Near Dark

alipaul · Post by **alipaul** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:51 pm

Love this soundtrack apart from Caleb's Blues.
This soundtrack to me captures the mood of the film IMHO
Who other than EF & CF were a member of TD at the time ? was it JS

24db · Post by **24db** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:25 pm

Paul Haslinger

sparrow · Post by **sparrow** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:37 pm

Love this one too. It's also a great contemporary Vampire movie amd my fave of all movies using a TD score. Am I alone in thinking Calebs Blues is OK.

alipaul · Post by **alipaul** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:43 pm

24db wrote:Paul Haslinger

I thought you'd know Andy Thanks

24db · Post by **24db** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:45 pm

alipaul wrote:
24db wrote:Paul Haslinger
I thought you'd know Andy Thanks

there's a photo of the 'trio' with Kathryn Bigelow (sp?) in the studio in an old TD tour programme

alipaul · Post by **alipaul** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:06 pm

24db wrote:
alipaul wrote:
24db wrote:Paul Haslinger
I thought you'd know Andy Thanks
there's a photo of the 'trio' with Kathryn Bigelow (sp?) in the studio in an old TD tour programme

Yeah you're right i think it's in one of the box sets as well that's me opening my mouth before thinking

rotwang · Post by **rotwang** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:14 pm

sparrow wrote:Love this one too. It's also a great contemporary Vampire movie amd my fave of all movies using a TD score. Am I alone in thinking Calebs Blues is OK.

No, you're not, sparrow. I rather like Caleb's Blues, too. Guess it's all just a case of different strokes, y'know?

Chris Monk · Post by **Chris Monk** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:24 pm

I bought the DVD last year and quite enjoyed the film despite not being a vampire flick fan. The music is very good but I have to say I'm not a fan of Caleb's Blues.

timer · Post by **timer** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:27 pm

I really like this release start to finish.

MrCox · Post by **MrCox** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:03 pm

Me too.

My favourite track is "Pick Up At High Noon", just wonderful how that composition builds up!

HarryPotter No7 · Post by **HarryPotter No7** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:22 pm

Also a favourite movie of mine - the track 'Calebs Blues' was never used in the actual movie, I never quite understood why this track appears on the album when the music used for the starting titles was omitted

If any of you own the 2-disc dvd, put the director's commentry on and skip to the scene just after Caleb lets the young chap go in the bar scene (about half way thru If I remember) and Kathryn Bigelow talks briefly about TD's score and how much she thought it worked well with the movie.

Laserdisc Dream · Post by **Laserdisc Dream** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:22 am

I Have the Sound Track & I See The Movie.

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ant · Post by **ant** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:29 am

Great album, excellent film. I even like Caleb's Blues!!

epsilon75 · Post by **epsilon75** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:07 pm

Great soundtrack and easily up there with their best IMHO,as some have said,Calebs Blues is a great track

Pertou · Post by **Pertou** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:26 pm

This is this the soundtrack to the film, where the sympathetic young man, Caleb, falls in love with the mysterious Mae. However, Mae turns out to be a vampire...
Off course, he is bitten, and despite many attempted escapes, he is held by Mae's gang of aggressive vampires, and he has to go through an awfully lot. Mae is insecure with the situation, because she's in love with Caleb.
In my opinion, Near Dark is the best film, Tangerine Dream has made the music to. The film, as well as the music is very 80's.
The music is tremendously heavy, but with a gothic touch. If you have to compare production wise, the Alice Cooper records called Constrictor and Raise Your Fist And Yell, comes close, but I can't recommend those!
Tangerine Dream's contribution to the film has helped a lot to raise the level, because Near Dark is a dynamic album, with lots of variation.
The higlights can be heard in Pick Up At High Noon and Fight At Dawn, which has sequences based on the very dangerous one, that ended the Poland album with a bang!
Especially the last mentioned is very heavy, and you can blame it on the lively and aggressive drumming.
Why only 8/10? Well, the opening track, Caleb's Blues is quite doubtful. In short, a failed attempt to incorporate blues melodies in an electronic context. Luckily, this is the only minus on this record.
Near Dark has become quite a rarity, but I bought it at Groove Unlimited and they might have some copies left.

8/10