Us & Them - Summerisle: Songs From The 'Wicker Man'

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4...according to our Business Lady on Wed 12 Oct, 2011.

Another essential offering from the ever popular Fruits De Mer label. These old hippy dudes are at it again, paying homage to '70s cult classic The Wicker Man and Paul Giovanni's outstanding score. Us & Them are obviously big fans as 'Corn Rigs', 'Gentle Johnny', 'Fire Leap' and 'Willow's Song', four of the best tracks on the original LP, are all treated with the utmost respect. The kid gloves are most certainly on as it were. Giovanni's original score is one of my favorite records of all time so I'm glad to see the duo haven't gone mental and butchered the tracks like Neil Labute did the remake of the film. If anything, this is expertly executed.

'The Wicker Man' is quite possibly THE cult 70s UK film, justifying all the wild stories that surround it, and with a haunting soundtrack to match. We're going to give you an ep with new versions of four tracks from the film, all recorded by a one-off coming-together of some of FdM's favourite artists - Swedish duo Us and Them together with mellotron wizard Frobisher Neck. Intrigued? Well, buy it!

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