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Born in 1933, Paul Giovanni was an American folk singer/songwriter best known for his soundtrack to the legendary 1973 British horror film The Wicker Man, a score he researched, wrote and recorded within seven weeks. Using a more ethnomusicological approach, the soundtrack (voted second best soundtrack ever in MOJO Magazine September 2006 after it’s eventual 2002 release) uses Celtic musical themes, traditional instrumentation played by folk-rock group Magnet and a combination of ancient pagan verse and Giovanni’s own lyrics.
His first album was a self-titled LP in the band Side Show (with Greg Kreutz). It was released through Atlantic Records in the 1970s.
After The Wicker Man, Giovanni returned to New York and produced a play “The Crucifier Of Blood” which was filmed for TV, and a musical entitled Shot Through The Heart which has yet to be performed, before dying of HIV-AIDS in June 1990.
His first album was a self-titled LP in the band Side Show (with Greg Kreutz). It was released through Atlantic Records in the 1970s.
After The Wicker Man, Giovanni returned to New York and produced a play “The Crucifier Of Blood” which was filmed for TV, and a musical entitled Shot Through The Heart which has yet to be performed, before dying of HIV-AIDS in June 1990.
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Maypole
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The Landlord's Daughter
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Gently Johnny
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Procession
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Fire Leap
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Lullaby
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Appointment With the Wicker Man
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Chop Chop
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The Tinker of Rye
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Sunset
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Searching for Rowan
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Festival / Mirie It Is / Sumer Is A-cumen In
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schoenburger wrote:
Gently Johnny isn't on my version of the soundtrack CD. pah. It's one of the best songs from the film, but obviously nothing can beat the Maypole Song.
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schoenburger wrote:
If you can get the director's cut on DVD, just watch it with the commentary track to know about the different versions. You also get to hear Christoper Lee's conspiracy theories about the missing reels.
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beltanewoman wrote:
YES!
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home6alien wrote:
>pagan folk, apocalyptic folk. I lol'd, guys
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balthcat wrote:
@nanapo: From what I can tell from websites, the original 99 minute cut is lost, period. The 85(?) minute (and most reviled) cut is the only one surviving intact. A 94(?) minute version was recut from the 85(?) minute, and addition footage from VHS(?) or other imperfect material. That, I believe, is what is now labelled the "director's cut" version. I found a link that summarised this on http://www.wicker-man.com/
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Channel4film wrote:
Classic film, classic score - and he did it all in seven weeks! Clever git.
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nanapo wrote:
"though why they used the cut that butchered the film is beyond me" Have they found the outtakes or is there an even more cut version than the one that was initially released?
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Nick1471 wrote:
The Wicker Man is a great film and the opening song is soo chilling to me.
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jackmoore1987 wrote:
Willow's song = beautiful.
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ioann665 wrote:
Here's 320 kbps mp3 with full booklet scan: http://atleastwehope.blogspot.com/2008/12/wicker-man-ost-paul-giovanni.html
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johnny_glasgow wrote:
Classic film. Classic soundtrack. But just an ordinary Halloween in Arran.
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thereofone wrote:
This is one of the most life affirming albums ever recorded.
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Classicsquid592 wrote:
Thank you so much!
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ManAmongstRuins wrote:
Classicsquid: The first song heard over the opening credits of The Wicker Man is a rendition of a ballad written by the Scottish poet Robert Burns ( 1759-1796 ). The Highland Widow's Lament is believed to be inspired by the massacre at Glen Coe ( whose name roughly translates into modern English as the 'narrow creek' mentioned in the lyrics ).
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Classicsquid592 wrote:
An amazing film, does anyone know anything about the song playing at the opening? All the soundtrack says is opening music is it traditional? If so, what era, what region, and who else has done it? (in response to Ascensionday... only three tracks have any dialogue from the film, and I only found it distracting in one case. All of it was quite appropriate, really...)
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mcbirdo wrote:
miraculous
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ascensionday wrote:
So one version has irritating noise from the film over all of the songs, and the other has a different recording of Willow's Song...argh! Just release a version with master recordings of the versions used in the film!
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undrentide72 wrote:
saw it at the cinema last night as part of the BFI's Summer of film, though why they used the cut that butchered the film is beyond me. Still it was nice to hear the soundtrack in all its glory
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Goblim wrote:
Reverence the sacrifice!
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baltasound wrote:
Killer...soundtrack.
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