OFF: Philip Dick

[Chas]

I have the soundtrack album - it's pretty good in an ambient Bladerunner
type of way. Oh and it's by Vangelis.

.......Charles the Grinning Boy.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Jarrett" <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: OFF: Philip Dick


> On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Paul Mather wrote:
>
> > Jon Jarrett wrote:
> > >        I've never managed to see the original version. I'd just about
> > >become aware of the film when the Director's Cut came out, and since
then
> > >I've been unable to catch the original anywhere. The fact that nobody
> > >seems to think this is a bad thing has stopped me tracking it down on
> > >video or suchlike. Am I right in believing that the Director's Cut, as
> > >well as losing the `voiceover crap', also loses the soundtrack? I've
> > >always wondered if that was a loss or not.
> >
> > I saw the Director's cut fairly recently, and it has a soundtrack.  It's
> > atmospheric, unlike the jarring soundtracks of many modern films, so it
> > might be easy to think one was not present. :-)
>
>         I do remember incidental music, but didn't notce it being
> continuous enough to be a soundtrack as such. All semantics I guess :-)
>
> > >        On-topic link: this means the only place I've ever heard the
> > >Bladerunner theme is just before BÖC take the stage :-) Yours,
> >
> > Don't BOC play the end titles music?
>
>         I've not seen either for too long to be able to answer that :-(
> Yours,
>        Jon
>
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