Search - Basil Kirchin :: The Abominable Dr. Phibes [Original Motion Picture Score]

Excellent soundtrack

Greg | Los Angeles, CA USA | 01/07/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a very well done soundtrack considering that the original elements are missing. I believe some criticism of this release is a bit unwarranted. Only three tracks, The Operation, Phibes' House & Music Box, are of seriously inferior quality. The combined total of these three cues is a minute and forty two seconds, hardly unbearable. These three cues apparantly come from a cassette tape recording of the film's soundtrack so they do contain film sound effects. These are the only three tracks that contain sound effects from the film. War March of the Priests also comes directly from the film but the quality is quite listenable. The rest of the tracks come from Basil Kirchin's own archives save for three tracks which come from American International's LP release. So overall the quality is quite good and more importantly preserves some very interesting pieces of music."

Something's missing

Galdos del Carpio | Paris, France. | 03/08/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Yes, Kirchin 's music is very good but we do miss all the rest that was used in the film, particularly the themes played by the mysterious "Big Three", the songs etc...

So the intention behind was to do justice to the composer -Basil Kirchin- whose been a bit betrayed by the film's production as I understand, but then as a listener I miss the more "popular" music that was used and that is part of the general atmosphere in that beautiful film.

"