Sunday, November 17, 2024

Alien Themes From The 1970-80s

 

During the 70s a new kind of instrumentals were appearing here and there, but this time much more electronic, the main instrument being the synthesizer.
At first it seemed especially popular with soundtracks, but later shorter and at times pretty alien sounding instrumentals appeared as well, courtesy of New Wave groups/artists/producers.
The results are a 13-track electronic snapshot of those days, painstakingly scraped together from the edges of the Dark Side, a 2nd companion Volume to our Awesome Sounds

For your listening pleasure the line-up ranges from the well-known - Giorgio Moroder with another Bowie enhanced piece continuing the Cat People theme - to relatively unknown performers - Brian Briggs anyone?? - all delivering excellent instrumental performances.

Question: What is your favorite synthesizer instrumental track?

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  1. Here is the link: https://mega.nz/file/mRlCSayI#SLx7LJMGiD9jFrZnEDCYXCXOQYOn4jG8GEBoLjK2FPc

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    1. Welcome back from your travels! When I saw the question in this post, my mind immediately went to the end credits from the movie Buckaroo Banzai. A synthesizer instrumental from 1984 by a guy named Michael Boddiker. https://youtu.be/MAgnTREVCXk?si=SD4bVbTRxhNTQXdM

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    2. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Band

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