin Edgerton

Average customer rating: Near Perfection! Amazing work from an amazing band Great stuff An absolute masterpiece of a soundtrack! Tangerine Dream is very moody

Near Dark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Tangerine Dream Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Firestarter: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Flashpoint Three O'Clock High: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Near Dark (2pc) (Ws Spec) Heartbreakers ASIN: B00000154D Release Date: 1990-06-01

Tracks:

1. Caleb's Blues
2. Pick Up A High Noon
3. Rain I Te Third House
4. Bus Station (includes Mae's Theme)
5. Good Times
6. She's My Sister (Resurrection I)
7. Mae Comes Back
8. Father and Son (Resurrection II)
9. Severin Dies
10. Fight at Dawn
11. Mae's Transformation

Customer Reviews:

Near Perfection!.......2007-06-11

This soundtrack is a rare gem, that's for sure, the movie is even more rare I think. But on to the little review here. As people has stated, there are often too many filler tracks on TD's soundtracks, but not on this one.

I saw the movie once a long time ago, and thought the music was perfect for the kind of "horror" movie it was. All songs has their little magic moments and follows the movie in a good way with great atmosphere and mood to it. The best tracks IMO are "Pick Up At High Noon" which is the typical "opening title song, or I you prefer, the killer is watching you song", haunting and atmospheric!!

And the second best song is "Good Times" which has lots of guitar playing in it. A fast paced track!.

The rest of the album is pretty much very well done. The only bad/boring song I know about on this disc would be "Severin Dies". It doesn't feel TD when I hear it.

I would recommend this soundtrack if you are looking for dark and atmospheric TD stuff. Great piece of work! Buy it!

Amazing work from an amazing band.......2007-05-26

Near Dark was the first Tangerine Dream soundtrack I purchased. I had just gotten into their music in 1987 and this was one of their latest releases.

I hadn't seen the film nor did I know what it was about when I purchased the soundtrack, but I had heard several other of TD's studio releases and was quite addicted to their music.

Just by listening to the music and looking at the cover, I imagined what the movie must have been about. Each eerie, dark composition brought up images, characters, and settings in my head. I practically made my own movie in my mind with the help of this soundtrack.

It wasn't until almost a year later that I got to see Near Dark and it was COMPLETELY different than what I had imagined.

THAT'S what intrigues me the most about the music of Tangerine Dream. Their music has the ability to evoke images, feelings, ideas, scenarios, settings, and a thousand other things. It is pure synaesthesia. It is amazing that TD is able to stimulate the creative center of my brain with their electronic compositions.

This is an excellent soundtrack that offers a unique fit to a film about, of all things, vampires. The album is dark, moody, scary, warm, endearing, sad, and suspenseful. What else could you ask for in a soundtrack?

This soundtrack will always hold a special place in my heart and memory.

Great stuff.......2002-09-06

I was really surprised how good this CD was. It really stands on it's own not unlike the way Thief does. One on their best last ones with Chris Franke. Though the opening track is a little cheesy the rest of the CD is well worth tracking down.

An absolute masterpiece of a soundtrack!.......2002-01-03

"Near Dark" is a sibling recording to "Three O'Clock High", where both albums are a product of the short-spanned Tangerine Dream's adventure with the orchestration of electronic music. One can only regret that in 1988 the band under Froese did not pursue that direction further. Instead, Christopher Franke, who left the band around the time this album was released for sale, continued to contribute to the development of the branch of art otherwise known as electronic music - much in the vein of Near Dark, where not only was the music augmented by electronically simulated orchestration, like on this album, but also enriched by the real symphonic orchestra, founded by Christopher Franke. Near Dark is an early proof that the musical interests of the members of the band Anno Domini 1986 were diverging at the exponential rate.

Shortly after the return from the concert tour promoting the latest studio album, "Underwater Sunlight", the band, in a completely new shape, sat down to fulfill the contractual obligations with respect to soundtrack scores. Indeed, there was so much work, that the musicians worked steadily, every day, for the next twelve months, much like any ordinary guys - as if they were not the musicians, the artists, but the paid craftsmen. The output of this cinematic era is quite uneven, but due to their enormous experience, most of what was released, is of very good quality, and innovative, too.

The first set of soundtracks resemble the style developed on "Underwater Sunlight" - this certainly is true in the case of "Three O'Clock High" and "Near Dark". Whereas the instrumentarium is and overall tone similar, these scores are much darker, much more thrilling, and never as sweet as the mother studio album was. Both albums feature short compositions (Near Dark slightly longer and more developed), filled with the aggressiveness of Edgar Froese's guitar, and with the equally aggressive percussive and complicated rhythms of Chris Franke. What distinguishes these two albums of Tangerine Dream from any other work from their heritage is the overwhelming presence of rich orchestral arrangements, which add the nocturnal symphonic layer to their otherwise interesting work. What a pity that this direction was not continued. it must not have pleased Edgar Froese, who never had a penchant for the orchestra, not Paul Haslinger, who is virtually nonexistent on these two albums. Indeed, "Three O'Clock High" and "Near Dark" are the children of Christopher Franke. After the mad production cycle was over for him - he left the band in 1987 - he started to search for new directions in electronic music from 1990 on. I must admit that I am very, very happy because Chris seems to have expanded the inspirations the traces of which are present on "Three O'Clock High" and "Near Dark". There was a multitude of roads he might have taken, and in my opinion, there was no better path than the orchestration of the electronic. If you are interested in these two Tangerine Dream albums from late 1986, you will be happy with almost anything that is signed by Christopher Franke solo, with the help of his own Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra.

Near Dark is a very rich album. For the first time, Tangerine Dream scored a real horror, and thus the atmosphere reflects the emotions the film was supposed to deliver. The band masterfully performs its task, and what we get is a real masterpiece, an album that might just as well serve as the instructional composers' booklet for artists in the genre. As if it was not enough, for the first time in history of electronic music, Tangerine Dream takes on blues. Yes, my friend - in fact the album is opened by 'Caleb's Blues', a fantastic instrumental song which is like a bridge thrown over the fuzzy waters dividing the so much different banks of feeling-based blues music and cold emotional electronica. Who would have thought? Some 11 years later, Christopher Franke confirmed his insporations with his hilarious album "Pacific Blue", where he shamelessly ignored the self-imposed taboo, and went overboard creating music in as many musical styles as possible. Whoever had any doubts as to who was the creative force behind Tangerine Dream curtain, should rethink the issue more than once.

"Near Dark" is a an absolutely perfect album, which should be enjoyed not only by Tangerine Dream fans, or those who love electronica, but also by everyone who is interested in innovative soundtracks - this album should not be forgotten. Quite to the contrary.

Tangerine Dream is very moody.......2001-06-23

I had nearly forgotten that they did the soundtrack for "Near Dark". Pretty good though. I seem to recall tracks near the end of "Bladerunner" that were done by TD. If you plan to buy the "Near Dark" video don't read the titles on this CD. They may contain "SPOILERS".

My Dell 'puter has a DVD/CD Player and came with a "Tangerine Dream" DVD demo bundled. Pretty cool!

Average customer rating:

The Grainger Edition Vol. 18: Works For Unaccompanied Chorus Grainger , and Hickox Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Grainger Edition Vol 13 - Works for Chamber Ensemble Grainger: Works for Chorus and Orchestra Grainger: Works for Wind Orchestra 2 Grainger: Works for Pianos, Volume Ten Grainger: Works for Chamber Ensemble 2 ASIN: B000068PVN Release Date: 2002-07-23

Tracks:

1. My Love's In Germaine
2. Six Dukes Went A-Fishin'
3. O Mistress Mine
4. Mary Thompson
5. Early One Morning
6. Irish Tune From Country Derry
7. Agincourt Song
8. Australian Up-Country Song
9. Recessional
10. At Twilight
11. The Gipsy's Wedding day
12. Mo Nighean Dubh (My Dark-Haired Maiden)
13. Ye Banks And Braes O'Bonnie Doon
14. Soldier, Soldier
15. Night-Song In The Jungle
16. Lukannon
17. Hunting-Song Of The Seeonee Pack
18. Tiger-Tiger
19. Near Woodstock Town
20. Love At First Sight

Average customer rating: Every last note...

Percy Grainger: The Complete Piano Music Manufacturer: Nimbus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Grainger | Grainger, Percy Aldridge | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Intermezzos | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Bargain Box Sets | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Boccherini: Clavier Quintets (Complete) Couperin: 4 Livres de pièces de clavecin [Box Set] Bach: Complete Works - 155 CD Box Set ASIN: B0000037AX Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

1. Handel In The Strand
2. Bridal Lullaby
3. English Waltz
4. Mock Morris
5. To A Nordic Princess
6. In A Nutshell-Ste: I. Arrival Platform Humlet
7. In A Nutshell-Ste: II. Gay But Wistful
8. In A Nutshell-Ste: III. Pastoral
9. In A Nutshell-Ste: IV. 'The Gum-Suckers' March
10. Peace
11. Saxon Twi-Play
12. Andante Con Moto
13. Children's March
14. The Immovable Do
15. Sailor's Song
16. Colonial Song
17. Walking Tune
18. Harvest Hymn
19. In Dahomey

Tracks:

1. b flat Pno Con (Opening)
2. Cradle-Song
3. Love Walked In
4. Second Pno Con (3rd Movt)
5. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
6. Nimrod
7. Ramble On The Last Love-Duet
8. Chinese Melody-Beautiful Fresh Flower
9. Paraphrase On The Flower Waltz
10. Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster'
11. American Song-The Rag-Time Girl
12. 'Blithe Bells'
13. Fugue In a
14. The Man I Love

Tracks:

1. Country Gardens
2. The Merry King
3. Molly On The Shore
4. Irish Tune From County Derry
5. Knight And Shepard's Daughter
6. The Nightingale And The Two Sisters
7. Jutish Medley
8. Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
9. The Rival Brothers
10. Near Woodstock Town
11. Will Ye Gang To The Hielands, Lizzie Lindsay
12. The Brisk Young Sailor
13. One More Day My John (Easy Version)
14. Rimmer And Goldcastle
15. Spoon River
16. The Widow's Party
17. The Hunter In His Career
18. My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
19. Died For Love
20. Scotch Strathspey
21. One More Day My John (Complex Version)
22. Bristol Town
23. Hard-Hearted Barb'ra Helen
24. Mo Ninghean Dhu
25. Lisbon (Dublin Bay)
26. Stalt Vesselil
27. O Gin I Were Where Gowrie Rins
28. Shepard's Hey

Tracks:

1. Four Irish Dances: I. A March-Jig
2. Four Irish Dances: II. A Slow Dance
3. Four Irish Dances: III. The Leprechaun's Dance
4. Four Irish Dances: IV. A Reel
5. Nell
6. Apres Un Reve
7. Pno Con, First Movt
8. Tiger-Tiger
9. Air And Dance
10. Hornpipe
11. Toccata And Fugue in d
12. Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster' (Easy Grainger)
13. Angelus Ad Virginem
14. Klavierstuck in E
15. Eastern Intermezzo
16. The Bigelow March
17. Pno Con, First Movt
18. At Twilight
19. Klavierstuck in a
20. Klavierstuck in B Flat
21. Klavierstuck in D

Tracks:

1. Children's March: 'Over The Hills And Far Away'
2. Up-Country Song (Colonial Song)
3. English Dance
4. Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon
5. 'Spoon River'-American Folk Dance
6. Train Music
7. Zanzibar Boat-Song
8. Paganini Varations, No.12
9. Green Bushes-Passacaglia On An English Folksong
10. William Byrd's Air And Variations For The Virginals 'The Carman's Whistle'
11. 'A Dance Rhapsody'
12. Girl Crazy: Embraceable You
13. The Warriors-Music To An Imaginary Ballet

Customer Reviews:

Every last note..........2006-06-14

A super budget 5 CD collection of all of Grainger's Piano music.
Every last note!
The shipping alone would be $17.00+ for the 5 individual Cds.
Englishman Martin Jones plays these as if he wrote them. He is thoroughly inside this music.
I think his best work to date.
He is joined on CD #5 by Richard Mcmahon and Phillip Martin. Where they rollick in various combos and trios on 1, 2 and 3 pianos. This is exhilerating. Especially on an truly uplifting version of Green Bushes.
The entire set is strongly idiomatic and given a clear, crisp, warm and spacious recording. FIRST CLASS sound.
There are too many highlights to single out, but the In A Nutshell Suite and Green Bushes are especially GOOD!
There is not a bad note or "vibe" on any of these CDs.
Highly recommended for Granger fans and fans of English Piano Music.

Average customer rating: Near Perfection! Amazing work from an amazing band Great stuff An absolute masterpiece of a soundtrack! Tangerine Dream is very moody

Near Dark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Tangerine Dream Manufacturer: Silva Screen ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Firestarter: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Flashpoint Three O'Clock High: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Near Dark (2pc) (Ws Spec) Heartbreakers ASIN: B000003QPP Release Date: 1995-12-18

Tracks:

1. Caleb's Blues
2. Pick up at High Noon
3. Rain in the Third House
4. Bus Station [Includes Mae's Theme]
5. Good Times
6. She's My Sister (Resurrection 1)
7. Mae Comes Back
8. Father and Son (Resurrection 2)
9. Severin Dies
10. Fight at Dawn
11. Mae's Transformation

Customer Reviews:

Near Perfection!.......2007-06-11

This soundtrack is a rare gem, that's for sure, the movie is even more rare I think. But on to the little review here. As people has stated, there are often too many filler tracks on TD's soundtracks, but not on this one.

I saw the movie once a long time ago, and thought the music was perfect for the kind of "horror" movie it was. All songs has their little magic moments and follows the movie in a good way with great atmosphere and mood to it. The best tracks IMO are "Pick Up At High Noon" which is the typical "opening title song, or I you prefer, the killer is watching you song", haunting and atmospheric!!

And the second best song is "Good Times" which has lots of guitar playing in it. A fast paced track!.

The rest of the album is pretty much very well done. The only bad/boring song I know about on this disc would be "Severin Dies". It doesn't feel TD when I hear it.

I would recommend this soundtrack if you are looking for dark and atmospheric TD stuff. Great piece of work! Buy it!

Amazing work from an amazing band.......2007-05-26

Near Dark was the first Tangerine Dream soundtrack I purchased. I had just gotten into their music in 1987 and this was one of their latest releases.

I hadn't seen the film nor did I know what it was about when I purchased the soundtrack, but I had heard several other of TD's studio releases and was quite addicted to their music.

Just by listening to the music and looking at the cover, I imagined what the movie must have been about. Each eerie, dark composition brought up images, characters, and settings in my head. I practically made my own movie in my mind with the help of this soundtrack.

It wasn't until almost a year later that I got to see Near Dark and it was COMPLETELY different than what I had imagined.

THAT'S what intrigues me the most about the music of Tangerine Dream. Their music has the ability to evoke images, feelings, ideas, scenarios, settings, and a thousand other things. It is pure synaesthesia. It is amazing that TD is able to stimulate the creative center of my brain with their electronic compositions.

This is an excellent soundtrack that offers a unique fit to a film about, of all things, vampires. The album is dark, moody, scary, warm, endearing, sad, and suspenseful. What else could you ask for in a soundtrack?

This soundtrack will always hold a special place in my heart and memory.

Great stuff.......2002-09-06

I was really surprised how good this CD was. It really stands on it's own not unlike the way Thief does. One on their best last ones with Chris Franke. Though the opening track is a little cheesy the rest of the CD is well worth tracking down.

An absolute masterpiece of a soundtrack!.......2002-01-03

"Near Dark" is a sibling recording to "Three O'Clock High", where both albums are a product of the short-spanned Tangerine Dream's adventure with the orchestration of electronic music. One can only regret that in 1988 the band under Froese did not pursue that direction further. Instead, Christopher Franke, who left the band around the time this album was released for sale, continued to contribute to the development of the branch of art otherwise known as electronic music - much in the vein of Near Dark, where not only was the music augmented by electronically simulated orchestration, like on this album, but also enriched by the real symphonic orchestra, founded by Christopher Franke. Near Dark is an early proof that the musical interests of the members of the band Anno Domini 1986 were diverging at the exponential rate.

Shortly after the return from the concert tour promoting the latest studio album, "Underwater Sunlight", the band, in a completely new shape, sat down to fulfill the contractual obligations with respect to soundtrack scores. Indeed, there was so much work, that the musicians worked steadily, every day, for the next twelve months, much like any ordinary guys - as if they were not the musicians, the artists, but the paid craftsmen. The output of this cinematic era is quite uneven, but due to their enormous experience, most of what was released, is of very good quality, and innovative, too.

The first set of soundtracks resemble the style developed on "Underwater Sunlight" - this certainly is true in the case of "Three O'Clock High" and "Near Dark". Whereas the instrumentarium is and overall tone similar, these scores are much darker, much more thrilling, and never as sweet as the mother studio album was. Both albums feature short compositions (Near Dark slightly longer and more developed), filled with the aggressiveness of Edgar Froese's guitar, and with the equally aggressive percussive and complicated rhythms of Chris Franke. What distinguishes these two albums of Tangerine Dream from any other work from their heritage is the overwhelming presence of rich orchestral arrangements, which add the nocturnal symphonic layer to their otherwise interesting work. What a pity that this direction was not continued. it must not have pleased Edgar Froese, who never had a penchant for the orchestra, not Paul Haslinger, who is virtually nonexistent on these two albums. Indeed, "Three O'Clock High" and "Near Dark" are the children of Christopher Franke. After the mad production cycle was over for him - he left the band in 1987 - he started to search for new directions in electronic music from 1990 on. I must admit that I am very, very happy because Chris seems to have expanded the inspirations the traces of which are present on "Three O'Clock High" and "Near Dark". There was a multitude of roads he might have taken, and in my opinion, there was no better path than the orchestration of the electronic. If you are interested in these two Tangerine Dream albums from late 1986, you will be happy with almost anything that is signed by Christopher Franke solo, with the help of his own Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra.

Near Dark is a very rich album. For the first time, Tangerine Dream scored a real horror, and thus the atmosphere reflects the emotions the film was supposed to deliver. The band masterfully performs its task, and what we get is a real masterpiece, an album that might just as well serve as the instructional composers' booklet for artists in the genre. As if it was not enough, for the first time in history of electronic music, Tangerine Dream takes on blues. Yes, my friend - in fact the album is opened by 'Caleb's Blues', a fantastic instrumental song which is like a bridge thrown over the fuzzy waters dividing the so much different banks of feeling-based blues music and cold emotional electronica. Who would have thought? Some 11 years later, Christopher Franke confirmed his insporations with his hilarious album "Pacific Blue", where he shamelessly ignored the self-imposed taboo, and went overboard creating music in as many musical styles as possible. Whoever had any doubts as to who was the creative force behind Tangerine Dream curtain, should rethink the issue more than once.

"Near Dark" is a an absolutely perfect album, which should be enjoyed not only by Tangerine Dream fans, or those who love electronica, but also by everyone who is interested in innovative soundtracks - this album should not be forgotten. Quite to the contrary.

Tangerine Dream is very moody.......2001-06-23

I had nearly forgotten that they did the soundtrack for "Near Dark". Pretty good though. I seem to recall tracks near the end of "Bladerunner" that were done by TD. If you plan to buy the "Near Dark" video don't read the titles on this CD. They may contain "SPOILERS".

My Dell 'puter has a DVD/CD Player and came with a "Tangerine Dream" DVD demo bundled. Pretty cool!

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