Valerie Project

The Valerie Project | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B000XLQFZ0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,509 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prelude

2. Introduction

3. Torchlight

4. Grandmother

5. A Letter

6. Tree of Life

7. The Sermon

8. Eagle's Theme

9. Dungeon

10. Fire Fountain

11. The Feast

12. Dove, Pearl, Priest

13. Vampires

14. Eagle's Theme (Reprise)

15. The Crypt

16. Elsa

17. Machine Room

18. Bookshelf Serenade

19. Flower Girl

20. Blood Sacrifice

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars A bouquet of dark wonders, April 14, 2009

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Whether you're coming to this because of the new folk artists involved, or because of a love for the original soundtrack to "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders," I think you'll like what you hear. While creating an alternative soundtrack to a mysteriously beautiful cult film might seem like little more than a gimmick, it's actually a lovely work that honors & equals (in its own way) the original soundtrack.

How to label this music? Ambient folk? Electronica chamber pop? Perhaps a label is really beside the point. The music is what matters: evocative, dreamlike, combining both haunting & childlike qualities -- not unlike, say, the overall tone of John Lennon's "Cry Baby Cry." It's redolent of darkened corridors, ghostly children, woozy nightmares & unearthly bells. Yet there's a definite rock sensibility running through it as well, subtle but strong.

A viewing of the film isn't necessary to enjoy this soundtrack, which stands very well on its own. But if you do like what you hear, then by all means seek out the film!