and yet there is (inexplicably) no audio CD that's ever been released. I've even corresponded with sepcialty shops in Greece. How can this be? There WAS an LP album released concurrent with the film, but it's never been remastered to digital formats. I found an LP online (for $40) and had to buy it.
shareThanks for bringing this up,
I remember that the score was done by Pink Floyd but I may be wrong. Can you confirm from you LP.
The score is by Mikis Theodorakis, however the music was arranged by a French musician, whose name I can't remember currently (because Theodorakis himself was a political prisoner at the time, Greece was under a military junta). There is one song, "To Yelasto Paedi" (The Laughing Child), which you can hear during a scene where the reporter is questioning some people at the docks - it's playing at a coffee shop - which you can find as played in the film. Sadly, I cannot remember the name of the record it appears on, I'm sorry I can't be more help. It's the same song that's played instrumentally during the end credits.
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Yes,
I since found that the soundtrack I was thinking of was Zebriske Point.
Thanks for your reply.
Looked it up, the name of the record is "Enas Omiros" (The Hostage), music by Theodorakis, lyrics by Brendan Behan, from his play "The Hostage". The song I was referring to in the above post is called "The Laughing Boy" (as is Behan's poem from the play).
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Can anybody tell me the title of one of the themes you can hear in the film, which is a kind of electronic music with a "cosmos atmosphere", full of synthesizers and also with bells included? If possible also: Is it of Theodorakis too?
In advance, thank you vey much.
Best regards.
The piece you're thinking of is called "Psyche Rock," by Pierre Henry. It plays in the early scene where one of the assassins clicks his heels and goes to hit on a boy playing pinball. It is *extremely* similar to the theme for the FOX sitcom Futurama.
shareThe song you're talking about is listed as "Cafe Rock" on the Z soundtrack.
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sharethe music was arranged by a French musician, whose name I can't remember currently
Where in the world did you get Pink Floyd from?
The score is more like ZORBA THE GREEK, with electric guitar (with plenty of distortion).
If you read my previous post you will see that the film I was trying to remember was Zebriski Point. Pink Floyd did many soundtrack appearances before their rise to fame, including More and Zebriski Point.
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jlj-3, if you're interested in the film's score, you should check out a record by Mikis Theodorakis, the film's composer, called "Mauthausen" (lyrics by Iakovos Cambanellis). Among the songs is "O Antonis", which is the song that plays instrumentally during the opening credits and the first riot scene, and "O Drapetis" (The Escaped Man) whose introduction can be heard at the scene where people go to the theatre for the Bolshoi ballet. However, the record as a whole is outstanding.
sharethe soundtrack is available on cd somewhere... several years ago, my mom was in europe and she came home (canada) with a double album called "mikis theodorakis on the screen". it included soundtracks to 4 movies: Z, state of seige, phaedra, and serpico. It's a great double album, though the Z soundtrack (the first half of the first cd) is the best part!
they've got a listing for it on amazon, though it seems to not be available:
http://www.amazon.com/Mikis-Theodorakis-Screen-Complete-Soundtracks/dp/B000000PIS
contact me if i might of help.
I have the soundtrack. I had to get it from FM records in Greece. It's not cheap but well worth the money.
http://www.fmrecords.net/cgi-bin/fmstore/fmrstore.cgi?user_action=list&category=Mikis%20Theodorakis&start=8
I think they're out of stock but they'll have more in.
Yes, it is definitely one of the best soundtracks ever, it goes very well with the movie. Other soundtracks which I also found amazing were the ones in "Les quatre cents coups", "Plein Soleil", "Le guepard", and "The Godfather."
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Released by FM Records, the Greek publisher mentioned elsewhere in this thread.
Classed as "world music", release Jan 1, 2006. $9.99 for the album, as usual. And of course, you could make a CD if you buy the music...
I'd really appreciate it if some Greek-speaker could post here the translations into English of the song-titles...
As listed in http://www.fmrecords.net/cgi-bin/fmstore/fmrstore.cgi?user_action=list&category=Mikis%20Theodorakis&start=8
2) To Yelasto Pedi -> The Laughing Boy
4) To Palicari Echi Kaimo -> The Lad Has Got The Blues
10) Pios de Mila Gia Ti Lambri -> Who Doesn't Speak of Easter
13) S' Afti Ti Geitonia -> In This Neighborhood
George
.. for posting the translations of the titles...
shareThe CD is on sale in the UK.
shareThats the link to buy it in Uk...amazing album...
http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=281;1;-1;-1&sku=68832
I listened to the score before watching the movie and found it mediocre. I'm watching it again after having seen the movie and it's a completely new experience. Mikis Theodorakis is a wonderful composer. His scores for Zorba and Serpico are beautiful too.
This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
Just for your pleasure guys, one of the most historic performances of Γελαστό παιδί (Laughing boy) by Maria Farantouri, with Mikis Theodorakis conducting the orchestra in a concert right after the fall of the American sponsored dictatorship in 1974 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLgerQJo7zM&feature=related
The laughing boy is actually Michael Collins, one of the most important Irish revolutionaries who was killed on 22 August 1922. Brendan Behan was only 13 years old when he wrote this lament for the death of Collins. More than 45 years later Mikis THeodorakis put music to this poem and gave it a new life in the lips of millions of people across the world.
The struggle for freedom, lamenting the loss of a loved one, poetry, adolescence and music come together in one of the most historical songs of all time imho.
I've never seen the film, nor heard the original soundtrack, but the theme song has been a favorite of mine since 1971. I've long had a cover of it performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra on the 2-LP specialty album WDVR-FM: MUSIC FOR BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. Until this week, I never knew who the composer was! (In fact, before coming here, doing an online search elsewhere, I got the impression that Henry Mancini wrote it-- but now I'm guessing he just recorded his own version.)
Mikis Theodorakis-- that's a name I'll have to watch out for... (Maybe one day I'll even get a copy of the score.
I just did a vinyl transfer of the WDVR-FM album to CD-- eliminating as many scratches as I could (it was my brother's, and he didn't take very good care of it). "Theme From Z" is a thrilling, magnificent song!
Henry
I bought that LP in the summer of '70 and played it incessantly. Still got it.
shareI found 13 songs on youtube. The whole soundtrack?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4n5j9jgdo8&list=PL9A1D11A4112F1118
Glad to see some love for the score!
shareThe soundtrack was amazing and really added to the film in terms of atmosphere and style.
Does anyone know what song/track was played when Vago was in a cafe after Yago's apprehension? It reminded me of Fire by Arthur Brown.
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