CHRISTOPHER (KRZYSZTOF) KOMEDA Rosemary's Baby OST LP

CHRISTOPHER (KRZYSZTOF) KOMEDA Rosemary's Baby OST LP

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(Waxwork)
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DESCRIPTION FROM CRUCIAL BLAST:
  Now out of print, and extremely limited. Which is frustrating, as this amazing soundtrack is one of the most arresting pieces of music ever written for a horror film. Anyone who's caught the bug for classic horror soundtracks should have this on their shelf. Unavailable on wax for decades, Waxwork's reissue oversaw a careful remix and re-mastering of the music for the LP, and it's the first time that a definitive, complete version of the score has been made available on vinyl.
   For his now classic 1968 film of urban paranoia and witchcraft, Roman Polanski once again enlisted the services of Polish composer Krzysztof Komeda, who had worked with Polanski on a number of his prior films, including Knife In The Water and Fearless Vampire Killers. An acclaimed jazz musician with a sizeable body of film score work in his resume, Komeda brought just the right touch to his score for Rosemary's Baby, blending together gorgeous orchestral music and light jazziness with passages of chanting devil-worshippers, spooky lullabies, washes of dark dreamlike dissonance, swells of evil, atonal Penderecki-esque strings, and Black Mass rituals. At once lyrical and maleficent, Komeda's score still sounds remarkably unique, with pieces like the main theme haunting the listener, the sound of Mia Farrow's frail coo drifting over Komeda's eerie, vaguely gothic arrangement for harpsichord and strings, accentuating the moments of black dread to come. Harmonium drones, ghostly piano, creepy choral arrangements, bits of off-kilter psychedelia, and dissonant free-jazz horns all find their way into this exquisite score, using novel instrumentation and shifting styles to create the atmosphere of building paranoia that seeps into Polanski's film. And the horns that show up later in the score are particularly unsettling, chortling trumpets that leer from the final half of the score like the mocking laughter of devils, terrifying sounds that build inexorably to the story's haunting dénouement.
   Fans of strange, creepy jazz will love this score all on its own, but this is most essential for anyone with a shared fascination with vintage Satanic cinema and experimental soundtrack aesthetics, as Komeda nailed one of the most effective scores for occult horror ever. This new Waxwork release of Komeda's score comes in a beautiful new case-wrapped gatefold jacket design featuring sinister new artwork from designer Jay Shaw, production stills, and extensive liner notes from Scott Bettencourt and Shaw, packaged with a 12" by 12" art print, and pressed on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl.   © CRUCIAL BLAST
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