Nosferatu

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
An original film score composed and performed by Mick Rossi for F.W. Murnau's 1922 classic "Nosferatu," featuring the Rowan University Percussion Ensemble (Dean Witten, conductor), with guest clarinet soloist Andy Laster.

Tracks:

Rhapsody In Black
Baptized In Blood
To Sleep, Per Chance To Scream
Harker's Tale (Mass Of Death)
Perseverance And Desperation
The Curse Has Passed Away
Benediction
Harsh Reality
Swirling Madness
Von Am Lebem Desto Strum
Aideliaria And Everonn

Album Details

Classic Metal reissue on Metal Blade Records.

Customer Reviews:

A milestone in the thrash genre!!.......2006-12-23

What an incredible album!!! I think Helstar is on top game here. James Rivera delivers a plenty of good hooks here, no talk about Larry Barragan and Andre Corbin, very underrated guitar duo, with plenty of classical guitar melodies with technical riffs and solos. This album and specially this band, should not be forgotten to any thrasher aficionado!!!Recommended if you like Heretic, Reverend and Metal Church.

metal insanity.......2006-08-28

This cd is great had distant thunder in 87 when it came out it was ok . didnt discover this until 95 i think it combines odd meter, riff insanity, thrash to perfection. great guitars

does not deserve to be forgotten. .......2005-12-04

I must turn to those stupid descriptions I always use: Helstar sounds like 80s thrash combined with early Queensryche (like, EP-ish early), Death, and...Symphony X! at least in the guitar department. The guitars are replete with 'neoclassical' flourishes and fancy riffcraft that evoke the second and third bands, and the vocal style of 'Ryche. Songs are very meaty, chuggy, and driving! Progressive features are omnipresent -- with all its rhythmic twists and sophisticated melodic contour, you can see that Helstar is an unacknowledged champion of proto-prog-metal. the production is a little dated, and the drums sound pretty bad, but this is killer. Hunt it down!

this is a top ten desert island cd.......2005-09-12

If I was stranded on an island(with electricity & stereo)"Nosferatu" would be in my top ten picks.
Only half of it is a concept album, but the second half is amazing too(esp. the last track).
I would love to have a remixed copy of this cd, with a clearer drum sound(like on the remix of Killing is my bussiness & Peace sells). Sometimes the bass drums get lost in the mix, but it still rules.

Amazing doesn't even describe this album.......2003-08-23

This is a masterpiece from a band that never had a chance to become great commercially, but for a metal standard they will go down as creators of something magical and inspiring. I love the sound bites from the Frank Langella Dracula movie... great movie by the way... but the album is something you don't hear anymore. These bands no longer grow on trees and that is a crying shame. Rivera is truly the glue to the concept of the Dracula theme, he sounds sincere in his delivery and who now can play such guitar pieces? ROCK ON HELSTAR though you're no long together!

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Meditative But Repetitive
Graceful and moving
Bruder des Schattens truncated
Almost Complete

Nosferatu

Manufacturer: Spv U.S.
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ASIN: B00042YKUA
Release Date: 2004-11-09

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Bres Schattens
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Album Description

The new issue of Nosferatu contains more than 20 additional minutes of material left off the original release and for the first time appears as the complete soundtrack in the correct running sequence. Nosferatu contains four pieces which rank among the best in the Popol Vuh catalogue, thanks to a serene, mystic, deeply personal stance that basically transposes Hosianna Mantra into gothic music.

All Popol Vuh re-releases are manufactured as high quality collector's series with stickers indicating the bonus tracks. The Digipak spines have a design and when all are put together they form one big picture.

Album Details

This Album Includes More Than 20 Min. More Compared to the Further Release of the Legendary "Nosferatu" Soundtrack. For the First Time You Get the Complete Soundtrack and the Songs of the Album "Bruder Des Schattens - Sohne Des Lichts" which have Been Used of the Film Together on One Album, and this for the First Time.

Customer Reviews:

Meditative But Repetitive.......2007-06-12

Popol Vuh is one of the "krautrock" bands I missed when in was in its prime. Now that its back catalogue is being remastered and re-released, the band is receiving renewed critical and listener interest. Recently, I read a review of Nosferatu in an English music magazine that pronounced this to be one of the essential recordings in the Popol Vuh catalogue. Well, perhaps I'd have been happier if I had purchased one of the recordings blessed here with five stars first.
I find Nosferatu an enjoyable CD, deeply meditative but also highly repetitive. Perhaps that is what lends it an entrancing quality. And maybe the repetition is there because this is primarily film music. Certainly, this would not be for everyday listening. But if you just want to relax and withdraw into your inner world, then putting on Nosferatu is a good way to do just that.
I will try out a couple of other Popol Vuh recordings to get a good overall feel for the band. But if this is your first outing with them as it is for me, I suggest you start with a different album unless of course the features I describe here appeal to you.

Graceful and moving.......2006-03-24

Piano, guitars, sitar, oboe, tamboura and a church choir create the most beautiful music on this remarkable album. Höre, Der Du Wagst starts with the gentle sounds of sitar and piano for a slow brooding buildup, then the pace picks up with Das Schloss des Irtums where the guitars gain prominence and likewise on Die Umkehr. The real masterpiece is Brüder des Schattens, Söhne des Lichts with its hypnotic, repetitive melody line and its gorgeous sitar, piano and guitar. This magnificent piece is more classical than popular music and would not be out of place on a Steve Reich album in its minimalist textures. There is also a spiritual quality about it that evokes feelings of loss, sorrow and redemption. Together with the album Until The End Of The World, Nosferatu is my favourite soundtrack of all time. The music is never less than deeply moving, the epitome of grace and elegance.

Bruder des Schattens truncated.......2005-07-20

When I was in 8th grade I saw Herzog's Nosferatu. I ran out and bought the only soundtrack I could find, which turns out to be the inferior "second" soundtrack, reproduced here in full beginning with track 5. I was disappointed that while it did contain the track On the Way (track 13 here), which featured the men's choir motif that is heard over the main credits (and at other points in the film), it was not orchestrated as the film version was, and did not include the lovely acoustic guitar/piano section. Later I found another soundtrack that featured the same movie poster art as this CD, and featured the first four songs on this CD. I preferred that soundtrack much more because it did contain the entire "Bruder des Schattens" which translated into English means "Brothers of Darkness." (The second part of the title, and I am assuming this signifies the acoustic guitar/piano section, is "Sons of Light."

A warning...this CD edits the Brothers of Darkness/Sons of Light" track right after the acoustic guitar and piano begin. The whole thing ought to be about 16 or 17 minutes, and this is only 5:41. It is a real shame. I will tell you that if you really want the entire track, you can buy a wonderful CD entitled Tantric Songs/Hosianna Mantra, which contains works from two other albums, and does include the entire "Brothers of Darkness/Sons of Light." That is what I did.

Overall this is a good CD and the songs are just as I remember them on the LP. Be aware that if you have seen the film but not heard these soundtracks before, very little of the soundtracks are in the movie. Granted, there are rather lengthy exceptions, but as someone else has pointed out, there is quite a bit of Wagner and Gounod, and many of the Popol Vuh tunes are not used in the movie at all. All in all, however, this is a very good compilation of Popol Vuh's style.

Almost Complete .......2005-06-21

This is currently the most complete soundtrack album to Werner Herzog's 1979 movie remake of "Nosferatu." It has all of Popol Vuh's recordings that are associated with the film, BUT with the exception of the first track "Bruder Des Schattens." The album is also missing some other songs from the film.

On this disc, "Bruder Des Schattens" is an exception because it is not the complete song version. Popol Vuh's CD, "Tantric Songs/Hosianna Mantra," is one cd that features the complete 16 or so minute version of "Bruder Des Schattens." The CD's tracklist may list it as "Brothers of the Shade-Sons of the Light."

Music that ALL soundtrack albums to Herzog's 1979 remake of "Nosferatu" are missing:

"Prelude" from Richard Wagner's "Das Rheingold" conducted by George Solti and performed by the Wiener Philharmoniker. The Wiener Philharmoniker is also or perhaps formerly known as the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

"Sanctus" from Charles Gounod's "Messe Solennelle" (ALLEGEDLY the version featured on the cd, "Gounod: Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile; Petite Symphonie for wind instruments." The conductor, Jean-Claude Hartemann, is associated with that cd.)

"Zinskaro" by the Vocal Ensemble Gordela. Song sometimes listed as Tsintsharo, Tshintsharo, Zinzkaro, etc. Group sometimes listed as the Vocal Ansambl Gordela. Both Extremely rare.

A diegetic song performed by a little boy in the film. I'm sorry but I don't know anything else about it. Note: "Diegetic" means sounds picked up by the movie camera during the shooting of a scene.

Music from the Succubus Club -- Vampire: The Masquerade

Average customer rating:

Blood stains, hemoglobin ...
Appropriate for V:tM, as well as for general unlife...
Good music, bad game.
I have a split personality, and this CD made me realize it!
Mmm! Chocked full of AB positive and 80's-goth goodness!

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Ethernaut
Unquiet Grave, Vol. 1
Telemetry of a Fallen Angel

ASIN: B00004RCZ1
Release Date: 2000-02-22

Tracks:

Deception - The Cruxshadows
Prey - Seraphim Shock
Bloodsucker 2000 - Paralysed Age
Heart of Darkness - Wench
Cold From Fever - Sunshine Blind
Fall No More - Bella Morte
Soul To Bleed - Carfax Abbey
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Customer Reviews:

Blood stains, hemoglobin ... .......2006-11-22

I'm hard pressed to say which of two tracks is my favorite. Deception is awesome, but so is Hemoglobin. Listening to the music on this disk allowed me to feel what it might be like to be a vampire, to enjoy the taste and hunger for blood. I don't play Vampire: The Masquerade or even any other roleplay as a vampire, but this CD made me feel like I could.

Appropriate for V:tM, as well as for general unlife..........2005-11-13

While I've heard a few tracks from this album, I'm still counting the coins to pay for it and its shipping.

To K. Owen, who focuses his review on how Vampire: the Masquerade has ruined the goth scene... I'd like to point out that this game isn't about being, or pretending that one is, a goth.

If some roleplayers have been attracted to the goth scene as a result of the game, perhaps it is because the themes of the game that they empathise with most, appear in some gothic music as well. Or, perhaps the goth scene, at least superficially, presents itself as suitable to the game setting.

I would think you should be glad if the game has inspired more people to identify with at least some elements of your *culture,* rather than harping on maintaining its purity, as you happen to define it. As with many subcultures, certain "imitations" of them are not imitations at all; rather, people who have been inspired into similar activities, but for completely different reasons.

In my case, I don't give a flying fang if the vampiric music I enjoy also grants me Exclusive and Optimum Goth Society Status; I like it for its themes of eternity, madness, politics and so on.

On whether this album does these themes justice, I will post at a later date...

Sabina

Good music, bad game........2005-10-30

As a real old-school goth- one who was listening to gothic music and dressing in goth-style thrift clothes in 1983- I have to say this is a good music compilation. Each song is a good representative of the goth subculture, though a bit too modern to be a real sampler of goth.

The unfortunate thing is that this is tied to that horrible play-acting game "Vampire The Masquerade" which was responsible for transforming goth from the punk-bred subculture it was into some stupid vampire cosplay cult for several years, not to mention introducing a lot of poseurs and non-goths to the goth subculture. Essentially, VtM helped ruin the goth scene by causing a lot of dweebs to dress like vampires and run around thinking they were goth because they liked VtM.

If you're into VtM, that's fine. That does not automatically make you goth. Likewise, being goth does not make you a vampire. Listening to this music and GENUINELY enjoying and understanding it puts you one step closer to being goth, though.

I'd recommend anyone interested in goth to avoid this album (unless it's free). Instead, pick up any of the numerous Cleopatra Records samplers, or just bite the bullet and buy a Bauhaus album (to start). Listening to singles from a particular band is not very goth. Part of the point of goth was that we listened to THE WHOLE ALBUM, and not just the singles from it. Singles are for Top-40 trendsters and bands that get radio play. A GOOD band can carry a whole album with a solid theme and a decent story, and doesn't need the radio to have a following.

Seriously- You can like this music, but don't think that dressing like a vampire (or The Crow) and listening to this CD makes you goth. It doesn't, in the same way that listening to Phish doesn't suddenly make you a hippie.

I have a split personality, and this CD made me realize it!.......2005-03-03

Ok, I absolutely LOVE this CD. I am no where NEAR being anything of a goth epicurian, and after listening to this CD I immediately looked for each artists' websites and/or music clips online. Sadly, I didn't find anything else that really peaked my ears like this CD did. I have to hand it to the complitation team, they did an AMAZING job of picking out songs that - I feel - were of a specific aura and putting them in one spot. MAKE MORE!!!!!

Mmm! Chocked full of AB positive and 80's-goth goodness!.......2004-07-30

I have a fondness for this album because I am a big roleplayer, and this album can be great background music for a game of Vampire if you're into the 80's goth rock style of vampire, which I know a lot of people are.

Tracks like "Fall No More" and "Deception" are really well written and make for fantastic casual listening, not just ambiance music. Songs like "Bloodsucker 2000" or "Cold From Fever" are laughably bad.

This album is for goth enthusiasts, but I venture to say that others might find something they like here, too. If 80's-style vampire dance music is your thing, for god's sake- get this album and suck some blood! Otherwise, you might try a nice merlot and the soundtrack to "Interview with the Vampire" instead.

1. Deception - The Cruxshadows- 4/5
2. Prey - Seraphim Shock- 3/5
3. Bloodsucker 2000 - Paralysed Age- 1/5
4. Heart of Darkness - Wench- 4/5
5. Cold From Fever - Sunshine Blind- 2/5
6. Fall No More - Bella Morte- 5/5 (#1 song of the album)
7. Soul To Bleed - Carfax Abbey- 3/5
8. Beborn Beton - Hemoglobin- 4/5
9. Last Beat of Your Heart - Mission U.K.- 4/5
10. Rotting On The Vine - Kristeen Young- 3/5
11. The Night Is Young - Nosferatu- 3/5
12. Blind in Darkness - Diary of Dreams- 2/5
13. Superficial - Neuroactive- 4/5

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Songs to Wake the Dead
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Track Listing: 1. Alien Sex Fiend - Magic (Pyramid Mix) 2. Demonix - Perv (Remix) 3. Switchblade Symphony - Dollhouse (The Damned Mix) 4. The Shroud - Caged Bird 5. Christian Death - Hour of the Wolf 6. Eva O. - Angel of Death 7. The Wake - Procession 8. Rosetta Stone - Adrenaline (Hard Mix) 9. Big Electric Cat - Christabel 10. Corpus Delicti - The Shelter 11. The Damned - Grimly Fiendish (live) 12. Die Form - Bite God 13. Children on Stun - Leveled Out 14. Nosferatu - Farewell My Little Earth 15. Spiral Trance - Close Your Eyes

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Quirky, unpredictable and beautiful scores
Correction
TERRIFIC!

Silents

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ASIN: B0000059L5
Release Date: 1997-10-21

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Plain Crazy: Full Score
Lost World: Into The Amazon
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Amazon.com

Of all the bands playing that accompany silent films (and there are more than a few out there), none are better than the Alloy Orchestra. Simply put, the Boston-based band has an incredible sense of humor, cinematic timing, and a great sound. Perhaps it's the instrumentation: Alloy utilize oddball percussion (fire extinguishers, old pipe) and the occasional sampler sound effects. The group's music never sounds dated, and yet, somehow, it never dates the movie it accompanies. Silents is some of the ensemble's best work, a compilation featuring music written for five different classic silent films. The group's scores for Plain Crazy (noteworthy as being Mickey Mouse's first film appearance) and a funky accompaniment to Metropolis are the clear highlights, but there really are no duds here. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Quirky, unpredictable and beautiful scores.......2000-09-29

Seeing the Alloy Orchestra in person playing one of their original scores while the film is playing on the screen is an experience I always enjoy. Whenever they're in town, I round up friends and relatives to watch METROPOLIS, NOSFERATU, or some other silent classic. It's not easy. Today's audiences aren't very keen on silents and the people in my group protest having to "read dialogue" and watch an old movie that's not in color. But when the films over, they can't stop talking about what a great time they had.

Unfortunately, the talented Alloy Orchestra isn't playing in my city 365 days a year, so I can't see them as often as I like. But they do sell recordings of their work. Sure, these compositions from LOST WORLD, NOSFERATU, METROPOLIS, and the bizarre THE UNKNOWN can stand on their own as terrific music. But I get further enjoyment by popping any of those films in my VCR or DVD and playing the proper selections on my CD player. It's a pain to keep switching tracks back & forth, but it helps me relive the mood I first got when I saw it performed live.

I probably love NOSFERATU the best. I own the film on video with a droning, heavy organ score in the background, which is a soundtrack you'd expect from an old silent vampire film. The Alloy Orchestra did an atypical score with a spooky waltz for the main title. The other selections for the film are also haunting, yet quirky -- not like anything you'd expect for a typical score for NOSFERATU. And that describes their scores perfectly -- they're quirky, beautiful, and very appropriate.

If you've already seen them, you will want to own this (as well as their CD "New Music For Silent Films). If you haven't and you have a taste for the unusual, give this CD a try. And go out of your way to see them perform in person.

Correction.......2000-09-15

I would like to correct the previous reviewer. The Alloy Orchestra writes and performs their own *original* compositions to accompany silent films. The tracks on this CD will have nothing to do with the original scores for these films. I have had the pleasure of seeing the Alloy Orchestra perform their music for several different films, and their live performances are truly extraordinary and provide an opportunity to appreciate how closely the music is tied to the films. However, I find most of their music stands up well on its own, and I enjoy the scores for the films I haven't seen just as much.

TERRIFIC!.......2000-07-06

I thoroughly enjoyed this album, the performances are vibrant, lively, original, and breath life into the old scores. The instrumentation has a great "organic" feel. I would highly recommend this for anyone who is interested in old film scores particularly silents. (The Amazon review sites "Plane Crazy" as Mickey Mouse's first film appearance, this is incorrect: Mickey Mouse first appeared in "Steamboat Willie" on November 18, 1928, "Plane Crazy" was released later that same year. While "Plane Crazy" was actually produced before "Steamboat Willie" it was in "Steamboat Willie" that Mickey made his debut.)

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Gothic Rock on its best!
Their second best album
Gorgeous!
Why this Cd deserves to be in your collection
Doesn't S :)

Rise
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Legend
Reflections Through a Darker Glass
Prince of Darkness
The Best of Nosferatu, Vol. 1
The Very Best of Vampyres, Withches, Devils & Ghouls

ASIN: B000001JO8
Release Date: 1993-06-18

Tracks:

Gathering
Rise
Dark Angel
Her Heaven
Lucy Is Red
Lament
Alone
Vampyres Cry
Crysania
Siren
Away
Close

Customer Reviews:

Gothic Rock on its best!.......2006-12-15

One of the best Gothic Rock albums ever. Every music is just great. Not a single bad music on it which is remarkable comparing to the last Nosferatu albums which are the opposite (not one good music). Highly recommended to have it.

Their second best album.......2006-05-04

This album creates an amazing dark atmosphere throughout its 1 hour runtime. Not a single song is bad; a constant flow of four to five-star music. If you like gothic rock at all, you should definitely spend the money to give Rise a listen. You should find yourself listening to it over and over. If (and by 'if' I mean 'when') you find that you like this, get Lord of the Flies as well.

Gorgeous!.......1999-03-04

Nosferatu's first release is utterly fabulous. It is rare that such a spectacular performance is give on a debut album, but it seems as if they've nailed the trick here. "Rise" and "Lament" are worth the price of admission alone. This is what "goth rock" is, and should be, all about.

Why this Cd deserves to be in your collection.......1999-01-31

Out of all of the discs Nosferatu have released this one is without a doubt the most emotional. Songs like Lament and Crysania are just very dramatic and dark while songs like Lucy is Red and Vampyres Cry are just fun goth rock songs. Lament is worth the price of admission alone and there are 11 more stand out tracks. This is goth rock at it's best.

Doesn't S :).......1998-04-30

Sounds like Sister's of Mercy meets a Lestat like Goth band who likes the Devil. Really cool when reading Anne Rice stuff!

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An intoxicating Power Metal mixture.
Hard N Fast - Just the Way I Like It
Good but..........Cradle Of Morose??
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Crucified
Desmonamelia
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Album Description

Japanese pressing has the earliest release and includes a bonus track. Avalon. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

An intoxicating Power Metal mixture........2006-06-08

The influences on this album are obvious. Iron Maiden is the primary influence on most of the songs with galloping bass lines and piercing/repeating lead guitar licks, but there are also many Blind Guardian moments with grand vocal choruses; but not to be ignored is the occasional Judas Priest vibe, such as on the song "Metal Monster" (not to mention the way the band prints their name on the album in classic Judas Priest style). The opening track, "Behind the Moon", would be right at home on Iron Maiden's album "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son", while both "Crucified" and "Midnight Sun" sound as if they were stolen from the archives of early Blind Guardian. There are some tasteful guitar solos strewn throughout, but the main force here is lead vocalist Urban Breed, formerly of Tad Morose, who fearlessly elevates each song and in combination sets this Power Metal release among the best of the genre in recent memory. It isn't a flawless album, for sometimes their influences are worn on their collective sleeves, and occasionally the mixture comes off a bit strange, but overall this is a solid Power Metal album worth picking up. Fans of Urban Breed's dominating vocal talents should not pass this one up.

Hard N Fast - Just the Way I Like It.......2006-04-10

Don't care for all the satanic references and images but the guitars are heavy, the drums blistering, and the vocals surprisingly strong, especially for a band in this genre. Definitely recommend for fans of early Iron Maiden, Hammerfall, Helloween, Iron Savior, Warrior, etc.

Good but..........Cradle Of Morose??.......2006-02-07

When i first saw the Urban Breed had left Tad Morose i was pretty much like nooo. Then as i panned down on the forum i saw he had a new band Bloodbound, so i clicked the link to check it out. Well before i got a good look at the actual band i wanted to hear the music, i didnt really pay much attention the the firey satan head spinning around on the website and on the front of the album. The first song was awesome, Behind The Moon, which starts out just like Number of The Beast and then sku's into a power metal assault in the same vein as Sonata Arctica. Actually this song is very similar to Full Moon:) but darkier and not as cornier. Urbans voice soars like a flying eagle, so on to the next clip, also very good, and so on and so forth. So after hearing the clips i clicked on the pictures of the band members. WHOA, back up, how did i click on the Cradle of Filth website. Much to my dismay the band have taken on the COF, Emperor, King Diamond, Black Metal look. Complete with pentagrams, cross's, bat wings, and long silver crotch chains(with leather pants). Ummm ok this image just does not fit the image of this music at ALL. So i'm hoping this is just for the first album then they'll grow up and lose the cheesy make up, its been out of style since ohhh bout 5 or 6 years now. Cradle Of Filth doesnt even wear it anymore. So while this music is great and Urban is better than ever i don't see what the need is for all the "Lets be Evil" "Lets dominate and turn the world to ashes", "We're satanic, but we're really not" crap. Just make the killer music and forget the image dudes. Doesn't work. Awesome album though anyways.

A new star is rising.......2006-02-05

Although it would be too early to say yet, Bloodbound may quite possibly end up being the best newcomer of 2006. Formed by Swedish blood brothers Tomas Olsson on guitars and Fredrik Bergh on keys and bass, Bloodbound quickly became a complete band with the addition of talented drummer Oskar Belin and the unique vocalist Urban Breed, who recently departed Tad Morose after being with them for nearly a decade. Way back in 2000, when Tad Morose released their second album with Breed on vocals, Undead, I thought it was the first power metal disc in years that really excited me. It was totally new and fresh, not just for the band but the whole power metal genre. As years passed, Tad Morose continued to put out quality albums, but unfortunately they chose to to expand on the sound they'd created with Undead rather than exploring more adventurous areas.

Now, after all these years, there is another band, again with Urban Breed behind the mic. I am absolutely awe-struck by this guy's vocal performance on this album. His unmatched range, limitless power and unique tone are all perfectly united on Nosferatu and Breed does a killer job singing the songs mostly written by Bergh and Olsson. The duo exhibits intense songwriting ability on all eleven tracks, experimenting with elements of heavy metal, melodic metal and Euro power metal. It is hard to imagine anyone who likes these types of music being disappointed with Nosferatu. The arrangements are amazing, the guitar tone is rich and Bergh's bass sound is crushingly dense. Keyboards aren't too high in the mix, nor are they excessively used. But on songs like "Desdemonamelia", they play a vital role during the intro underpinning Bergh's masterful bass work. Fans of Breed era Tad Morose are going to drool when they hear this and the more traditional heavy metal anthem "Crucified", a song that moves from thrashy power metal to relentless speed riffing and classically inspired guitar soloing. Tomas Olsson also opts for somewhat classical sweep arpeggios on "Midnight Sun" before he makes a swift foray into a killer unison lead with Bergh and Belin. His playing is smooth and he has a crystal clear guitar tone that could be likened to Magnus Karlsson's work on the Allen/Lande project, and when he goes for the classical stuff with Breed laying down his amazing voice, I couldn't help but think what it would be like if Urban Breed were to sing on a future Yngwie Malmsteen disc. I believe it could work both ways as he would finally get the big recognition he deserves and Malmsteen would impress his long-time fans with a 'new' voice.

There are no fillers here, but the songs that impressed me the most are "Behind the Moon" and "Metal Monster" for the sheer beauty of their vocal melodies that are so catchy yet also heavy. The way Breed shifts from toned-down whispered vocals to soaring screams that drip with power is so uncannily Bruce Dickinson during the classic Maiden period it's jawdropping. Galloping riffs can also be heard on the opening number and both songs contain otherworldy vocal melodies that would make the crowds go crazy in a live setting. The title track "Nosferatu" deserves a special mention as well. Again its Maiden-inspired acoustic intro and booming guitar verses, sick soloing, and octopus drumming are terrific. The band's love for Helloween style Euro power metal is best noticed on "Fallen from Grace", marked by incessant double bass drums, multi-track guitar rhythms, and of course Breed's heart-stopping vocals, especially during the very end. I also love the aggression he displays on "Into the Dark", as it reminds me of his work on A Mended Rhyme, easily the most overlooked Tad Morose disc to date.

The production is amazing. Multi-textured and rich in clarity, everything is executed with finesse and utter perfection. If you heard Kamelot's The Black Halo last year and thought it was a real breath of fresh air, you must pick up Nosferatu immediately. Kudos goes to Mark Wilkinson who has done a very good artwork for the album, quite similar to his classic works with Maiden and Priest.

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Excellent Combinations

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Nosferatu
Manufacturer: Cleopatra
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Reflections Through a Darker Glass
Prince of Darkness
Legend

ASIN: B00000K0SP
Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

Darkness Brings [Aphelion Edit]
Uninvited Guest (No Other Medicine)
Gauntlet [Demon Seed Remix]
Graveyard Shift [Hunchback Edit]
Heaven [Version 1.2]
Into the Night [Pre-Raphalite Repro.]
Ravage [Bloodstone Version 1.1]
Witching Hour [Midnight Derangement]
Blind Faith

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Excellent Combinations.......2000-03-30

This cd is very cool. For some reason, the band decided to go gothic with the classic emotion of the 80's, and then intertwine it with industrial beats and remixes. I would never listen to anything gothic usually, but the emotion they throw in with thier clever guitar has a great result. Finally old fashioned style rock bands are realizing how cool electronics and especially remixes turn out. I really hope they keep up this way. This cd is the perfect example of what I'm talking about. A complete overveiw of their style. With 8 remixes of recent songs and 1 new song, you get a taste of everything. It took me a while to finally get around to buying this cd, but I really wish I had bought it sooner. Get this and you'll love it.

Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horrors (1998 Score To 1922 Film)

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Superb soundtrack
A STAND-OUT PERFORMANCE
Best Nosferatu soundtrack I've ever heard!!
A great score for a great silent classic
Not quite the original soundtrack, but worth hearing!

Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horrors (1998 Score To 1922 Film)
James Bernard
Manufacturer: Silva America
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000004BQO
Release Date: 1998-02-17

Tracks:

Overture-Omens Of Nosferatu
Hutter And Ellen
Ellen's Disquiet
Journey To Orlok's Castle
In The Castle
Ellen Sleep-Walks
Hutter's Discovery
Loading The Coffins
Ellen By The Seashore
The Ship Of Doom
Orlok's Lair
The Plague
The Pursuit Of Knock
The Power Of Orlok/The Death Of Ellen

Customer Reviews:

Superb soundtrack.......2007-03-07

I agree with the other reviewers - this is without doubt the best soundtrack to Nosferatu available. I'm also happy to report that the one reviewer who lamented that there is no DVD of the film with this soundtrack is incorrect. The British Film Institute (BFI) edition does use Bernard's music. You will probably need to order it from the UK (try amazon.co.uk), and you may have to watch it on your computer, but it's worth it!

A STAND-OUT PERFORMANCE.......2006-09-21

Written long after the original film was in theatres,this item ,while associated with the silent-era vampire classic,might just as well be viewed as a theme-oriented symphony...The theme,of course,is good and evil,the latter personified in the vampire nosferatu..Many symphonic pieces start with a particular theme in mind,and then develop cues that advance thier musical storyline..Even given the fact that this was a score written to back up an existing silent movie the resulting work can stand alone,without specific reference to the film itself..Sort of like a classical symphony piece that just happens to compliment a movie..Phillip Sainton,another classical composer,took his short classical symphonic piece"The Island"and,with some additions,turned it into the score for the John Huston classic"Moby Dick"...But one can listen to"The Island" and experience the same flow without actually knowing that,in a slightly different form,it became the score for a major motion picture...Here we have a similiar situation,in that the music,which more or less runs together rather than being divided into specific cues to serve behind specific scenes,creates an atmosphere that clearly suggests some great contest between light and darkness...

Best Nosferatu soundtrack I've ever heard!!.......2004-12-13

I own three editions of Nosferatu on DVD, with five different soundtracks between them, but none of them come nearly as close to capturing the essence of Murnau's masterpiece as James Bernard's powerful score. I can close my eyes while listening to this CD and visualize the action as it plays along with the music...from Orlok's menace to Hutter's naivete to Ellen's dark foreboding...it's all here! I was impressed with Bernard's work with Hammer films, and he definitely didn't disappoint with this one. Unlike the other scores, the majority of which were anachronistic (using sounds and styles quite out of place set against the 1922 vintage of the film), this one has a credibility...although this is by no means the original soundtrack (which, as someone else here pointed out, has been lost to the ages save for a few fragments), it is surely a candidate for the best score to take its place.
That being said, it is a true shame that there is no edition of Nosferatu out on the market with this soundtrack...this score was composed for a British television presentation of the movie, but I can't seem to find any information as to whether or not this edition of the film was ever released to the public on VHS or DVD. I tried playing it with my Alpha Video version of Nosferatu (which, at 64 minutes, is the only one that matches the length of the CD) but the movie constantly lagged behind the corresponding music). If Kino or Image ever decides to release a newer edition of Nosferatu on DVD, they would do well to lose the avant-garde scores and use this instead.

A great score for a great silent classic.......2004-09-28

Firstly, a couple of errors on the previous reviews. In John Bush's All Music review, he states this was composed for an American release. Not so. Bernard composed this new score for a series of silent films on the BBC's Channel 4. (Carl Davis's score for Chaney's Phantom of the Opera is another one in that series well worth picking up.)

Secondly, Michael from Kent states that there were never scores composed specifically for silent films. Again, not so. Many later silent films--especially the big-budget films--had scores specially commissioned for them and orchestrated for any number of instrumentations. The same score often was written out for orchestra, small bands, and even solo piano or organ, so that it could be played in venues of all different sizes. (The book Film Music by Roy M. Prendergast is an excellent resource on this point.) And, in fact, Nosferatu had a score written specially for it by Hans Erdmann. Now, unfortunately, that "original" score was mostly lost. What fragments that remained were pieced together and filled out with Erdmann's other film music for a disc on RCA conducted by Gillian B. Anderson. The same thing was done with Giuseppe Becce's fragments for Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on Koch, and both are worth seeking out. So, there were "original scores" for silent films, this just doesn't happen to be one.

Finally, the disc itself. For fans of Bernard's work on the Hammer films this is a must have. Far more mature and interesting than some of his earlier work, it nonetheless retains the elements that made his scores so exciting in the first place. I would rank it among his best work in the genre. For fans of more romantic work like Waxman and Rozsa should see if they can find a copy of the Erdmann score.

Not quite the original soundtrack, but worth hearing!.......2001-02-09

It may be taken for granted after seeing a particular copy of a classic film that includes a certain background music that sounds perfect with the film, that one would expect this particular music to be available on CD. Such as not the case with NOSFERATU, but this splendid CD is still worth listening to. As many film collectors know, F.W. Murnau's legendary silent classic NOSFERATU has became available through very many VHS editions, from such distributors as King Video, Vintage Silent Classics, Hollywood Gold, Blackhawk Videos, Republic Pictures Silents, and most recently we have the alleged Ultimate Edition available on DVD. It may be common knowledge that all videos contain a different music score in the background. So in silent films there is no OFFICIAL music score. James Bernard, who has for years been a popular composer of the British Hammer Horror Classics such as THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and HORROR OF DRACULA. Whereas Bernard's music for THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN is somewhat escalator-ish and at the same time thrilling, the HORROR OF DRACULA score consists of three or four note motifs that bring to full intensity the pure evil of Count Dracula. In both films, they blend perfectly well with Christopher Lee's incredible performances. With this recent release of the NOSFERATU soundtrack, Bernard brings a similar shtick. The opening Overture is at first creepy then gets loud and compelling. Please note, these are all music pieces that we have never heard in any video release known as of yet, so for this reason hearing this CD would be worth it. With the Blackhawk Video release of the opening credits you first hearing a wolf howling, followed by frenzied, chilling music. You can actually feel what kind of a movie you are about to watch. With the Republic Pictures, the music during the beginning is a little introductory, and plays different music pieces for each character to establish the seriousness of their prominence to the film. Bernard's music to the "Hutter and Ellen" tracks first get playful, considering you hear the music played at so many different tones, first you hear it slow, than at a faster pace later. The music suddenly gets sad when Hutter announces his ill-fated quest. The music during the arrival of the Castle is appropriately dark and somber. I especially like the music for "The Ship of Doom", and would have loved to hear more background music for this scene. But given it was such an eerie, compelling scene to show Count Orlock's arrival by the sea, it was probably for the best that not very much background music was to be heard. It gives the entire scene a more darker complexity. Finally there is "The Pursuit of Knock" which for the first time brings a musical motif to Count Orlocks' demented follower. In many silent video versions of the score you only hear one certain musical piece for each of his scenes, or only for the scene towards the end, when Knock is being pursued by the crowd. Either way, it works. Finally there is the scene where Ellen sacrifices her life to keep Count Orlock by her bedside until dawn. Bernard's music for this is somewhat piercing, rather than slow and eerie as I would have expected it to be. Yet it does give a good dimension to the scene. Given this soundtrack may someday be a very rare collectible, I would say it is worth picking up for film collectors, or at least fans of old Horror classics. Nevertheless, I recommend picking it up.