PAUL WILLIAMSPHANTOM OF THE PARADISE:
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING (1974)
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Beneath the flash, campiness, glam, humor, etc. is some very dark and intense emotion. Some of these songs contain deep despair, sadness, and frustration. Williams conveys these feelings with such haunting, delicate beauty though that I, like so many other reviewers here, find myself drawn back to the movie and soundtrack again and again.
I don't really know anything about the rest of his work, other than his big hits, but I can't imagine any of it delves into the same places. The only thing lacking in this soundtrack is more songs. I read somewhere that the "Never thought I'd get to meet the devil" interlude isn't any longer than the couple verses in the movie, but it'd be great to have anyway, along with any stuff that might have been recorded but left out of the movie.
I don't really know anything about the rest of his work, other than his big hits, but I can't imagine any of it delves into the same places. The only thing lacking in this soundtrack is more songs. I read somewhere that the "Never thought I'd get to meet the devil" interlude isn't any longer than the couple verses in the movie, but it'd be great to have anyway, along with any stuff that might have been recorded but left out of the movie.
1. Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye
2. Faust
3. Upholstery
4. Special to Me (Phoenix Audition Song)
5. Phantom's Theme
6. Somebody Super Like You (Beef Construction Song)
7. Life at Last
8. Old Souls
9. Faust
10. Hell of It
2. Faust
3. Upholstery
4. Special to Me (Phoenix Audition Song)
5. Phantom's Theme
6. Somebody Super Like You (Beef Construction Song)
7. Life at Last
8. Old Souls
9. Faust
10. Hell of It
1 comment:
Glad I was able to help you out with one for a change.
http://vinnierattolle.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-oftens-rock-star-fried-on-stage.html
Expanded soundtrack to the film Phantom of the Paradise on Vinnie's Site. Fantastic stuff.
Thanks for all your shares.
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