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Cat: FOX 010LP. Rel: 25 Sep 23
Soundtracks

Side 1 - Track 1. Professor Balthazar (Opening Credits)Side 1 - Track 2. MaxolSide 1 - Track 3. Maestro KokoSide 1 - Track 4. Horacijev Uspon I PadSide 1 - Track 5. Tetke PletkeSide 1 - Track 6. Professor Balthazar (Zagrebfilmijada Theme)Side 1 - Track 7. O Misu I SatovimaSide 1 - Track 8. Horacijev Uspon I Pad (Animal Choir)Side 2 - Track 1. Stonozica BosicaSide 2 - Track 2. Vjetrovita Prica (The Balthazar's Machine)Side 2 - Track 3. Lutke Bez KoseSide 2 - Track 4. Oblacno Sa SvadavinamaSide 2 - Track 5. Krojac Silvestar (Bozica Sings)Side 2 - Track 6. Peppino CiceroneSide 2 - Track 7. Maxol (The Lullaby)

If you're unfamiliar with Yugoslavia-era Croatian animated children's entertainment than where have you been? And, please, allow us some introductions. Produced for 11 years, between 1967 and 1978, Professor Balthazar was a kids show about a benevolent genius scientist (the titular star) who helps those around him overcome various problems, often through the use of invention, using a magical machine to come up with innovative designs to solve any issue. While there is certainly subtext to read into - TV has always been a bastion of propaganda, not least behind the Iron Curtain of yore - trying to pinpoint the location or origin here isn't easy, if you don't already know. No character speaks a discernible language, making this resolutely universal storytelling. Similarly, the soundtrack, by Balkan master Tomislav Simovic, is relentlessly shapeshifting and expressive, and impossible not to fall in love with, no matter where you grew up.