Anastasia
Before the Rain (soundtrack)
Label: London
Greek flavored (well, really Macedonian, which I'm told is
actually a slavic language, but what do I know?) soundtrack
music, mostly with a slow, serious mood. There are vocals
on many tracks (all in Macedonian). A lot of this sounds like
Dead Can Dance when in their "World music" mode.
My picks here are indicated with a "*".
Chant-oriented vox:
* 4 6:59 Red and White - Leads with M/F chorus. Alternates with
female vox.
*11 2:45 The Circle is Not Round - Nice middle eastern wail piece.
8 2:04 Funeral Theme - Slow heavy beat, deep male choral vox
(ho-heave-ho dwarves in the mountain).
9 6:41 Death of Alexander - Leads with Beautiful acapella female vox.
A heavy handed dirge.
Like Dead Can Dance:
* 7 11:13 Pass Over - Slow moody, sounds a lot like Dead Can Dance if
Brendan Perry spoke Macedonian.
10 5:38 Coming Back Home 2 - A bit windham hill.
2 8:23 Nine Iron Doors - Begins like bagpipes, goes to male vox.
Instrumental:
1 3:26 Time Never Dies - A bit like ambient techno. Gabrielle
Roth with touches of Muslimgauze.
6 1:52 In a London Cab - Sparse string instrumental.
More Sound-track like:
* 3 2:58 Coming Back Home 1 - Starts like sparse soundtrack music,
transitions to a Macedonian choral vox.
5 4:27 At the Restaurant - Very Windam Hill. Leads with strings,
goes to simple piano.
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Information about the film can be found at: Before the Rain