Cat: CY 001BCL. Rel: 8 Nov 21
Soundtracks
Side 1 - Track 1. Part I |
Side 1 - Track 2. Part II |
Side 1 - Track 3. Part III |
Side 1 - Track 4. Part IV |
Side 1 - Track 5. Part V |
Side 1 - Track 6. Part VI |
Side 1 - Track 7. Part VII |
Side 2 - Track 1. Part VIII |
Side 2 - Track 2. Part IX |
Side 2 - Track 3. Part X |
Side 2 - Track 4. Part XI |
Side 2 - Track 5. Part XII |
Side 2 - Track 6. Part XIII |
Side 2 - Track 7. Part XIV |
Side 2 - Track 8. Part XV |
Side 2 - Track 9. Part XVI |
Side 2 - Track 10. Part XVII |
Side 3 - Track 1. Part I |
Side 3 - Track 2. Part II |
Side 3 - Track 3. Part III |
Side 3 - Track 4. Part IV |
Side 3 - Track 5. Part V |
Side 3 - Track 6. Part VI |
Side 3 - Track 7. Part VII |
Side 3 - Track 8. Part VIII |
Side 3 - Track 9. Part IX |
Side 3 - Track 10. Part X |
Side 3 - Track 11. Part XI |
Side 3 - Track 12. Part XII |
Side 3 - Track 13. Part XIII |
Side 3 - Track 14. Part XIV |
Side 3 - Track 15. Part XV |
Side 3 - Track 16. Part XVI |
Side 3 - Track 17. Part XVII |
Song Cycle Records has put together a collector's edition box set of the Solaris original soundtrack as realised by Russian composer Edward Artemiev, who was once a member of the legendary Experimental Studio of Electronic Music in Moscow. Andrey Tarkovsky's masterpiece film from 1972 is a cosmic epic with a soundtrack to match thanks to its many eerie synthesiser sounds and lo-fi, alien ambient atmospheres. The pair also worked on Mirror (1975) and Stalker (1979), but Solaris might be their best, as this compelling box set proves.