The 'Hello Earth' Chorus, The Ninth Wave Suite, and Nosferatu
The Ninth Wave Suite is a multifaceted operatic and cinematic jewel, cut with many thematic and narrative aspects. In KB's Breathing, the 'Chorus' captures the social anxiety of the Cold War - the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; Greenham Common (Women's Peace Camp); the Armaments Race; Brezhnev, Reagan, Thatcher, etc... So could The Ninth Wave Suite capture, record and input another historical moment of social anxiety?
In the liner notes to Hounds of Love KB "thanks" Werner Herzog, not specifying what for. But KB has confirmed that she got the men's choral section of Hello Earth from Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979). The ('Greek') Tragic Chorus on Hello Earth is a version of "Zinzkaro," the Georgian folk song performed on the Herzog soundtrack (wiki). I have not seen the Herzog film, only the Murnau original. But from Gaffa: 'I just saw "Nosferatu, The Vampyre" by Werner Herzog tonight. The chorus in "Hello, Earth" that begins around 3:30 is indeed in it in a couple of places: in the town square where the plague victims are dancing around and shortly thereafter while a bat is flying.' - http://gaffa.org/dreaming/tnw_song.html#earth
Through which interpretive facet can we make sense of KB's Vampyric inclusion?
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The 'Hello Earth' Chorus, The Ninth Wave Suite, and Nosferatu
The Ninth Wave Suite is a multifaceted operatic and cinematic jewel, cut with many thematic and narrative aspects. In KB's Breathing, the 'Chorus' captures the social anxiety of the Cold War - the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; Greenham Common (Women's Peace Camp); the Armaments Race; Brezhnev, Reagan, Thatcher, etc... So could The Ninth Wave Suite capture, record and input another historical moment of social anxiety?
In the liner notes to Hounds of Love KB "thanks" Werner Herzog, not specifying what for. But KB has confirmed that she got the men's choral section of Hello Earth from Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979). The ('Greek') Tragic Chorus on Hello Earth is a version of "Zinzkaro," the Georgian folk song performed on the Herzog soundtrack (wiki). I have not seen the Herzog film, only the Murnau original. But from Gaffa: 'I just saw "Nosferatu, The Vampyre" by Werner Herzog tonight. The chorus in "Hello, Earth" that begins around 3:30 is indeed in it in a couple of places: in the town square where the plague victims are dancing around and shortly thereafter while a bat is flying.' - http://gaffa.org/dreaming/tnw_song.html#earth
Through which interpretive facet can we make sense of KB's Vampyric inclusion?