MONDO BRINGS THREE DAVID CRONENGERG & HOWARD SHORE CLASSICS TO VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME
NAKED LUNCH (available May 25)
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the score for Naked Lunch
was composed by three-time Oscar-winner Howard Shore collaborating with
both jazz legend Ornette Coleman and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Based
on the novel by William S. Burroughs, Cronenberg takes the character of
William Lee (Peter Weller) through his drug-fueled escapades through
the fictional land of Interzone, while also blending it with a
semi-autobiographic story about Burroughs himself.
Once referred to as an unfilmable novel, the film Naked Lunch is
one of the great book-to-film adaptations, in no small part due to the
wildly inventive score by Shore and Coleman. Their collaboration
transports you seamlessly into Burroughs' world.
"Naked Lunch
is one of the great film scores" wrote Royal S. Brown. "The whole
thing, which has been recorded with exceptional depth and warmth, gives a
simultaneous impression of simplicity and complexity, of harmony and
dissonance, of reality and half dream, rather like Burroughs' own
disturbing visions."
Available for the first time ever on Vinyl, with original artwork by Rich Kelly.
DEAD RINGERS (available this June)
Based on the novelTwins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland, Dead Ringers tells
the story of identical twin gynecologists-suave Elliot and sensitive
Beverly, bipolar sides of one personality-who share the same practice,
the same apartment, and the same women. It is a chilling tale, but a
high-water mark for the shared filmography of Cronenberg and Shore.
Shore's
score creates a beautiful yet mysterious atmosphere. However, Shore
uses the beauty of a string orchestra to represent the sinister. Howard
Shore has said that "the music in Dead Ringers works all around the edges. It's all about subtext." Shore won the Genie Award for the Dead Ringers score.
We are thrilled to be highlighting Dead Ringers on vinyl for the first time, and featuring original artwork by Randy Ortiz.
CRASH (available this July)
Crash
is an utterly audacious piece of work from Shore-using 6 electric
guitars, 3 orchestral harps, 3 woodwinds and 2 percussionists. Shore
crafts a meticulous sonic landscape.
Based on the novel by J.G. Ballard, Crash
deftly explores the complex interpersonal relationships of a select
few, who find themselves colliding head-on with the world of car-crash
fetishism.
Crash
is the first Cronenberg film to premiere at Cannes. John Bender wrote
"Shore's calculated instrumentation, mostly electronically manipulated
guitars, harps and percussion, give Crash a cold and burnished metallic sound." The perfect companion to an uncompromising filmmaker like David Cronenberg.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of this complex film, Mondo and Howe Records are pleased to present Howard Shore's score for Crash for the first time ever on Vinyl, with original artwork by Rich Kelly.
HOWARD SHORE
Academy
Award®-winning composer Howard Shore is among today's most respected,
honored, and active composers and conductors. He began collaborating
with David Cronenberg in 1979 and has since scored 15 of the director's
films: THE BROOD, SCANNERS, VIDEODROME, THE FLY, DEAD RINGERS, NAKED
LUNCH, M. BUTTERFLY, CRASH, eXistenZ, SPIDER, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE,
EASTERN PROMISES, A DANGEROUS METHOD, COSMOPOLIS and 2014's MAPS TO THE
STARS.
Naked Lunch (1991) - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2XLP
Music By Howard Shore // Ornette Coleman
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
Original Artwork by Rich Kelly
25th Anniversary. First time ever on Vinyl.
Available online at mondotees.com May 25th
$35
Dead Ringers (1988) - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP
Music By Howard Shore
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
Original Artwork by Randy Ortiz
First time ever on Vinyl.
Available online at mondotees.com this June
$30
Crash (1996) - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2XLP
Music by Howard Shore
Original Artwork by Rich Kelly
20th Anniversary. First time ever on Vinyl.
Available online at mondotees.com this July
$35
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