Naked Lunch: Music From The Original Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Howard Shore, Ornette Coleman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 11, 1992)
• Original Release Date: February 11, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Milan Records
• ASIN: B0000015FN
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,337 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Howard Shore again masters the mood with this foray into the seamy underworld of William Burroughs. In this story about a place called Interzone, full of sinister centipedes and slimy "mugwumps," there is nothing better at giving listeners the creepy-crawlies than the depressing styles of what many could instantly identify as "beatnik" jazz. This is the music Burroughs and cronies like Allen Ginsberg cultivated to forge an anti-white-bread counterculture that was Ozzie and Harriet's worst nightmare. Shore re-creates this music as Ward Cleaver might have heard it way back when. To be even more authentic to the period, he collaborates with Ornette Coleman and also incorporates the Thelonious Monk composition "Misterioso." This soundtrack's best moments, however, occur when Shore drops the beat pose and just shines darkly. --Joseph Lanza

Product Description

This CD is an out of print collectible! Music from the original soundtrack, composed by Howard Shore. It is the 1991 Milan release. Catalog 7313835614-2. There is a hole punch through the UPC.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars inspired, March 15, 2001

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Jay Baker (Plano, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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I've been listening to this work since it was first available. I'm just now reviewing it though. This was one of those CDs that goes in the player and doesn't come out for a long time. It is just fascinating. This is an absolutely brilliant work from Shore featuring Ornette Coleman. I agree with the editorial reviews that one does not need the film to appreciate the soundtrack. Although, I do really like the film too.

I am a big fan of Ornette Coleman. It is difficult to compare this work with other Coleman work because the setting is o different. Coleman's soloing, and the use of his soloing, is insipred. In fact, that is a great way to describe this work - inspired (now I have a title for my review). Inspired by what? Burroughs, Naked Lunch, Cronenberg? I would love to know more about that.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth forcing yourself to listen to., June 9, 1999

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This review is from: Naked Lunch: Music From The Original Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Excellent soundtrack by Howard Shore featuring Ornette Coleman. The music is extremely moody, and not easy to focus on. In the film, the music often seems to be coming from the apartment next door, almost as natural sounds. Music has a beat generation feel to it, not a modern update. Recommended.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Moody Treat, February 8, 2007

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Robert Mcluckie "Nuts Fer Music" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Naked Lunch: Music From The Original Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This is a fine addition to your Ornette or Soundtrack library. Certainly a treat for Coleman fans; The slow moody pace never hinders the King of Free from offering up a fresh life-giving performance. Ornette stays with the easy pace adding his superior, cutting, sometimes jumpy alto sound to the relaxed background score. I love this soundtrack! It's a Free Jazz-Minimalist-Movie Theme bit of sweetmeat. Yummmm!