Blacula: Deadlier Than Dracula - Music From The Original Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]

Gene Page

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 1998)
• Original Release Date: August 25, 1972
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Razor & Tie
• ASIN: B000009S3W
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #92,728 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Blacula (The Stalkwalk)

2. Heavy Changes

3. Run, Tina, Run!

4. There He Is Again

5. Movin' - Hues Corporation

6. Main Chance

7. Good to the Last Drop

8. Blacula Strikes!

9. What the World Knows

10. I'm Gonna Catch You - Hues Corporation

11. Call

12. Fire Bombs - 21st Century Ltd.,

13. Finding Love, Losing Love

14. Wakeeli [Swahili Farewell] - Hues Corporation

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The nine instrumental pieces on this 1972-vintage blaxploitation soundtrack are everything you, Quentin Tarantino, or yo' mama could want: funky, slick, exquisitely dated. Thank then-ubiquitous arranger Gene Page, who arranged and wrote them. Program your CD player to avoid the excruciating--perhaps appropriately so; Blacula was a horror flick, after all--vocal numbers that fill out the set. The Hues Corporation give no hint that their masterful "Rock the Boat" was just a couple of summers down the chronological road, while the 21st Century Ltd.'s subsequent disappearance is absolutely no mystery. --Rickey Wright

Product Description

2003 reissue of the soundtrack to the 1972 Blaxploitation/horror classic. Features 14 tracks & new slipcase artwork. Composed and conducted by Gene Page. Camden Deluxe. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "It's worth it", November 19, 1999

By	Joseph J. Brigante "Joseph Brigante" (Norwalk, CT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Blacula is a classic in its own right, and the music is fantastic. The Hues Corporation "There He is Again", "What the World Knows", and "I'm Gonna get you" are in themselves worth the price of the CD. The 21st Century Limited "Main Chance" is great. "The Call" is superb, being just like an instrumental "Main Chance" But let me just say the whole album is a gem, with that 70's disco beat. It's a miracle this is on CD sountrack. Get it now and "look the other way when he come by you!"

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome but TOO SHORT!!, August 2, 2003

By A Customer

This is an OUTSTANDING cd and easily one of the best Blaxploitation soundtracks. The instrumentals have all the elements you expect from a good funk soundtrack. It's got the great beat, the big bass lines, and that big horn sound! "Stalkwalk" is incredible and "The Call" is a beautiful slow tempo tune. The vocals are pretty weak with the exception of "There He Is Again." The problem is that most of the tracks are under two minutes in length. You end up wanting so much more. I would love to hear an extended version of these tunes if there was one. Very short cd but outstanding musical quality! EVERY instrumental is great! Check it out!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars How 'bout some cheese with your blood soup?, August 23, 2001

By A Customer

Loved the instrumentals (which take up most of the CD), but for the most part the vocal tracks are amateurish and pretty cheesy. No hard funk in the mix, but plenty of choppy and groovy action tracks...even some creepy suspense tracks toward the end! I'd have given this album 5 STARS if it weren't for the barely-listenable vocal tracks, which I usually just skip altogether when listening to this CD. The rest of the album is HIGHLY recommended for BLAXPLOITATION and HORROR soundtrack collectors alike...