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Everything Else / Re: Dario Argento and others thrillers/horror movies directors

« Last post by Master Ray on April 28, 2026, 07:10:56 PM »

Haven't seen The Keep in a good long while and certainly never heard the soundtrack album but that bit where the soldiers are pulling the silver cross out of the wall (and subsequently unleash all the bad stuff!) has a phenomenal tune over it, one I've never forgotten!   

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New Model Army / Re: Which of your NMA albums are you going to rescue ?

« Last post by mudgeek on April 28, 2026, 01:28:00 PM »

As of today, I would definitely rescue "Strange Brotherhood" because I just love those drums! Also, my neighbour was listening to it last night, around 11pm - at full volume - whether he liked it or not. And I thought "THIS IS THEIR BEST WORK EVER!". Of course, I say this about ANY NMA album I might be listening to!

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Everything Else / Re: Dario Argento and others thrillers/horror movies directors

« Last post by Guillaume on April 27, 2026, 06:36:29 PM »

Razorback was a real surprise for me, because like you said, if i had watched it in my Splattepunk and Gorehound days it would have been an instant favourite in the same top league as  movies like Phantasm, Evil Dead, M.A.R.K. 13 or Hardware, Basket Case, from a creative visual approach, style over story, but i also recognized a weakness which i would have then seen as a strenght, and that were those two evil dudes and their overacting and their role in that film. They were real scary, more so than the monster, could have been ok, but i felt it was kind of unnecessary and wanted. But anyway, i was in total very pleased with that experience, it felt nostalgic...

Actually, what I liked less when I rewatched "Razorback" a few years ago was the editing. Mulcahy uses a lot of very short shots; fast paced cuts, it's edited a bit like a music video at times, and for me, that prevents the scenes from "breathing", from having any real scope. I think that since Mulcahy came from music videos, he was much more interested in creating striking (admittedly splendid) shots and having cool editing effects rather than giving the scenes the breathing room they need. But despite my reservations, upon rewatching the film, I still understand, through its visual impact, how it could/can resonate with film buffs at the time... I remember the film was a commercial failure in America, but it made a big impression on some horror film fans right from its screening at the Cannes Film Market in 1984... french magazines like Starfix, Mad Movies, and L'Ecran Fantastique praised "Razorback" in 1984/1985, which made me want to rent the VHS a few years later. Yet another film that I imagine must have been even more memorable in theaters!

I don't get this story with the bootleg taken from a LD. It could be a version of an isolated score featured on that disc, i love that feature!, but then you don't have the songs of a soundtrack, only parts of it. Or it was an edition with an extra soundtrack.

I must be mistaken about the soundtrack from the US LD. I have a friend who owned that LD (released in 1993/1994) and I can't quite remember if it included the isolated track of the Tangerine Dream music. The guy who posted the TD soundtrack on YouTube must have "borrowed" it from a recording of the film when it aired on cable TV here and there. I think most of the rare CDs of "The Keep" sold at the time during Tangerine Dream concerts featured music that was perhaps composed for the film but ultimately rejected by Mann/Paramount for the theatrical cut we know.

Which TD tracks are your favorites in THE KEEP?

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Everything Else / Re: Dario Argento and others thrillers/horror movies directors

« Last post by cthulhu on April 27, 2026, 05:29:14 PM »

Razorback was a real surprise for me, because like you said, if i had watched it in my Splattepunk and Gorehound days it would have been an instant favourite in the same top league as  movies like Phantasm, Evil Dead, M.A.R.K. 13 or Hardware, Basket Case, from a creative visual approach, style over story, but i also recognized a weakness which i would have then seen as a strenght, and that were those two evil dudes and their overacting and their role in that film. They were real scary, more so than the monster, could have been ok, but i felt it was kind of unnecessary and wanted. But anyway, i was in total very pleased with that experience, it felt nostalgic...

The soundtrack wasn't a gift from my friend but from Dieter, i think he had a meeting with a later manager or someone involved with TD and then he got that copy for me, he didn't own one. He has many first pressings vinyls though. I haven't listened to it yet and i hadn't read the comments in discog and this whole situation with the soundtrack is kind of weird. So as i understand it now, the only TD licensed OST of The Keep is that release, but it features many songs which weren't in the movie and also it lacks many songs/themes that were in the movie.

The only other release is also from TDI, on the remastered 2020 album box-set Pilots of Purple Twilight, which only has 13 songs, the older TDI release has 16...
The Orange Records bootleg release is available for 40€, it has 4 more songs than the early release, seemingly taken from other TD releases.

I don't get this story with the bootleg taken from a LD. It could be a version of an isolated score featured on that disc, i love that feature!, but then you don't have the songs of a soundtrack, only parts of it. Or it was an edition with an extra soundtrack.

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Everything Else / Re: Billy Idol is back!

« Last post by Master Ray on April 26, 2026, 10:50:13 PM »

There's a great feature length documentary about Mr Idol released recently called 'Billy Idol Should Be Dead', highly recommended.  Very enjoyable, you'll enjoy it if you're interested in this fine chap.  Available on Hulu in the US and Sky Arts (via NOW TV) in the UK.  Or possibly elsewhere if you're a bit naughty with your downloading habits.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eByNViJ8388&t=2s

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Everything Else / Re: Dario Argento and others thrillers/horror movies directors

« Last post by Guillaume on April 26, 2026, 06:42:55 PM »

Have watched a surprisingly good, really good, old Thriller/Horror/Monster B-Movie : Razorback - by Russell Mulcahy, 1984

The cinematography is great, astonishing beautiful shots and angles and scenery from the australian outback, the story is ok, the monster works fine and sometimes it creates a deeply wonderful surreal dreamlike feeling. Highly recommended if you like old-school monster flics.

I loved this film when I was younger; it was one of my all-time favorites, so I watched it quite a few times back then on VHS in the '80s and '90s. It's perhaps still Mulcahy's best, even though "Give 'Em Hell, Malone!" and "Highlander" have their merits. Oddly enough, I liked "Razorback" much less the last time I saw it a few years ago, but the film's cinematography and its vision of the australian landscape remain striking.

My favorite scene from "Razorback" is still, I think, this one, after all these years: (a part of the scene is missing though, when the hero gets lost in the desert and dreams.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bru-9yxOYfs

@Guillaume
You won't believe this, yesterday my friend called me while he was working at the place of Dieter, the ex TD manager, and he said he has a suprise for me. He then came to me and gave me a copy of  "The Keep - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" 

It is the TDI INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL EDITION and i looked it up on discogs:
Soundtrack released in November 1997 as TDI Music catalog # TDI 010CD, in a run of 150 copies sold at concerts.
https://www.discogs.com/release/3980725-Tangerine-Dream-The-Keep-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack

Sadly, i didn't get it with the digipack and 4 page booklet, it has kind of a promo style b/w sleeve with the track index, but hey...i'm totally surprised and thankful!

That's a really cool gift from your friend, a real rarity. But according to the comments posted under your Discogs link, this CD doesn't include most of the tracks heard in the film. The official CD/vinyl soundtrack of THE KEEP is therefore still unavailable in 2026 even though someone "released" the album on YouTube in the early 2010's by borrowing the film's audio track from the old 90's laserdisc...:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VPKs1Io7A0

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Everything Else / Re: Billy Idol is back!

« Last post by Guillaume on April 26, 2026, 06:25:49 PM »

Billy Idol's favourite albums:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_0IIvxXo6s

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Everything Else / Re: Dario Argento and others thrillers/horror movies directors

« Last post by cthulhu on April 26, 2026, 08:08:49 AM »

Have watched a surprisingly good, really good, old Thriller/Horror/Monster B-Movie : Razorback - by Russell Mulcahy, 1984

The cinematography is great, astonishing beautiful shots and angles and scenery from the australian outback, the story is ok, the monster works fine and sometimes it creates a deeply wonderful surreal dreamlike feeling. Highly recommended if you like old-school monster flics.

@Guillaume
You won't believe this, yesterday my friend called me while he was working at the place of Dieter, the ex TD manager, and he said he has a suprise for me. He then came to me and gave me a copy of  "The Keep - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" 

It is the TDI INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL EDITION and i looked it up on discogs:
Soundtrack released in November 1997 as TDI Music catalog # TDI 010CD, in a run of 150 copies sold at concerts.
https://www.discogs.com/release/3980725-Tangerine-Dream-The-Keep-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack

Sadly, i didn't get it with the digipack and 4 page booklet, it has kind of a promo style b/w sleeve with the track index, but hey...i'm totally surprised and thankful!

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Everything Else / Re: what Film / TV are you watching RIGHT NOW

« Last post by Master Ray on April 25, 2026, 10:50:41 PM »

The final season of 'The Boys'... such a crazy and outrageous show, I think it's probably time to end it but I've really enjoyed the ride and it seems to be working up to a fine conclusion.   

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Everything Else / Re: The BOOKS thread... what you reading?

« Last post by Master Ray on April 25, 2026, 10:48:37 PM »

Dead Air - Iain Banks.