Anthology: Soundtracks (1978-93) (Reis) [Soundtrack]

Irmin Schmidt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B0000067XE
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #672,068 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Verdi Prati Valse

2. Pauline

3. Rote Erde (Titelmusik)

4. Qui Sait

5. Heimkehr

6. Valse Merinque

7. Es Geht Ein Schnitter

8. Bohemian Step

9. Zocker

10. Nuts 'N News

11. Gesicht Im Dunkel

12. Mountain Way

13. Ritas's Tune

14. G. String

15. Baal

16. Mzungu

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can's offshoot... excellent with lots of variety!, August 5, 2000

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fu wai (Hong Kong, not applicable Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anthology: Soundtracks (1978-93) (Reis) (Audio CD)

After the Can years the keyboardist Irmin Schmidt's career is largely deal with soundtracks. In this 3-CD set, the best of his soundtracks are all covered. The 1st CD is the best, "verdi prati valse" the accordian work is excellent, and other tracks "pauline", "rote Erde", "qui sait" and "ritas' tune" are extremely romantic work. Other pieces are synthesizer instrumentals occasionally supported by Can's guitarist Michael Karoli. Some works "mountain way" shows the spontaneity of Can. Disc 2 is more 80's feel, with lots of synthesizers and sometimes with merits, for example, "morning in berlin", "Balance". It's the weakest of the 3 discs. Disc 3 contains his late 70's materials which are more experimental, for example, "wallenstein", "Messer im kopf", etc. "Flachenbrand" is very impressive, too. Overally speaking, 60minutes out of the 3 hrs 36 min. collection is superb stuff, about 1.5 hours are pleasant background music, the rest are quite forgettable. The fillers prevent me from rating it as a 5-star record as other Can's CDs, but I'm sure that you will love this album... unfortunately it's quite expensive... but if You a Can's fans you must have it!It worth this price.