"Into the Land of Phantoms" is an elegant, eerie journey led by cello, violin, marimba and orchestral percussion- hanging like velvet curtains around Jill Tracy's signature dark parlor piano."
Described by the SF Weekly as "exquisite, lush, and positively poetic," the noirish compositions by Jill Tracy and The Malcontent Orchestra have developed a fervid following of devotees, critical acclaim, and multiple Bay Area Music Awards nominations. Their original score to F.W. Murnau's silent vampire classic "Nosferatu" has only enhanced the band's reputation of sophistication and musical virtuosity. The San Francisco Examiner described the score as "remarkable....lyrical and lovely." The Marin Independent called it "unforgettable." The San Francisco Chronicle hailed Nosferatu "deliciously macabre."
"I strive to honor the integrity of the film," explained composer/pianist Jill Tracy in a 1999 SF Gate interview during the filmscore's debut. I don't see Nosferatu as inciting horror or trepidation, as much as an unsettling allure. It's a beautiful, sensual work; the listener should surrender to the spell of the music as intensely as to the spell of the vampire."
For the past five years, Jill Tracy and The Malcontent Orchestra have performed the score live during the week of Halloween to the delight of Bay Area audiences. This is Jill Tracy's first instrumental album of this sort.
The beautifully designed booklet features artwork created from both the film's lavish scenes and the band in the theatre performing the work.
Check out Jill Tracy's stunning CD "Diabolical Streak" also available on CD Baby!
Jill Tracy and The Malcontent Orchestra:
Jill Tracy- grand piano
Alexander Kort- electric violoncello
Daniel Baer- violin
Randy Odell- marimba, drums and percussion
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.jilltracy.comTrack List:
1. Main Title Theme
2. Nina and Harker in Love
3. Renfield Concocts a Scheme
4. Nina Warns Harker As He Departs
5. The Carriage Embarks On Its Journey
6. The Book of the Vampires
7. Approaching the Land of Phantoms
8. Aboard the Phantom Carriage
9. Nosferatu Appears
10. The Accident At Dinner
11. Morning
12. The Locket
13. Nosferatu Stalks Harker
14. Discovering the Coffin
15. Harker Makes His Escape
16. The Ocean
17. Sailors Encounter the Rats
18. Doctor Van Helsing
19. Renfield Possessed
20. The Professor/renfield Confined
21. Nina By the Seashore
22. The Ship
23. Tragedy At Sea
24. Terror Below Deck
25. The Voyage of the Dead
26. Nina in a Trance
27. The Carriage
28. The Ship Arrives With Ominous Cargo
29. Nosferatu Carries His Coffin
30. Crossing the Waters
31. The Plague
32. Funeral Procession
33. Nina Learns the Truth About the Vampire
34. The Sick Lay Dying
35. The Chase
36. Nina Awaits the Vampire
37. Nosferatu Sees the Sun
38. The Village Is Saved
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