Chris Bennett, David Castle - Midnight Express: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
List Price:
Our Price: $3.86
You Save: $6.12 (61%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.49 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: Chris Bennett, David CastleEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Maltese (Original Language); Turkish (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2002-04-02
Music Label: Island / Mercury
Product features:
- O Expresso Da Meia Noite Movie Soundtrack Brazil Import
- Chase
- Love's Theme
- (Theme From) Midnight Express
- Istanbul Blues
- The Wheel
- Istanbul Opening
- Cacaphoney
- (Theme From) Midnight Express
Free Music Notes for Midnight Express: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Free Music Review: Moroder's EXPRESS
Hit: 5 Stars
Although he can be at least partly to blame for pop music becoming more drenched in electronic glop from the 1980s to the present day, Giorgio Moroder did a great deal to bring electronic music and synthesizers into the mainstream; and before such instruments became a cliche, they could be used for very haunting moments and used in very orchestral ways (as Walter Carlos had done for Stanley Kubrick's A CLOCKWORK ORANGE in 1971). The best example for this in Moroder's case is the score he composed for director Alan Parker's ultra-disturbing, based-on-a-true-story 1978 film MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, about the horror that a young American named Billy Hayes faced while jailed in Turkey on a drug possession chage.
Apart from the vocal tracks by David Castle ("Istanbul Blues") and Chris Bennett (the vocal version of the "Midnight Express" theme), it is entirely Moroder's show; and his inventive use of keyboards and synthesizers ingeniously straddles the line between pop, electronic, and orchestral music. The epic eight and a half minute opener "Chase" became a minor pop hit in March 1979, and a permanent favorite with the disco and dance crowds from that point on. Moroder's score got MIDNIGHT EXPRESS one of its two Oscars (the other going to Oliver Stone for his screenplay adaptation of Billy Hayes' book), incredibly beating out John Williams' score for SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, which was pretty hard to do given Williams' already imposing standing. This is well worth picking up as a great example of electronic movie music that takes on a classic orchestral quality.
Midnight Express: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Poster
CD > POPULAR MUSIC > MOVIE SOUNDTRACKDance & DJ Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Dance & DJ Music CDs
J'ai Ete au Bal: I Went to the Dance, Vol. 1Release date: 1993-12-01; Music CD
Best price: $11.58
Price in other shops:
Fibre - Sub Aquatic MemoriesRelease date: 2011-01-14; Music CD
Best price: $1.00
Price in other shops:
Paul Schutze - Deus Ex MachinaRelease date: 1997-08-19; Music CD
Best price: $10.99
Chubb Rock, G-Man - Treat Me RightRelease date: 1996-12-24; Music CD
Best price: $8.98
Tangerine Dream - MelroseRelease date: 1990-09-25; Music CD
Best price: $29.86
Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors - StillpointRelease date: 1996-09-19; Music CD
Best price: $8.38
Price in other shops:
Ganga - River Of LoveRelease date: 2001-08-15; Music CD
Best price: $10.58
Price in other shops:
Karuna - Devotional SongsRelease date: 1997-08-13; Music CD
Best price: $13.94
Price in other shops:
Christian Bruckner, Eva M Hagen - Der Fall GreenfieldRelease date: 2006-08-25; Music CD
Best price: $15.35
Martin Schneider - Best of MaddinRelease date: 2003-12-08; Music CD
Best price: $17.70
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Chariots Of FireTCM; Release date: 1990-10-25; Published: 1990; Music CD
Best price: $5.14
Price in other shops:
Giorgio Moroder - Metropolis - Original Motion Picture SoundtrackRelease date: 2009-12-16; Music CD
Best price: $11.25
Price in other shops:
Scarface (Rmx)Release date: 2006-05-29; Music CD
Best price: $4.18
Price in other shops:
Giorgio Moroder - E=MC˛Release date: 2001-08-06; Published: 2001; Music CD
Best price: $7.68
Price in other shops:
Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion PictureTCM; Release date: 1998-07-14; Music CD
Best price: $3.02
Price in other shops:
Giorgio Moroder - The best of Giorgio MoroderRelease date: 2001-04-23; Published: 2001; Music CD
Best price: $7.70
Price in other shops:
Giorgio Moroder - From Here to EternityRelease date: 1999-03-29; Published: 1997; Music CD
Best price: $7.58
Price in other shops:
Cat People: Original SoundtrackMORODER,GIORGIO; Release date: 1992-11-24; Music CD
Best price: $4.43
Price in other shops:
![American Gigolo Soundtrack [Import] Image](/images/American-Gigolo-Soundtrack-Import-B000005RZ1-X.jpg)
American Gigolo Soundtrack [Import]Release date: 2009-03-24; Published: 1996-11-15; Music CD
Best price: $4.08
Price in other shops:
Midnight ExpressSony; Release date: 2008-02-05; DVD
Best price: $7.60
Price in other shops: