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Pierre Henry
Theme De Myriam
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For the third installment in our Finders Kreepers dedicated vintage horror soundtrack series we begin with an obscure French witch flick which pulls together stylistic echoes of both Bell Book And Candle and Czech gothic thriller Morgiana then feeds them through the musical mind of one the true pioneers of electronic composition for this little known OST by a well known sonic maverick. Often evading the composer’s discography lists Pierre Henry’s rare score to Malefices (aka The Hex or Where The Truth Lies) hears our bonefide musique concrète originator at what is perhaps his most melodic and fragile (especially for the formative era) layering vocal tape loops and gossamer feminine voice treatments with plucked strings, white noise wind and brooding industrial piano textures for this intoxicated poison peon which stands as the perfect opener to an intense soundtrack for those lucky enough to find the original record (or film for that matter).

The second cut on this limited edition 45 is a classic piece of unnerving horror composition that adopts the same child-like vocal/brooding undercurrent that has earned scores like The Innocents, Night Of The Hunter and Profondo Rosso an indelible place in our nostalgic nervous systems.  Creating a major stir as a novel and stage play before benefitting a celluloid adaptation The Bad Seed shocked audiences with the first cinematic killer kid in mainstream cinema following a did she/didn't she plot set to innocent nursery rhymes played in fragile minor keys against paranoid orchestral restraint.  Mirroring the theatrical mother’s worst fears and accentuating the lead roles split personality The Bad Seed earned composer Alex North continued plaudits for his classy, conceptual realisation of this milestone in horror cinema soundtracking.

Pierre Henry - Theme De Myriam (Maléfices)

Sunil Ganguly... Chole Jete Jete.wmv

Edward Artemiev-Meditation (Stalker Movie Soundtrack) 1979!

This is a composition for the Javanese Gamelan, featuring both slendro and pelog scales, featuring the cello.
I hope you enjoy!

© JJ Riordan, 2016

Tidak Tidur - Contemporary Javanese Gamelan and Cello

Gnossienne

A piece I wrote in the fall of 1987.  It's got Japanese, Tibetan and Javanese influences along with some 12 tone stuff.  Four movements:
I. Prelude about some leaves 
II.  Fog and clearing in the woods
III.  Birds in the rain
IV. Recitative and Aria about rain in late October

4 Meditations On An Autumn Landscape

Víg Mihály - Rain I (Damnation) / A Soundtrack from Béla Tarr Films

Baris (lo fi looping session live (03/04/2018)

Borboleta Azul (Blue Butterfly) is a fun tune that moves back and forth between baião and samba styles. The first draft of this piece, from 2013 or so, was inspired by a drawing by my cousin Nick Howard, but reached its final form after some revisions and an added intro and outro. This song will be on my album Florescer, to be released this October!

Borboleta Azul

Been blogging, music sharing, etc. for a while now (see blog under this name) & DJing since 1982. I like all kinds of music.

Most of my playlists are not organized & just hold songs I'm interested in, many of which I haven't listened to yet. The "freeform current listening" playlist is as it says & will be updated regularly. Many of my reposts were unintentional, they were just random tracks I was trying to add to a playlist using my phone & I've got clumsy fingers.

Music maker in Minneapolis and huge music fan of all genres.

Gnossienne

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