Nosferatu (Popol Vuh album) (original) (raw)

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1978 soundtrack album by Popol Vuh

Nosferatu
Soundtrack album by Popol Vuh
Released 1978 (1978)
Recorded 1978
Genre Krautrock new age
Length 45:06
Label Brain Records
Producer Gerhard Augustin
Popol Vuh chronology
Brüder des Schattens – Söhne des Lichts(1978) Nosferatu(1978) _Die Nacht der Seele(1979)

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Nosferatu is the eleventh album by Popol Vuh and was released as the original motion picture soundtrack of Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht by director Werner Herzog. It was originally released in 1978 as On the Way to a Little Way.[2][3] In 2004 SPV re-released the album with a slightly different track list and adding four tracks originally released on the Popol Vuh album Brüder des Schattens – Söhne des Lichts.

  1. "Mantra" – 6:14
  2. "Morning Sun Rays" – 3:20
  3. "Venus Principle" – 4:39
  4. "Mantra II" – 5:22
  5. "Auf dem Weg - On the Way" - 3:20 (bonus track - only on vinyl reissue)
  6. "On the Way" – 4:02
  7. "Through Pain To Heaven" – 3:46
  8. "To a Little Way" – 2:34
  9. "Zwiesprache der Rohrflöte mit der Sängerin" – 3:20
  10. "Die Nacht der Himmel" – 4:50
  11. "Der Ruf der Rohrflöte" – 3:39

CD and vinyl reissues altered this track listing slightly.

Guest musicians

Recorded at Bavaria Studio, Munich, August 1978
Produced by Gerhard Augustin

Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth has been known to use "Through Pain to Heaven" as their entrance music for live concerts.[_citation needed_]

  1. ^ Neate, Wilson. "Nosferatu: The Vampyre (Original Soundtrack) - Popol Vuh : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  2. ^ Nosferatu: The Vampyre [Original Soundtrack] - Popol Vuh | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
  3. ^ "Popol Vuh - on the Way to a Little Way (Soundtracks from "Nosferatu")". Discogs. 1978.