Gil Melle Original OZ ST LP Andromeda strain NM 1971 MCA Electronic Psyche
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Gil Melle~Original OZ ST LP Andromeda strain NM 1971 MCA Electronic Psyche
Gil Melle
Soundtrack - Andromeda Strain
Original OZ LP released in 1971 on MCA Records. Cat: MAPS4723.
In the early 1970s, while the British viewing public had been treated to electronic music in films and TV via the likes of Tristram Cary and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the film scoring scene in America had stayed rooted in orchestral scores and, increasingly, pop-music-compilations-as-soundtracks. The Andromeda Strain was a bit of an aural shock for moviegoers in the U.S., and its score, rooted in radiophonic methods and sounds, was extremely unusual probably the strangest film score since Forbidden Planet. Melle is associated with more traditional scoring, especially in the suspense/horror genre (Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Rod Serling’s Night Gallery being among his best-known work), but for this movie he used decidedly non-traditional means to create his music, with only a smattering of familiar instruments. The first three tracks really don’t make many concessions to an audience not already familiar with electronic music; “Desert Trip” is really the first truly tuneful track on the album. “OP” and “Xenogensis” provide more material that borders on actually being melodic, but “Strobe Crystal Green” brings things full circle into the abstract. For those not accustomed to early electronic and radiophonic music, The Andromeda Strain soundtrack away from the movie can be a challenging listen at best, in the same vein as the music from the Doctor Who story The Sea Devils (broadcast the following year). Quite a bit of it isn’t just atonal, but eschews just about any notion of melody, harmony or rhythm, in either the western or eastern traditions. It’s not just noise, though: there is structure, just not in a traditional musical sense.
Tracks : Wildfire/ Hex/ Andromeda/ Desert strip/ The piedmont elegy/ Zenogenesis/ Strobe crystal green.
Record is in Near Mint condition. Cover has a few light marks and is in Excellent condition..
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