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ARTEMIEV, EDWARD - Solaris - Music from the Motion Picture

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Mirumir MIR100708 Release Year: 2013 Note: first part of the re-issue of a dutch do-LP from 1990 (second part is MIRUMIR 100709) collecting new versions of film-scores for three classic TARKOWKY films, recorded by ARTEMIEV in Moscow 1989-1990; these are the seven tracks that made up SOLARIS Price (incl. 19% VAT): €25.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info "Originally released in The Netherlands in 1990 on a long out of print - and now $150+ on eBay - 2LP, Mirumir is pleased to present this collection of classic Artemiev film scores as two separate and single 180 gram LPs in what are, in our humble opinion, far more beautiful and breathtaking covers with better sound quality than the original. Recorded in Moscow in 1989-90, these are re-recordings of Artemiev's soundtracks to three classic 1970s Tarkovsky films. At the time of its release in 1990, there were no legitimately available versions of the original soundtracks and Artemiev chose to fill that void in the market with these re-recordings. With these two LPs and the recent reissue of the Solaris soundtrack MIR100705, and the forthcoming Mirror/Stalker original remastered soundtrack, all officially licensed from the artist himself, Mirumir is now home to the definitive collection of electronic pioneer Artemiev's most heralded work." [label info] www.miru-mir.info "We were admittedly confused by the simultaneous releases of Russian composer Eduard Artemiev's scores for Andrey Tarkovsky's iconic film Solaris on both the Miurimir and Superior Viaduct labels (not to mention Invada's upcoming lp release of Cliff Martinez's score for the Soderbergh remake). We made the Superior Viaduct reissue Record of The Week a few weeks ago, and that record was from the original score, recorded in 1973. We understood the Russian label Muirimir's reissues (which also include a separate Stalker/Mirror soundtrack release also reviewed here), to be Artemiev's late eighties re-recordings of the original scores. Artemiev wanted to have his soundtrack music available and the original tapes were supposedly lost, so he re-recorded the scores using modern equipment, as the original synths used for the film scores were no longer available. We usually tend to frown on such re-workings, as often the new recordings pale in comparison to the original, but in this case, particularly with the Solaris score, these are tracks that have never before been released on vinyl and they sound amazing. While there is some crossover between the Muirimir and Superior Viaduct releases, the Muirimir focuses mainly on music in the original Solaris film that was not included on the Superior Viaduct release. These tracks have a much more pulsating sci-fi quality to them that differs from the alien concrete droniness of the original score, and paints a more complete picture of the film than just the Superior Viaduct release alone. Music from Tarkovsky's later films, Stalker and Mirror also get a conjoined release with re-recorded tracks from each film filling up an lp side. The Stalker score might just be our favorite of Artemiev's recordings. A mix of epic alien ambiance and pastoral psych melodies of flutes, and guitars. It evokes a more intense version of Popol Vuh's iconic scores for Werner Herzog. A perfect accompaniment to Tarkovsy's existential and brutalist spiritual journey that seemingly borrows from The Wizard of Oz's dual worlds of black and white and color, but suggests a more creepy pre-Chernobyl vision of a toxic colorized environment. The two long tracks that cover the music from Mirror, (a film we can't even begin to explain, you must see it for yourself) are collages of themes that mix nostalgic classical melodies with intense squalls of industrial ambient noise. The sound ebbing and flowing in dreamy, hazy patches like beautiful yet painful memories. Both scores come highly recommended!" [Aquarius Records]