FRED MYROW & MALCOLM SEAGRAVE Phantasm OST LP Reissue horror soundtrack goblin

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FRED MYROW & MALCOLM SEAGRAVE Phantasm LP

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(Mondo)
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DESCRIPTION FROM CRUCIAL BLAST:
      If you asked me to list my favorite horror films of the 1970s, I can guarantee that Phantasm would be in the top five. The film's dreamlike, fractured narrative about a young boy running afoul of the fearsome Tall Man and his army of squashed, Jawa-like death-dwarves remains one of the most singular and surrealistic visions to come out of that decade. A delirious hodgepodge of supernatural horror, trans-dimensional science fiction, and truly bizarre imagery, 1979's Phantasm has continued to build a rabid cult following in the nearly forty years since its release. In fact, this soundtrack reissue came out just ahead of not only a new 4K restoration of the film overseen by J.J. Abrams, but also the hotly-anticipated fifth film in the series, Phantasm: Ravager.
      As far as the original classic goes, it was just a matter of time before Phantasm received the vinyl reissue treatment. And Mondo stepped up with their usual level of quality, producing a new 180 gram edition that sees this eerie electronic score on wax for the first time since the original Varèse Sarabande Lp came out all the way back in 1979. It certainly sounds magnificent, featuring that iconic, eerily hypnotic main theme that transports classic Carpenterian synth into a whole new realm of surrealistic creepiness; its a simple but utterly haunting keyboard melody repeated over minimal percussion, instantly identifiable as soon as any "phan" of the film hears the first few bars.
      The rest of the score is just as morbidly atmospheric, from the synthetic funeral organ of "Welcome To Morningside" and the rumbling, avant-garde atonality of "Hearse Inferno", to the almost Goblin-esque prog of "Phantasmagoria" that gives way to the funkified, staccato throb of "Silver Sphere Disco". Like several tracks in the score, that blends elements of the main theme with other stylistic forms, specifically fusing it to an over-the-top disco arrangement. Other tracks offer ghostly metallic drones and washes of clattery cymbal noise, trippy electronics and menacing basslines, frantic tabla rhythms and lush Rhodes piano, bursts of screaming electric guitar and ghoulish Mellotron choral voices that sound like they could have strayed in from a Frizzi score. Indeed, alot of this gets surprisingly proggy, and there are a couple of moments where it even resembles Univers Zero or King Crimson at their darkest, something that I never even picked up on until I listened to these compositions in isolated form. It definitely feels like Myrow and Seagrave may have been deliberately channeling some of the best composers of the decade, with what sounds like direct nods towards the likes of Carpenter and Goblin, but it ends up being so quirky and offbeat that it avoids sounding derivative. A classic creepfest, for sure.
      Gorgeously presented on 180 gram vinyl with new artwork, the album also includes a printed insert with new liner notes from director Coscarelli along with bios for Myrow and Seagrave.   © CRUCIAL BLAST
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