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52ND SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL Music For Film: Cults Classics

Compiled, produced and mixed by Paris Pompor and Georgie Zuzak from Groovescooter in collaboration with the Sonic Arcana label, comes the first ever companion release for the Sydney Film Festival -now in it's 52nd year. This is unlike any soundtrack compendium you've heard before.A seamless journey through various moods and styles, it's more like the eclectic "Back To Mine" series, than those heavily orchestrated, emotionally manipulative soundtrack collections of yesteryear. Subtitled "Cults Classics Curios", the album traverses almost four decades of Australian film music; from the most up-to-date post-rock or electronic producers like Decoder Ring and Severed Heads, to the long overlooked vice-funk of cult classic 'The Box', alongside masters like the late Brian May ('Mad Max').

As for curios, there are plenty, but how about the soundtrack that was originally commissioned for pioneering gritty Aus-Hellinic film 'Head On' starring Alex Dimitriades and Paul Capsis. The version here didn't end up being used in the final cut after Melbourne shlock-horror filmmaker, composer and author Philip Brophy was replaced by Ollie Olsen of Max Q fame. So sit back in your director's chair and let your mind take a windscreen journey through funk, jazz, post-rock, psychedlia, electronics and classic cinematic moods,with the 52nd Sydney Film Festival Music For Film companion CD.
TRACKLISTING

artist - track - film
01 don meers - nevermind - opening credits
02 david lindup - testing time - the box
03 david thrussell - end theme - the hard word
04 jigsaw - sky high - the man from hong kong
05 tooth - dreamland - angst
06 the new pollutants - the muse - hills hoist
07 decoder ring - heidi's theme - somersault
08 inga liljeström - all of this - left ear
09 paul healy - new flat - dirty deeds
10 philip brophy - swoon - intermission
11 jarrod factor - opening - lightly baked
12 john barry - the final dance - walkabout
13 jarrod factor - last chance - lightly baked
14 ben frost - rays theme - everything goes
15 brian may - flight from the evil toecutter - mad max
16 orisha - a week is too long - the king of hearts
17 kazumichi grime - 3_m10_thick.aiff - two thirds sky
18 severed heads - pour chiens moyens - the illustrated family doctor
19 david bridie + john phillips - pool - hungry heart
20 pretty boy crossover - artificial snow - blink
21 ens - tropic of cancer - nanaon no senritsu

REVIEWS

**** 4 STARS"Tracks range from the classic... to the instantly iconic (David Thrussell's The Hard Word; Decoder Ring's Heidi's Theme from Somersault) and truly curious (Severed Heads, Orisha, Tooth and many more), all to great, highly original effect."
Filmink Magazine

**** 4 STARS "...Terrific mental movie wallpaper. Recommended."
Empire

"[An] expansive collection... Kick back, dim the lights and let the inner cinema unfold."
InTheMix Online

"... More personal than Hollywood could ever hope to be."
CAT Magazine

52nd Sydney Film Festival Compilation 'Music For Film: Cults Classics Curios' is available now through Sonic Arcana, distributed by Creative Vibes

 

 

 

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