Monday, January 24, 2011

all of them witches


roman polanski - rosemary's baby - 1968

classic drone series
sound, sound design, music in film

1. rain to komeda
2. new years, delay
3. rosemary disoriented, new york streets
4. phonebooth
5. elevator (some dialogue cut out)
6. rosemary discovers coven
(material not on ost)

(link expired)

also worthy of mention:
dream sequences
exaggerated clock ticking after child birth

music - krzysztof komeda
sound recordist - harold lewis

relevant soundtracks:
- krzysztof komeda - knife in the water - 1962
- krzysztof komeda - the hunger (henning carlsen) - 1966
- krzysztof komeda - cul-de-sac - 1966
- krzysztof komeda - the rearless vampire killers - 1967
- krzysztof komeda - music from the original motion pictures - 8-cd box set

..emphasizing music and sounds as an equal counterpart to images.
manfred eicher on komeda