- Digital
Charles Wain
The Last Wave (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Roundtable
- Cat No: PM002
- Release: 2019-06-28
Track List
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1. Charles Wain - Driving Home
03:05 -
2. Charles Wain - The Vault
05:19 -
3. Charles Wain - David's Dream
01:03 -
4. Charles Wain - Man in the Street
02:14 -
5. Charles Wain - Angels
03:24 -
6. Charles Wain - The Warning
02:58 -
7. Charles Wain - Driving Near Bridge
02:47 -
8. Charles Wain - The Acceptance
01:29 -
9. Charles Wain - Black Rain
01:17 -
10. Charles Wain - The Descent
05:37 -
11. Charles Wain - Charlie Charlie
05:03 -
12. Charles Wain - The Drowned World
01:59
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The Last Wave (also known as Black Rain in the US) was the final chapter in a trilogy of films scripted and directed by the leading auteur of the Australian New Wave, Peter Weir. Beginning in 1974 with the absurdist black comedy-horror The Cars That Ate Paris, and followed a year later by the lush gothic mystery Picnic At Hanging Rock, The Last Wave was a landmark in existential horror. Sitting alongside other Australian eco-terror films (e.g. Long Weekend) the film featured a haunting electronic soundtrack that is as mysterious and beguiling as the spiritual themes of the film itself. With no LP issued after the films premiere in 1977, and together with the mystery surrounding the true identity of its enigmatic composer ‘Charles Wain’, the score is a largely unheard recording of pioneering experimental film electronics, easily compared to the music that contemporaries Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream were composing for Australian films during the same period or the electronic soundtracks of John Carpenter. Tense atonal electronics, synthesizer drones and manipulated Didjeridu all perfectly capture the film’s ominous atmosphere, punctuating the slow hypnotic pace of this brooding supernatural thriller.
The premiere soundtrack release to Peter Weir’s 1977 Australian New Wave Masterpiece.
Lost electronic score from the enigmatic composer Charles Wain.
12-track LP re-mastered from the original stereo master tapes.
180g vinyl and deluxe packaging including archival film stills and original press material.
The premiere soundtrack release to Peter Weir’s 1977 Australian New Wave Masterpiece.
Lost electronic score from the enigmatic composer Charles Wain.
12-track LP re-mastered from the original stereo master tapes.
180g vinyl and deluxe packaging including archival film stills and original press material.