Released 1983 (1983) Length 45:29 Artist Vangelis Label Polydor K.K. | Studio Nemo Studios, London Producer Vangelis Release date 1983 Movie Antarctica | |
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Genres Film score, Electronic music Similar Vangelis albums, Electronic music albums | ||
Vangelis antarctica
Antarctica is soundtrack album by the Greek electronic composer Vangelis, released in 1983. It is the score of the 1983 Japanese film Antarctica ("Nankyoku Monogatari", lit. "South Pole Story") directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara, and was nominated by the Japan Academy for "Best Music Score".
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Overview
For years, the soundtrack album was only available in Japan, appearing in other countries as a rare and expensive import, when in 1988 Polydor finally decided to release the album worldwide.
There are two different CD covers, one predominantly white and the other depicting a frame from the film with the dogs. In each CD, the unused cover serves as the back of the booklet.
Composition
Synthesisers of "Theme from Antarctica" conjure cold and desolation. "Antarctica Echoes" has minimal melody showing the vastness of the landscap. "Song of White" is cold-sounding, while "The Other Side of Antartica" has sinister sound. "Deliverance" is the theme which plays in the end of the film when the handlers on the first expedition find out corpses of seven dogs, that eight of the dogs broke loose, and two of the dogs, Taro and Jiro, return alive.
Reception
Jim Brenholts of Allmusic described it as very good "dynamic and dramatic set" of music, "conveying feelings of angst, isolation, and even desolation", but "does not convey the iciness that listeners would expect".
Track listing
All music composed by Vangelis.
Personnel
Songs
1Theme From Antarctica
2Antarctica Echoes5:58
3Kinematic3:51