2 TRACK, 15 IPS, ALTERED STATES - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - Radio Station Reel

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10½" Reel to Reel, 1/4" Wide Tape with NAB standard hub and NAB EQ 15 IPS - 2 Track Stereo, Radio Station Copy

ALTERED STATES ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Sound Mixing.  Mr. Corigliano's debut film score is a strikingly original and thrilling work, both spellbindingly haunting and emotionally powerful.  A must-have for any soundtrack enthusiast.

5.0 out of 5 starsA monumental achievement in film music What separates John Corigliano from many of his contemporaries on the classical circuit is that, even in moments of the most frightening chaos or the most potent dread, he maintains taut and tangible melodies that engross rather than disorient his audience. His big-orchestra work sounds less like Bartok composing on pot and more like Prokofiev composing on crack -- every bit as beautiful and human as it is muscular and savage. And yet, the muscle and savagery make his music more uniquely enthralling than any of the John Williams wannabes that flooded the film industry in the 1980s.

His score to Altered States is a little different. It's common for a composer to sprinkle dissonance into a horror score for added delirious effect, as Corigliano does noisily enough at the end of "Main Title and First Hallucination." Once you're at "First Transformation," though, the dissonance is lathered on pretty thick. People have compared this score, often favorably, to Penderecki, Xenakis, and other modern composers who counteract Corigliano's musical discipline -- sometimes for earnest, tragic reasons, and other times just to spite the rest of us. Yet, the edge the screeches, scrapes, and skitters on this album might have over your average "ear Drano" piece is how ALIVE they feel. The enthusiasm and satisfying structure of the more experimental tracks evoke a slightly more agitated Rite of Spring, which fits the film's primeval subject matter and aesthetic like a glove.

Though the actual film score runs a bit longer and sounds pretty brash throughout, Corigliano and the album producers did us the favor of assembling the best bits into a more listenable and more rhythmic album. There are a few stops for relief, such as the "Love Theme," while some of the best cues seem to be restored to the original recordings. "Second Hallucination" is that much more satisfying with the wistful, waltz-timed comedown at the end, and "Primeval Landscape," shimmers with seductive, brooding presence on its own terms. For what it's worth, I consider that two minutes and 17 seconds some of the most gorgeous music I've heard in my life.

Regardless of your feelings about the music from Altered States or any exasperation you may endure by the album's close, any work this ambitious, inventive, and gleefully grotesque demands a full five stars. Hearing it truly is believing. Highly recommended.   McGuildicuff - Amazon.com Reel is in excellent condition, with jaw-dropping sound quality.

Please, let your own ears be the judge and if you are not impressed, simply return the reel to me at my expense... as per the regular terms of my money-back satisfaction guarantee. Front cover artwork is for illustration, included free upon request.
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Tape has been moved from pancake format to an excellent generic metal reel, with brand new white box; ready to play.
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From auction of radio station executive's personal collection.
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This item does not violate any copyright laws in that it was originally owned by a radio station executive (deceased).
The item was purchased by a 3rd party from an estate sale;  I purchased the item from said 3rd party.
No additional copies have been made by any party to the best of my knowledge.  This is the single existing item of this title from said estate.

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