Martin Kratochvil - Temne Slunce (Dark Sun) CD
I stumbled upon this movie soundtrack a few weeks ago while looking at the Web site for Polish label GAD Records (
www.gadrecords.pl). They offer a nice collection of CDs and vinyl (mainly CDs) of Polish jazz, prog, hippy music, funk, and library music. This is an early-'80s Czech sci-fi cold-war thriller about an inventor who makes a powerful explosive (the original novel off which this is based was written before the atom bomb) and tries to keep it out of the hands of governments. There is an album teaser
here, which has the soundtrack sounding like a weird mix of Vangelis, Fantastic Planet, bongo funk, and early synth experiments. You can read more about the soundtrack at the label site
here.
I was able to get this soundtrack for $15 from
Wayside Music in the US. Wayside also has a big sale going on. I was able to get some good buys, such as Miles Davis' "On the Corner" CD for $3 and Todd Dockstader/David Lee Myers' "Pond" CD for the same price (along with some cheap Klaus Schulze and Sontaag).
Lately I have been frequenting bad record stores/Places no respectable man would be seen