INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

New Autographed LP

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United Artists UA-LA940-H 1978 (Re-issued on CD: Perseverance Records PRD 003, 2003. Now out of print)


Credits:

Music Composed by Denny Zeitlin
Denny Zeitlin – Piano, Prepared Piano
Orchestra conducted by Roger Kellaway

 


Track Listing:

1. Main Title [Denny Zeitlin] (4:16)
Soundclip: “The Pods leave their previous planet in a storm, and ride the galactic winds until piercing the layers of the earth’s atmosphere to arrive on our
planet. A big orchestral cue, that also utilizes electronic musical effects.”

2. Angel of Death [Denny Zeitlin] (1:31)

3. Love Theme [Denny Zeitlin] (2:54)
Soundclip: “I recorded this gentle bossa nova after midnight in a San Francisco studio with Eddie Henderson on trumpet; Mel Martin, woodwinds; George Marsh, drums; Mel Graves, bass; and myself on piano. The late night mood helped portry the movie’s sense of fading hope and loss.”

4. The Discovery [Denny Zeitlin] (2:00)

5. Rescue [Denny Zeitlin] (2:59)

6. Infiltration (Suite) [Denny Zeitlin] (4:32)

7. Flight [Denny Zeitlin] (5:06)

8. On the Streets [Denny Zeitlin] (2:33)

9. Run and Hide [Denny Zeitlin] (2:40)

10. Escape to Darkness [Denny Zeitlin] (3:08)

11. Amazing Grace [Royal Scots Dragoon] (2:10)

12. The Reckoning [Denny Zeitlin] (5:32)
Soundclip: : “Matthew (Donald Sutherland) makes a final attempt to destroythe Pod warehouse generation center and escape with his life. The final, big orchestral cue in the film, written as a concerto for two pianos.”

(Interview on CD only)

13. Interview, Pt. 1 - Getting Hired/The Crew (8:54)

14. Interview, Pt. 2 - Technology (2:38)

15. Interview, Pt. 3 - Spotting (4:23)

16. Interview, Pt. 4 - Musical Preparation (2:43)

17. Interview, Pt. 5 - Improvisation (3:45)

18.Interview, Pt. 6 - Sound Effects (4:05)

19. Interview, Pt. 7 - Final Thoughts (5:53)

1) Main Title: The Pods leave their previous planet in a storm, and ride the galac-tic winds until piercing the layers of the earth’s atmosphere to arrive on our planet. A big orchestral cue, that also utilizes electronic musical effects.

2) Love Theme: I recorded this gentle bossa nova after midnight in a San Francisco studio with Eddie Henderson on trumpet; Mel Martin, woodwinds; George Marsh, drums; Mel Graves, bass; and myself on piano. The late night mood helped por-try the movie’s sense of fading hope and loss.

3) The Reckoning: Matthew (Donald Sutherland) makes a final attempt to destroy the Pod warehouse generation center and escape with his life. The final, big orchestral cue in the film, written as a concerto for two pianos.



Comments:

In 1978 I had the opportunity to bring together everything I had learned in this decade of exploration and integration. Phillip Kaufman invited me to create the score for his remake of the 1956 classic science fiction horror film “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” Phil’s initial idea of a jazz-focused score morphed into a full-blown 20th century orchestral acoustic-electronic-avant garde project with my writing for a full symphony orchestra, performing in small groups, and multi-track soloing in my studio among my array of acoustic and electronic instruments, creating organic but unearthly sounds. It was utterly exhilarating and exhausting-- ten weeks of round- the -clock work, and by the time the project was complete, and a soundtrack LP on United Artists released, I was clear that “once was enough” and declined subsequent opportunities. No musical project had ever torn me away so completely from my life as a psychiatrist and husband. Readers interested in more details of the challenges of creating film music can check out my thirty minute audio interview that is part of the CD re-issue package on Perseverance Records



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Reviews:

"The Music is, to my mind, one of the best scores that I've ever worked with, and I think one of the best scores I can recall on film." - PHILIP KAUFMAN, Director

"...dazzling score...the music is a large contributor to the jokes and terrors." - THE NEW YORKER, Pauline Kael

"And always, the music of Zeitlin -- shrieking, moaning, rumbling, sinister – an Academy Award nominee job if there is any justice (hah!); a full partner in the tension that suffuses the picture. Dr. Zeitlin is, of course, the Marin County jazz pianist, composer and psychiatrist whose work with synthesizers and multiple keyboards predated the fashionable “fusion” music of today. This is his first film soundtrack (Kaufman fought long and hard on his behalf), and he employs his many skills – musical, electronic, psychiatric – to chilling effect…hunching over his beloved synthesizers and percussive instruments he becomes a mad alchemist who really does discover the formula for creating gold. Perhaps a third of the music was recorded by Denny alone, using multitrack over dubbing, and anothet third features him playing keyboards with a symphony orchestra. This is a rare soundtrack album I’d play to obtain (United Artists).” - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, John Wasserman

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