Phantom Of The Paradise: Original Soundtrack Recording [Import] [Import] [Soundtrack]

Product Description
A&M's original 1974 soundtrack. Contains 10 tracks, 'Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye', 'Faust' and 'The Hell Of It'.

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Average customer rating: "Life at Last" for an unlikely composer phantom of the paradise A classic of its kind LOVE THIS!! UN CLASICO...

Phantom Of The Paradise: Original Soundtrack Recording Paul Williams Manufacturer: A&M Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Phantom of the Paradise Paul Williams Bugsy Malone Shock Treatment: The Original Sound Track Paul Willams - A&M Greatest Hits ASIN: B0000072VT Release Date: 1993-01-16

Tracks:

1. Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye - Archie Hahn, Juicy Fruits
2. Faust - Bill Finley
3. Upholstery - Beach Bums, Jeffrey Comanor
4. Special to Me (Phoenix Audition Song) - Jessica Harper
5. Phantom's Theme - Paul Williams
6. Somebody Super Like You (Beef Construction Song) - Harold Oblong, The Undead
7. Life at Last - Ray Kennedy
8. Old Souls - Jessica Harper
9. Faust - Paul Williams
10. Hell of It - Paul Williams

Album Description

A&M's original 1974 soundtrack. Contains 10 tracks, 'Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye', 'Faust' and 'The Hell Of It'.

Album Details

Original Soundtrack to the Film Written by Pop Writer Paul Williams, who also Starred in the Flick. a Rock Version of the Beauty and the Beast Theme...

Customer Reviews:

"Life at Last" for an unlikely composer.......2007-08-01

Diminutive composer Paul Williams got very little respect for his safe, pop confections in the 60's and 70's, but give him full credit for this brilliant parody of all the song styles of his day. 50's revival doo wop - check. James Taylor angst - check. Beach Boys surf culture - check. Alice Cooper spook rock - check. And all done as melodically and, in some cases, superior to the originals. It's the perfect companion piece to a movie that also skewers rock icons and horror movie cliches. And was there ever a better parody of the shower scene in "Psycho?" Nope, never. Watch the movie. Enjoy the soundtrack. Move over Andrew Lloyd Weber, Williams already beat you to the "music of the night."


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phantom of the paradise.......2007-06-14

i ordered this cd as a gift to my pal who's way older than me. she went berserk when i showed it to her and played it all day, all night. i guess she has had a very fond memory with these particular songs. and i think they are nice as well, even if this album is more than 20 years old (is it?) it still sounds very modern, an interesting mix of musical, progressive rock and pop.

A classic of its kind.......2007-06-14

I've never heard anything else by Paul Williams but this soundtrack to the cult movie stands on its own as a remarkable testament to love gone awry. It follows the story of a man willing to sell his soul for one more chance, a tale of beauty and the beast and Faust and the devil, brilliantly scored and cheesily acted. All the music and lyrics were penned by Williams. My favorite line is the chorus from "The Hell Of It": Good for nothing / Bad in bed / Nobody likes you / You're better off dead / Goodbye Goodbye. Nice and depressingly loving. It also deals with the idea of stolen music (Celine Dion).

LOVE THIS!!.......2007-06-03

This is one of my all time favorite movies,and one of my all time favorite movie soundtracks.Paul Williams is at the top of his game as a songwriter here.The lyrics to these songs actually made me forget that he was responsible for 'Evergreen'.and Jessica Harper has a voice that is incredibly haunting and lovely.'Old Souls' gives me chills every time I hear it.

UN CLASICO..........2007-05-20

Tanto el disco como la pelicula, son excelentes ejemplos de la cultura del genero "Rock-Opera", del cual fueron claros exponentes grupos como Queen y Electric Light Orchestra; toda una orgia musical de diversos generos musicales del univeso musical de los setentas: desde la balada estilo "Rock'n'roll de los 50's" GOODBYE EDDIE GOODBYE, pasando por melodias pop pegajosas como "SPECIAL TO ME", brillantes baladas rock como PHANTOM'S THEME y FAUST (version acustica), esas grandes piezas clasicas como OLD SOULS y FAUST (version pop), explotando un poco de "bubble gum music" con UPHOLSTERY hasta llegar al mas claro y acido rock con las popularisimas SOMEBODY SUPER LIKE YOU y LIFE AT LAST (casi llegando al heavy metal) hasta finalizar con un toque sarcastico e ironico en la cancion final THE HELL OF IT;¡¡¡imprescindible para todo fan del rock, el pop, la cultura de los 70's y en general de todo amante del arte musical!!!; es muy recomendable tambien obtener la pelicula pues es el gran complemento del disco; si tienes ambos, tienes toda una joya de la historia de la musica moderna.

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