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Majeure and Zombi Know More About Classic Horror Soundtracks Than You, and Here Are Their Favorites

And yes, The Shining and John Carpenter are in there.

If you've ever heard Zombi, Majeure or Steve Moore, you're more than likely aware that the duo know their way around soundtrack-y, synth-heavy tracks. A.E. Paterra is readying the new Majeure EP Romance Language for release on Temporary Residence Limited on November 12th, and as a result we asked him and his Zombi bandmate about some of their favorite soundtracks. Check out some favorites below and catch Majeure out with MONO, but stream the title track from the Romance Language EP before you do.

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A.E. Paterra (Majeure) Picks

Giuliano Sorgini "Southgate Hospital" from Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

Great soundtrack, great film. Probably my favorite in the zombie genre. Minimal, stark, and actually believable. Fell in love with the score the moment I first heard it. Sorgini not only writes some beautiful music for the lighter parts of the film, but when it gets dark, it gets dark.

Ennio Morricone "Main Theme" from The Thing (1981)

For the longest time I thought Carpenter composed the score, because it is just so Carpenter. Makes one wonder whether or not Carpenter or even Alan Howarth assisted Morricone with the electronic components of the score. Exhaustive internet research has shown no evidence that this is true.

Maurice Jarre "Title Sequence" from No Way Out (1987)

This score has everything I love about late 80's soundtracks. Great fusion between analog and digital synths. Again, nice and dark when it has to be.

Tangerine Dream "Opening Sequence" & "Scrap Yard" from Thief (1981)

If you've ever heard Zombi, Majeure or Steve Moore, you're more than likely aware that the duo know their way around soundtrack-y, synth-heavy tracks. A.E. Paterra is readying the new Majeure EP Romance Language for release on Temporary Residence Limited on November 12th, and as a result we asked him and his Zombi bandmate about some of their favorite soundtracks. Check out some favorites below and catch Majeure out with MONO, but stream the title track from the Romance Language EP before you do.

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A.E. Paterra (Majeure) Picks

Giuliano Sorgini "Southgate Hospital" from Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

Great soundtrack, great film. Probably my favorite in the zombie genre. Minimal, stark, and actually believable. Fell in love with the score the moment I first heard it. Sorgini not only writes some beautiful music for the lighter parts of the film, but when it gets dark, it gets dark.



Ennio Morricone "Main Theme" from The Thing (1981)

For the longest time I thought Carpenter composed the score, because it is just so Carpenter. Makes one wonder whether or not Carpenter or even Alan Howarth assisted Morricone with the electronic components of the score. Exhaustive internet research has shown no evidence that this is true.



Maurice Jarre "Title Sequence" from No Way Out (1987)

This score has everything I love about late 80's soundtracks. Great fusion between analog and digital synths. Again, nice and dark when it has to be.



Tangerine Dream "Opening Sequence" & "Scrap Yard" from Thief (1981)


Drive was my favorite movie of 2011, and Nicolas Winding Refn owes a ton to Michael Mann. The opening sequence to Thief is quite simply one of my favorites. Apparently Tangerine Dream were a bit difficult to work with on this one, and a proper OST was never issued. "Scrap Yard" was used as technical difficulty background music for Toronto's CITY-TV in the 80's.



Cliff Martinez "First Sleep" from Solaris (2002)

Very hypnotic, pleasant, and dark. Martinez did an excellent job with this score all around. The remake certainly can't touch the original, but it looks and sounds great. Martinez flew under the radar for a while, reappearing this year for the Drive soundtrack, for which he did a great job as well.



Eduard Artemev "Train" from Stalker (1979)

One of the more memorable films I've seen in a while. Tarkovsky over-dubbed every piece of audio for the film, which gives it an other-wordly feel, and Artemev's score sits nicely within that world. Amazing use of analog synthesis to recreate a plethora of sounds within the film. This piece is by far my favorite.



Fabio Frizzi "Irrealta Di Suoni" from City of the Living Dead (1980)

Nobody does zombie-funk like Frizzi. Beautiful recording. Sweet bass. Tight drums. Mellotron. It's all there.

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Steve Moore Picks

Ganymede (aka Michael Boddicker) "Rec Room" from Outland (1981)

I miss the early 80's - I love that this is what Michael Boddicker, Peter Hyams, and probably at least a dozen other people all decided future space station bar/lounge music should sound like. Also Boddicker is credited as having performed music for the TV series The Equalizer, and he played on every good Lionel Richie album. Google him, the more you learn about this guy the better this song sounds.



Howard Shore "Welcome to Videodrome" from Videodrome (1983)

My favorite part of this soundtrack are the sampled screams - depending on your state of mind these can either be hilarious or seriously terrifying.



Brad Fiedel "Tunnel Chase" from The Terminator (1984)

Love the drum machine programming on this one, probably a Fairlight CMI? Kinda sounds like a Drumtraks. The synths all have that Fairlight sound though. Also that bassline is the best, and the brass stabs at :35.



Queen "In The Space Capsule (Love Theme)" from Flash Gordon (1980)

The perfect song. It's like sex and drugs without the annoying Rock 'n' Roll.



Stelvio Cipriani "L'atessa" from Nightmare City a/k/a Incubo Sulla Città Contaminata (1980)

I love how simultaneously smooth and ominous this track is. Works so well with this helicopter footage of whatever city that is (there's some debate if you read the comments).



John Carpenter & Alan Howarth "First Chase" from Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Love the really long 8th note sequence over the plodding quarter note pulse, the conflicting major/minor tonalities. It's pretty crazy how influential this soundtrack is, given most people you talk to either haven't seen the movie or hate it.



Wendy Carlos "Rocky Mountains" from The Shining (1980)

One of the few pieces actually written for this movie. Makes me wish WC had recorded more music for this movie - though I am a huge fan of the Bartok, Ligeti and Penderecki pieces Kubrick used.



This song (0:00 - 1:23), possibly by Elsio (maybe Elgio) Mancuso & Burt Rexon from Burial Ground (1981)

I know nothing about this song, I've been searching the internet for 15 years trying to track this music down. I hear this song in my head weekly. If anyone out there has the incidental music from this film, please get in touch! (1980)

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Majeure Tour with MONO

Nov 15 @ Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON

Nov 16 @ La Sala Rosa, Montreal, QC

Nov 17 @ Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

Nov 18 @ Le Poisson Rogue, New York, NY

Nov 19 @ Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA

Nov 20 @ Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington, DC

Drive was my favorite movie of 2011, and Nicolas Winding Refn owes a ton to Michael Mann. The opening sequence to Thief is quite simply one of my favorites. Apparently Tangerine Dream were a bit difficult to work with on this one, and a proper OST was never issued. "Scrap Yard" was used as technical difficulty background music for Toronto's CITY-TV in the 80's.

Cliff Martinez "First Sleep" from Solaris (2002)

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If you've ever heard Zombi, Majeure or Steve Moore, you're more than likely aware that the duo know their way around soundtrack-y, synth-heavy tracks. A.E. Paterra is readying the new Majeure EP Romance Language for release on Temporary Residence Limited on November 12th, and as a result we asked him and his Zombi bandmate about some of their favorite soundtracks. Check out some favorites below and catch Majeure out with MONO, but stream the title track from the Romance Language EP before you do.

======

A.E. Paterra (Majeure) Picks

Giuliano Sorgini "Southgate Hospital" from Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

Great soundtrack, great film. Probably my favorite in the zombie genre. Minimal, stark, and actually believable. Fell in love with the score the moment I first heard it. Sorgini not only writes some beautiful music for the lighter parts of the film, but when it gets dark, it gets dark.



Ennio Morricone "Main Theme" from The Thing (1981)

For the longest time I thought Carpenter composed the score, because it is just so Carpenter. Makes one wonder whether or not Carpenter or even Alan Howarth assisted Morricone with the electronic components of the score. Exhaustive internet research has shown no evidence that this is true.



Maurice Jarre "Title Sequence" from No Way Out (1987)

This score has everything I love about late 80's soundtracks. Great fusion between analog and digital synths. Again, nice and dark when it has to be.



Tangerine Dream "Opening Sequence" & "Scrap Yard" from Thief (1981)


Drive was my favorite movie of 2011, and Nicolas Winding Refn owes a ton to Michael Mann. The opening sequence to Thief is quite simply one of my favorites. Apparently Tangerine Dream were a bit difficult to work with on this one, and a proper OST was never issued. "Scrap Yard" was used as technical difficulty background music for Toronto's CITY-TV in the 80's.



Cliff Martinez "First Sleep" from Solaris (2002)

Very hypnotic, pleasant, and dark. Martinez did an excellent job with this score all around. The remake certainly can't touch the original, but it looks and sounds great. Martinez flew under the radar for a while, reappearing this year for the Drive soundtrack, for which he did a great job as well.



Eduard Artemev "Train" from Stalker (1979)

One of the more memorable films I've seen in a while. Tarkovsky over-dubbed every piece of audio for the film, which gives it an other-wordly feel, and Artemev's score sits nicely within that world. Amazing use of analog synthesis to recreate a plethora of sounds within the film. This piece is by far my favorite.



Fabio Frizzi "Irrealta Di Suoni" from City of the Living Dead (1980)

Nobody does zombie-funk like Frizzi. Beautiful recording. Sweet bass. Tight drums. Mellotron. It's all there.

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Steve Moore Picks

Ganymede (aka Michael Boddicker) "Rec Room" from Outland (1981)

I miss the early 80's - I love that this is what Michael Boddicker, Peter Hyams, and probably at least a dozen other people all decided future space station bar/lounge music should sound like. Also Boddicker is credited as having performed music for the TV series The Equalizer, and he played on every good Lionel Richie album. Google him, the more you learn about this guy the better this song sounds.



Howard Shore "Welcome to Videodrome" from Videodrome (1983)

My favorite part of this soundtrack are the sampled screams - depending on your state of mind these can either be hilarious or seriously terrifying.



Brad Fiedel "Tunnel Chase" from The Terminator (1984)

Love the drum machine programming on this one, probably a Fairlight CMI? Kinda sounds like a Drumtraks. The synths all have that Fairlight sound though. Also that bassline is the best, and the brass stabs at :35.



Queen "In The Space Capsule (Love Theme)" from Flash Gordon (1980)

The perfect song. It's like sex and drugs without the annoying Rock 'n' Roll.



Stelvio Cipriani "L'atessa" from Nightmare City a/k/a Incubo Sulla Città Contaminata (1980)

I love how simultaneously smooth and ominous this track is. Works so well with this helicopter footage of whatever city that is (there's some debate if you read the comments).



John Carpenter & Alan Howarth "First Chase" from Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Love the really long 8th note sequence over the plodding quarter note pulse, the conflicting major/minor tonalities. It's pretty crazy how influential this soundtrack is, given most people you talk to either haven't seen the movie or hate it.



Wendy Carlos "Rocky Mountains" from The Shining (1980)

One of the few pieces actually written for this movie. Makes me wish WC had recorded more music for this movie - though I am a huge fan of the Bartok, Ligeti and Penderecki pieces Kubrick used.



This song (0:00 - 1:23), possibly by Elsio (maybe Elgio) Mancuso & Burt Rexon from Burial Ground (1981)

I know nothing about this song, I've been searching the internet for 15 years trying to track this music down. I hear this song in my head weekly. If anyone out there has the incidental music from this film, please get in touch! (1980)

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Majeure Tour with MONO

Nov 15 @ Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON

Nov 16 @ La Sala Rosa, Montreal, QC

Nov 17 @ Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

Nov 18 @ Le Poisson Rogue, New York, NY

Nov 19 @ Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA

Nov 20 @ Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington, DC

Very hypnotic, pleasant, and dark. Martinez did an excellent job with this score all around. The remake certainly can't touch the original, but it looks and sounds great. Martinez flew under the radar for a while, reappearing this year for the Drive soundtrack, for which he did a great job as well.

Eduard Artemev "Train" from Stalker (1979)

One of the more memorable films I've seen in a while. Tarkovsky over-dubbed every piece of audio for the film, which gives it an other-wordly feel, and Artemev's score sits nicely within that world. Amazing use of analog synthesis to recreate a plethora of sounds within the film. This piece is by far my favorite.

Fabio Frizzi "Irrealta Di Suoni" from City of the Living Dead (1980)

If you've ever heard Zombi, Majeure or Steve Moore, you're more than likely aware that the duo know their way around soundtrack-y, synth-heavy tracks. A.E. Paterra is readying the new Majeure EP Romance Language for release on Temporary Residence Limited on November 12th, and as a result we asked him and his Zombi bandmate about some of their favorite soundtracks. Check out some favorites below and catch Majeure out with MONO, but stream the title track from the Romance Language EP before you do.

======

A.E. Paterra (Majeure) Picks

Giuliano Sorgini "Southgate Hospital" from Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

Great soundtrack, great film. Probably my favorite in the zombie genre. Minimal, stark, and actually believable. Fell in love with the score the moment I first heard it. Sorgini not only writes some beautiful music for the lighter parts of the film, but when it gets dark, it gets dark.



Ennio Morricone "Main Theme" from The Thing (1981)

For the longest time I thought Carpenter composed the score, because it is just so Carpenter. Makes one wonder whether or not Carpenter or even Alan Howarth assisted Morricone with the electronic components of the score. Exhaustive internet research has shown no evidence that this is true.



Maurice Jarre "Title Sequence" from No Way Out (1987)

This score has everything I love about late 80's soundtracks. Great fusion between analog and digital synths. Again, nice and dark when it has to be.



Tangerine Dream "Opening Sequence" & "Scrap Yard" from Thief (1981)


Drive was my favorite movie of 2011, and Nicolas Winding Refn owes a ton to Michael Mann. The opening sequence to Thief is quite simply one of my favorites. Apparently Tangerine Dream were a bit difficult to work with on this one, and a proper OST was never issued. "Scrap Yard" was used as technical difficulty background music for Toronto's CITY-TV in the 80's.



Cliff Martinez "First Sleep" from Solaris (2002)

Very hypnotic, pleasant, and dark. Martinez did an excellent job with this score all around. The remake certainly can't touch the original, but it looks and sounds great. Martinez flew under the radar for a while, reappearing this year for the Drive soundtrack, for which he did a great job as well.



Eduard Artemev "Train" from Stalker (1979)

One of the more memorable films I've seen in a while. Tarkovsky over-dubbed every piece of audio for the film, which gives it an other-wordly feel, and Artemev's score sits nicely within that world. Amazing use of analog synthesis to recreate a plethora of sounds within the film. This piece is by far my favorite.



Fabio Frizzi "Irrealta Di Suoni" from City of the Living Dead (1980)

Nobody does zombie-funk like Frizzi. Beautiful recording. Sweet bass. Tight drums. Mellotron. It's all there.

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Steve Moore Picks

Ganymede (aka Michael Boddicker) "Rec Room" from Outland (1981)

I miss the early 80's - I love that this is what Michael Boddicker, Peter Hyams, and probably at least a dozen other people all decided future space station bar/lounge music should sound like. Also Boddicker is credited as having performed music for the TV series The Equalizer, and he played on every good Lionel Richie album. Google him, the more you learn about this guy the better this song sounds.



Howard Shore "Welcome to Videodrome" from Videodrome (1983)

My favorite part of this soundtrack are the sampled screams - depending on your state of mind these can either be hilarious or seriously terrifying.



Brad Fiedel "Tunnel Chase" from The Terminator (1984)

Love the drum machine programming on this one, probably a Fairlight CMI? Kinda sounds like a Drumtraks. The synths all have that Fairlight sound though. Also that bassline is the best, and the brass stabs at :35.



Queen "In The Space Capsule (Love Theme)" from Flash Gordon (1980)

The perfect song. It's like sex and drugs without the annoying Rock 'n' Roll.



Stelvio Cipriani "L'atessa" from Nightmare City a/k/a Incubo Sulla Città Contaminata (1980)

I love how simultaneously smooth and ominous this track is. Works so well with this helicopter footage of whatever city that is (there's some debate if you read the comments).



John Carpenter & Alan Howarth "First Chase" from Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Love the really long 8th note sequence over the plodding quarter note pulse, the conflicting major/minor tonalities. It's pretty crazy how influential this soundtrack is, given most people you talk to either haven't seen the movie or hate it.



Wendy Carlos "Rocky Mountains" from The Shining (1980)

One of the few pieces actually written for this movie. Makes me wish WC had recorded more music for this movie - though I am a huge fan of the Bartok, Ligeti and Penderecki pieces Kubrick used.



This song (0:00 - 1:23), possibly by Elsio (maybe Elgio) Mancuso & Burt Rexon from Burial Ground (1981)

I know nothing about this song, I've been searching the internet for 15 years trying to track this music down. I hear this song in my head weekly. If anyone out there has the incidental music from this film, please get in touch! (1980)

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Majeure Tour with MONO

Nov 15 @ Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON

Nov 16 @ La Sala Rosa, Montreal, QC

Nov 17 @ Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

Nov 18 @ Le Poisson Rogue, New York, NY

Nov 19 @ Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA

Nov 20 @ Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington, DC

Nobody does zombie-funk like Frizzi. Beautiful recording. Sweet bass. Tight drums. Mellotron. It's all there.

======

Steve Moore Picks

Ganymede (aka Michael Boddicker) "Rec Room" from Outland (1981)

I miss the early 80's - I love that this is what Michael Boddicker, Peter Hyams, and probably at least a dozen other people all decided future space station bar/lounge music should sound like. Also Boddicker is credited as having performed music for the TV series The Equalizer, and he played on every good Lionel Richie album. Google him, the more you learn about this guy the better this song sounds.

Howard Shore "Welcome to Videodrome" from Videodrome (1983)

If you've ever heard Zombi, Majeure or Steve Moore, you're more than likely aware that the duo know their way around soundtrack-y, synth-heavy tracks. A.E. Paterra is readying the new Majeure EP Romance Language for release on Temporary Residence Limited on November 12th, and as a result we asked him and his Zombi bandmate about some of their favorite soundtracks. Check out some favorites below and catch Majeure out with MONO, but stream the title track from the Romance Language EP before you do.

======

A.E. Paterra (Majeure) Picks

Giuliano Sorgini "Southgate Hospital" from Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

Great soundtrack, great film. Probably my favorite in the zombie genre. Minimal, stark, and actually believable. Fell in love with the score the moment I first heard it. Sorgini not only writes some beautiful music for the lighter parts of the film, but when it gets dark, it gets dark.



Ennio Morricone "Main Theme" from The Thing (1981)

For the longest time I thought Carpenter composed the score, because it is just so Carpenter. Makes one wonder whether or not Carpenter or even Alan Howarth assisted Morricone with the electronic components of the score. Exhaustive internet research has shown no evidence that this is true.



Maurice Jarre "Title Sequence" from No Way Out (1987)

This score has everything I love about late 80's soundtracks. Great fusion between analog and digital synths. Again, nice and dark when it has to be.



Tangerine Dream "Opening Sequence" & "Scrap Yard" from Thief (1981)


Drive was my favorite movie of 2011, and Nicolas Winding Refn owes a ton to Michael Mann. The opening sequence to Thief is quite simply one of my favorites. Apparently Tangerine Dream were a bit difficult to work with on this one, and a proper OST was never issued. "Scrap Yard" was used as technical difficulty background music for Toronto's CITY-TV in the 80's.



Cliff Martinez "First Sleep" from Solaris (2002)

Very hypnotic, pleasant, and dark. Martinez did an excellent job with this score all around. The remake certainly can't touch the original, but it looks and sounds great. Martinez flew under the radar for a while, reappearing this year for the Drive soundtrack, for which he did a great job as well.



Eduard Artemev "Train" from Stalker (1979)

One of the more memorable films I've seen in a while. Tarkovsky over-dubbed every piece of audio for the film, which gives it an other-wordly feel, and Artemev's score sits nicely within that world. Amazing use of analog synthesis to recreate a plethora of sounds within the film. This piece is by far my favorite.



Fabio Frizzi "Irrealta Di Suoni" from City of the Living Dead (1980)

Nobody does zombie-funk like Frizzi. Beautiful recording. Sweet bass. Tight drums. Mellotron. It's all there.

======

Steve Moore Picks

Ganymede (aka Michael Boddicker) "Rec Room" from Outland (1981)

I miss the early 80's - I love that this is what Michael Boddicker, Peter Hyams, and probably at least a dozen other people all decided future space station bar/lounge music should sound like. Also Boddicker is credited as having performed music for the TV series The Equalizer, and he played on every good Lionel Richie album. Google him, the more you learn about this guy the better this song sounds.



Howard Shore "Welcome to Videodrome" from Videodrome (1983)

My favorite part of this soundtrack are the sampled screams - depending on your state of mind these can either be hilarious or seriously terrifying.



Brad Fiedel "Tunnel Chase" from The Terminator (1984)

Love the drum machine programming on this one, probably a Fairlight CMI? Kinda sounds like a Drumtraks. The synths all have that Fairlight sound though. Also that bassline is the best, and the brass stabs at :35.



Queen "In The Space Capsule (Love Theme)" from Flash Gordon (1980)

The perfect song. It's like sex and drugs without the annoying Rock 'n' Roll.



Stelvio Cipriani "L'atessa" from Nightmare City a/k/a Incubo Sulla Città Contaminata (1980)

I love how simultaneously smooth and ominous this track is. Works so well with this helicopter footage of whatever city that is (there's some debate if you read the comments).



John Carpenter & Alan Howarth "First Chase" from Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Love the really long 8th note sequence over the plodding quarter note pulse, the conflicting major/minor tonalities. It's pretty crazy how influential this soundtrack is, given most people you talk to either haven't seen the movie or hate it.



Wendy Carlos "Rocky Mountains" from The Shining (1980)

One of the few pieces actually written for this movie. Makes me wish WC had recorded more music for this movie - though I am a huge fan of the Bartok, Ligeti and Penderecki pieces Kubrick used.



This song (0:00 - 1:23), possibly by Elsio (maybe Elgio) Mancuso & Burt Rexon from Burial Ground (1981)

I know nothing about this song, I've been searching the internet for 15 years trying to track this music down. I hear this song in my head weekly. If anyone out there has the incidental music from this film, please get in touch! (1980)

=====

Majeure Tour with MONO

Nov 15 @ Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON

Nov 16 @ La Sala Rosa, Montreal, QC

Nov 17 @ Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

Nov 18 @ Le Poisson Rogue, New York, NY

Nov 19 @ Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA

Nov 20 @ Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington, DC

My favorite part of this soundtrack are the sampled screams - depending on your state of mind these can either be hilarious or seriously terrifying.

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Brad Fiedel "Tunnel Chase" from The Terminator (1984)

Love the drum machine programming on this one, probably a Fairlight CMI? Kinda sounds like a Drumtraks. The synths all have that Fairlight sound though. Also that bassline is the best, and the brass stabs at :35.

Queen "In The Space Capsule (Love Theme)" from Flash Gordon (1980)

The perfect song. It's like sex and drugs without the annoying Rock 'n' Roll.

Stelvio Cipriani "L'atessa" from Nightmare City a/k/a Incubo Sulla Città Contaminata (1980)

I love how simultaneously smooth and ominous this track is. Works so well with this helicopter footage of whatever city that is (there's some debate if you read the comments).

John Carpenter & Alan Howarth "First Chase" from Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

If you've ever heard Zombi, Majeure or Steve Moore, you're more than likely aware that the duo know their way around soundtrack-y, synth-heavy tracks. A.E. Paterra is readying the new Majeure EP Romance Language for release on Temporary Residence Limited on November 12th, and as a result we asked him and his Zombi bandmate about some of their favorite soundtracks. Check out some favorites below and catch Majeure out with MONO, but stream the title track from the Romance Language EP before you do.

======

A.E. Paterra (Majeure) Picks

Giuliano Sorgini "Southgate Hospital" from Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

Great soundtrack, great film. Probably my favorite in the zombie genre. Minimal, stark, and actually believable. Fell in love with the score the moment I first heard it. Sorgini not only writes some beautiful music for the lighter parts of the film, but when it gets dark, it gets dark.



Ennio Morricone "Main Theme" from The Thing (1981)

For the longest time I thought Carpenter composed the score, because it is just so Carpenter. Makes one wonder whether or not Carpenter or even Alan Howarth assisted Morricone with the electronic components of the score. Exhaustive internet research has shown no evidence that this is true.



Maurice Jarre "Title Sequence" from No Way Out (1987)

This score has everything I love about late 80's soundtracks. Great fusion between analog and digital synths. Again, nice and dark when it has to be.



Tangerine Dream "Opening Sequence" & "Scrap Yard" from Thief (1981)


Drive was my favorite movie of 2011, and Nicolas Winding Refn owes a ton to Michael Mann. The opening sequence to Thief is quite simply one of my favorites. Apparently Tangerine Dream were a bit difficult to work with on this one, and a proper OST was never issued. "Scrap Yard" was used as technical difficulty background music for Toronto's CITY-TV in the 80's.



Cliff Martinez "First Sleep" from Solaris (2002)

Very hypnotic, pleasant, and dark. Martinez did an excellent job with this score all around. The remake certainly can't touch the original, but it looks and sounds great. Martinez flew under the radar for a while, reappearing this year for the Drive soundtrack, for which he did a great job as well.



Eduard Artemev "Train" from Stalker (1979)

One of the more memorable films I've seen in a while. Tarkovsky over-dubbed every piece of audio for the film, which gives it an other-wordly feel, and Artemev's score sits nicely within that world. Amazing use of analog synthesis to recreate a plethora of sounds within the film. This piece is by far my favorite.



Fabio Frizzi "Irrealta Di Suoni" from City of the Living Dead (1980)

Nobody does zombie-funk like Frizzi. Beautiful recording. Sweet bass. Tight drums. Mellotron. It's all there.

======

Steve Moore Picks

Ganymede (aka Michael Boddicker) "Rec Room" from Outland (1981)

I miss the early 80's - I love that this is what Michael Boddicker, Peter Hyams, and probably at least a dozen other people all decided future space station bar/lounge music should sound like. Also Boddicker is credited as having performed music for the TV series The Equalizer, and he played on every good Lionel Richie album. Google him, the more you learn about this guy the better this song sounds.



Howard Shore "Welcome to Videodrome" from Videodrome (1983)

My favorite part of this soundtrack are the sampled screams - depending on your state of mind these can either be hilarious or seriously terrifying.



Brad Fiedel "Tunnel Chase" from The Terminator (1984)

Love the drum machine programming on this one, probably a Fairlight CMI? Kinda sounds like a Drumtraks. The synths all have that Fairlight sound though. Also that bassline is the best, and the brass stabs at :35.



Queen "In The Space Capsule (Love Theme)" from Flash Gordon (1980)

The perfect song. It's like sex and drugs without the annoying Rock 'n' Roll.



Stelvio Cipriani "L'atessa" from Nightmare City a/k/a Incubo Sulla Città Contaminata (1980)

I love how simultaneously smooth and ominous this track is. Works so well with this helicopter footage of whatever city that is (there's some debate if you read the comments).



John Carpenter & Alan Howarth "First Chase" from Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Love the really long 8th note sequence over the plodding quarter note pulse, the conflicting major/minor tonalities. It's pretty crazy how influential this soundtrack is, given most people you talk to either haven't seen the movie or hate it.



Wendy Carlos "Rocky Mountains" from The Shining (1980)

One of the few pieces actually written for this movie. Makes me wish WC had recorded more music for this movie - though I am a huge fan of the Bartok, Ligeti and Penderecki pieces Kubrick used.



This song (0:00 - 1:23), possibly by Elsio (maybe Elgio) Mancuso & Burt Rexon from Burial Ground (1981)

I know nothing about this song, I've been searching the internet for 15 years trying to track this music down. I hear this song in my head weekly. If anyone out there has the incidental music from this film, please get in touch! (1980)

=====

Majeure Tour with MONO

Nov 15 @ Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON

Nov 16 @ La Sala Rosa, Montreal, QC

Nov 17 @ Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

Nov 18 @ Le Poisson Rogue, New York, NY

Nov 19 @ Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA

Nov 20 @ Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington, DC

Love the really long 8th note sequence over the plodding quarter note pulse, the conflicting major/minor tonalities. It's pretty crazy how influential this soundtrack is, given most people you talk to either haven't seen the movie or hate it.

Wendy Carlos "Rocky Mountains" from The Shining (1980)

If you've ever heard Zombi, Majeure or Steve Moore, you're more than likely aware that the duo know their way around soundtrack-y, synth-heavy tracks. A.E. Paterra is readying the new Majeure EP Romance Language for release on Temporary Residence Limited on November 12th, and as a result we asked him and his Zombi bandmate about some of their favorite soundtracks. Check out some favorites below and catch Majeure out with MONO, but stream the title track from the Romance Language EP before you do.

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A.E. Paterra (Majeure) Picks

Giuliano Sorgini "Southgate Hospital" from Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

Great soundtrack, great film. Probably my favorite in the zombie genre. Minimal, stark, and actually believable. Fell in love with the score the moment I first heard it. Sorgini not only writes some beautiful music for the lighter parts of the film, but when it gets dark, it gets dark.



Ennio Morricone "Main Theme" from The Thing (1981)

For the longest time I thought Carpenter composed the score, because it is just so Carpenter. Makes one wonder whether or not Carpenter or even Alan Howarth assisted Morricone with the electronic components of the score. Exhaustive internet research has shown no evidence that this is true.



Maurice Jarre "Title Sequence" from No Way Out (1987)

This score has everything I love about late 80's soundtracks. Great fusion between analog and digital synths. Again, nice and dark when it has to be.



Tangerine Dream "Opening Sequence" & "Scrap Yard" from Thief (1981)


Drive was my favorite movie of 2011, and Nicolas Winding Refn owes a ton to Michael Mann. The opening sequence to Thief is quite simply one of my favorites. Apparently Tangerine Dream were a bit difficult to work with on this one, and a proper OST was never issued. "Scrap Yard" was used as technical difficulty background music for Toronto's CITY-TV in the 80's.



Cliff Martinez "First Sleep" from Solaris (2002)

Very hypnotic, pleasant, and dark. Martinez did an excellent job with this score all around. The remake certainly can't touch the original, but it looks and sounds great. Martinez flew under the radar for a while, reappearing this year for the Drive soundtrack, for which he did a great job as well.



Eduard Artemev "Train" from Stalker (1979)

One of the more memorable films I've seen in a while. Tarkovsky over-dubbed every piece of audio for the film, which gives it an other-wordly feel, and Artemev's score sits nicely within that world. Amazing use of analog synthesis to recreate a plethora of sounds within the film. This piece is by far my favorite.



Fabio Frizzi "Irrealta Di Suoni" from City of the Living Dead (1980)

Nobody does zombie-funk like Frizzi. Beautiful recording. Sweet bass. Tight drums. Mellotron. It's all there.

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Steve Moore Picks

Ganymede (aka Michael Boddicker) "Rec Room" from Outland (1981)

I miss the early 80's - I love that this is what Michael Boddicker, Peter Hyams, and probably at least a dozen other people all decided future space station bar/lounge music should sound like. Also Boddicker is credited as having performed music for the TV series The Equalizer, and he played on every good Lionel Richie album. Google him, the more you learn about this guy the better this song sounds.



Howard Shore "Welcome to Videodrome" from Videodrome (1983)

My favorite part of this soundtrack are the sampled screams - depending on your state of mind these can either be hilarious or seriously terrifying.



Brad Fiedel "Tunnel Chase" from The Terminator (1984)

Love the drum machine programming on this one, probably a Fairlight CMI? Kinda sounds like a Drumtraks. The synths all have that Fairlight sound though. Also that bassline is the best, and the brass stabs at :35.



Queen "In The Space Capsule (Love Theme)" from Flash Gordon (1980)

The perfect song. It's like sex and drugs without the annoying Rock 'n' Roll.



Stelvio Cipriani "L'atessa" from Nightmare City a/k/a Incubo Sulla Città Contaminata (1980)

I love how simultaneously smooth and ominous this track is. Works so well with this helicopter footage of whatever city that is (there's some debate if you read the comments).



John Carpenter & Alan Howarth "First Chase" from Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Love the really long 8th note sequence over the plodding quarter note pulse, the conflicting major/minor tonalities. It's pretty crazy how influential this soundtrack is, given most people you talk to either haven't seen the movie or hate it.



Wendy Carlos "Rocky Mountains" from The Shining (1980)

One of the few pieces actually written for this movie. Makes me wish WC had recorded more music for this movie - though I am a huge fan of the Bartok, Ligeti and Penderecki pieces Kubrick used.



This song (0:00 - 1:23), possibly by Elsio (maybe Elgio) Mancuso & Burt Rexon from Burial Ground (1981)

I know nothing about this song, I've been searching the internet for 15 years trying to track this music down. I hear this song in my head weekly. If anyone out there has the incidental music from this film, please get in touch! (1980)

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Majeure Tour with MONO

Nov 15 @ Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON

Nov 16 @ La Sala Rosa, Montreal, QC

Nov 17 @ Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

Nov 18 @ Le Poisson Rogue, New York, NY

Nov 19 @ Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA

Nov 20 @ Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington, DC

One of the few pieces actually written for this movie. Makes me wish WC had recorded more music for this movie - though I am a huge fan of the Bartok, Ligeti and Penderecki pieces Kubrick used.

This song (0:00 - 1:23), possibly by Elsio (maybe Elgio) Mancuso & Burt Rexon from Burial Ground (1981)

If you've ever heard Zombi, Majeure or Steve Moore, you're more than likely aware that the duo know their way around soundtrack-y, synth-heavy tracks. A.E. Paterra is readying the new Majeure EP Romance Language for release on Temporary Residence Limited on November 12th, and as a result we asked him and his Zombi bandmate about some of their favorite soundtracks. Check out some favorites below and catch Majeure out with MONO, but stream the title track from the Romance Language EP before you do.

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A.E. Paterra (Majeure) Picks

Giuliano Sorgini "Southgate Hospital" from Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

Great soundtrack, great film. Probably my favorite in the zombie genre. Minimal, stark, and actually believable. Fell in love with the score the moment I first heard it. Sorgini not only writes some beautiful music for the lighter parts of the film, but when it gets dark, it gets dark.



Ennio Morricone "Main Theme" from The Thing (1981)

For the longest time I thought Carpenter composed the score, because it is just so Carpenter. Makes one wonder whether or not Carpenter or even Alan Howarth assisted Morricone with the electronic components of the score. Exhaustive internet research has shown no evidence that this is true.



Maurice Jarre "Title Sequence" from No Way Out (1987)

This score has everything I love about late 80's soundtracks. Great fusion between analog and digital synths. Again, nice and dark when it has to be.



Tangerine Dream "Opening Sequence" & "Scrap Yard" from Thief (1981)


Drive was my favorite movie of 2011, and Nicolas Winding Refn owes a ton to Michael Mann. The opening sequence to Thief is quite simply one of my favorites. Apparently Tangerine Dream were a bit difficult to work with on this one, and a proper OST was never issued. "Scrap Yard" was used as technical difficulty background music for Toronto's CITY-TV in the 80's.



Cliff Martinez "First Sleep" from Solaris (2002)

Very hypnotic, pleasant, and dark. Martinez did an excellent job with this score all around. The remake certainly can't touch the original, but it looks and sounds great. Martinez flew under the radar for a while, reappearing this year for the Drive soundtrack, for which he did a great job as well.



Eduard Artemev "Train" from Stalker (1979)

One of the more memorable films I've seen in a while. Tarkovsky over-dubbed every piece of audio for the film, which gives it an other-wordly feel, and Artemev's score sits nicely within that world. Amazing use of analog synthesis to recreate a plethora of sounds within the film. This piece is by far my favorite.



Fabio Frizzi "Irrealta Di Suoni" from City of the Living Dead (1980)

Nobody does zombie-funk like Frizzi. Beautiful recording. Sweet bass. Tight drums. Mellotron. It's all there.

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Steve Moore Picks

Ganymede (aka Michael Boddicker) "Rec Room" from Outland (1981)

I miss the early 80's - I love that this is what Michael Boddicker, Peter Hyams, and probably at least a dozen other people all decided future space station bar/lounge music should sound like. Also Boddicker is credited as having performed music for the TV series The Equalizer, and he played on every good Lionel Richie album. Google him, the more you learn about this guy the better this song sounds.



Howard Shore "Welcome to Videodrome" from Videodrome (1983)

My favorite part of this soundtrack are the sampled screams - depending on your state of mind these can either be hilarious or seriously terrifying.



Brad Fiedel "Tunnel Chase" from The Terminator (1984)

Love the drum machine programming on this one, probably a Fairlight CMI? Kinda sounds like a Drumtraks. The synths all have that Fairlight sound though. Also that bassline is the best, and the brass stabs at :35.



Queen "In The Space Capsule (Love Theme)" from Flash Gordon (1980)

The perfect song. It's like sex and drugs without the annoying Rock 'n' Roll.



Stelvio Cipriani "L'atessa" from Nightmare City a/k/a Incubo Sulla Città Contaminata (1980)

I love how simultaneously smooth and ominous this track is. Works so well with this helicopter footage of whatever city that is (there's some debate if you read the comments).



John Carpenter & Alan Howarth "First Chase" from Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Love the really long 8th note sequence over the plodding quarter note pulse, the conflicting major/minor tonalities. It's pretty crazy how influential this soundtrack is, given most people you talk to either haven't seen the movie or hate it.



Wendy Carlos "Rocky Mountains" from The Shining (1980)

One of the few pieces actually written for this movie. Makes me wish WC had recorded more music for this movie - though I am a huge fan of the Bartok, Ligeti and Penderecki pieces Kubrick used.



This song (0:00 - 1:23), possibly by Elsio (maybe Elgio) Mancuso & Burt Rexon from Burial Ground (1981)

I know nothing about this song, I've been searching the internet for 15 years trying to track this music down. I hear this song in my head weekly. If anyone out there has the incidental music from this film, please get in touch! (1980)

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Majeure Tour with MONO

Nov 15 @ Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON

Nov 16 @ La Sala Rosa, Montreal, QC

Nov 17 @ Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

Nov 18 @ Le Poisson Rogue, New York, NY

Nov 19 @ Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA

Nov 20 @ Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington, DC

I know nothing about this song, I've been searching the internet for 15 years trying to track this music down. I hear this song in my head weekly. If anyone out there has the incidental music from this film, please get in touch! (1980)

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Majeure Tour with MONO

Nov 15 @ Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON

Nov 16 @ La Sala Rosa, Montreal, QC

Nov 17 @ Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

Nov 18 @ Le Poisson Rogue, New York, NY

Nov 19 @ Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA

Nov 20 @ Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington, DC