Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The Wicker Man

One of my all time favorite films, one of my all time favorite soundtracks. The Wicker Man pits paganism against piety, old timey religion against even old timier religion. When a stodgy protestant detective touches down on a tiny Scottish island inhabited by a community still immersed in heathen tradition, ideologies clash and ultimately faith is tested. Amazing performances from both Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee, and a smoking hot Britt Ekland. The soundtrack contains eerie folk, ribald sing-a-longs, and plenty of witchy pagan vibes that evoke the mists of Summerisle and it's strange inhabitants. Come, it is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.


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23 comments:

  1. GraemeJuly 7, 2009 at 7:04 AM

    Any information on the people who performed this? I know they went by the un-Googleable name Magnet, but I could never find out anything about them, whether they recorded anything else, whether or not they were a real band or something assembled for the soundtrack or what.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 7:07 AM

    Thanks for posting this one. A great film and a great soundtrack. So highly influential on the "neo"-Folk/Apocalyptic Folk scene, I think I must have at least 5 versions of the "Gently Johhny" song by various people. But alas what of the remake?! I suppose as little as can be said about that travesty the better.

    MW

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  3. UncausedCauseJuly 7, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    An amazing film with a fantastic soundtrack. Talking of films with Christopher Lee in (well there are very many...) have you seen the Hammer film Dracula AD 1972? That soundtrack needs to be released immediately (unless it has already...), a total jam.

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  4. UncausedCauseJuly 7, 2009 at 7:56 AM

    Graeme - I believe it's Paul Giovanni

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  5. AesopJuly 7, 2009 at 8:02 AM

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicker_Man_soundtrack

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  6. AesopJuly 7, 2009 at 8:03 AM

    Sexy's comment wins.

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  7. AsaJuly 7, 2009 at 8:09 AM

    OH GOD NO, NOT THE BEES

    AAAGHGHHHH

    THEY'RE IN MY EYES AHGHHHHGH

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  8. THRIPSJuly 7, 2009 at 8:48 AM

    Yeah! best ending to a movie ever! I never saw the remake but i hear they ruined it.

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  9. Shelby CobrasJuly 7, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    Dang. This one was on my "post soon" list. This is a great soundtrack that's been haunting my thoughts for years. AWESOME.

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  10. Kevin Gan YuenJuly 7, 2009 at 10:05 AM

    YESSS! thank you.

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  11. ifdeadJuly 7, 2009 at 12:00 PM

    Corn riggs and barley riggs!

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  12. AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    It's shameful of me but I haven't seen this movie... yet.
    Cheers!

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  13. AniconJuly 7, 2009 at 7:28 PM

    That montage of the first three songs is my favorite, one of my all time favorite films. It's always surprising to me that this movie isn't as well known as The Omen or Rosemary's Baby.

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  14. BradethQJuly 7, 2009 at 9:25 PM

    Deadly! Now I gotta go dust off the movie. Thanks.

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  15. JonJuly 7, 2009 at 11:18 PM

    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

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  16. .July 8, 2009 at 3:55 AM

    Very fitting that I've only heard about this movie because of Agalloch's "The White". Made me really want to see the movie, but I've yet to do it unfortunately. The little bits of the soundtrack I've heard sounded great too.

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  17. ToddJuly 8, 2009 at 9:23 AM

    I've definitely lifted a few vocal melodies from this soundtrack, and one of my favorite movies. What a combination.

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  18. CoreopsisJuly 9, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    Dracula 1972 AD is f**kin' great. So is this. Thanks again, Aesop.

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  19. mantoeJuly 26, 2009 at 10:54 PM

    YES! What a buddy! This movie is really great and the soundtrack is top notch, in my humble opinion.

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  20. meltedrubbersoulAugust 12, 2009 at 2:41 AM

    This movie was so badass it killed my friend's TV. It wouldn't eject the tape afterward, and then the TV itself stopped working--it was one of those little tvs with a built in tape deck.

    The only thing that would have been cooler is if it burst into flames right as they torched the Man (in both senses of the word) at the end.

    Thanks for the soundtrack--I look forward to frying my harddrive.

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  21. D.M.October 19, 2010 at 6:27 PM

    One of my all-time favorites, not to mention the soundtrack is the perfect score to all of my autumnal perversions.

    nice one!

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  22. AnonymousApril 26, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    Thank you so much, this is one of my favorite records and my hard-drives all recently shit the bed.
    I hear that lable Finders Keepers (who released the essential Valerie and her Week of Wonders ost) have put out a comp of Wicker Man influences. All old English folk that shaped the sounds in the film.
    Thanks again,
    Corey J Brewer

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  23. AstralRealityJuly 17, 2011 at 8:15 AM

    Amazing. One of my favourite movies of all times and the soundtrack's just as grand.

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