Christopher Re-Records Jimmy Page’s Lucifer Rising Soundtrack
Press release from April 3rd 2007. Excuse the faux awesomeness of the third person write-up.
Canadian solo artist Christopher recorded a 27 minute re-interpretation of Jimmy Page’s notorious `Lucifer Rising’ soundtrack which is available as a free MP3 download HERE and download the artwork HERE
Page’s 23 minute soundtrack was scrapped from the same-titled Kenneth Anger occult-themed film and has never been officially released.
“The film and music is shrouded in mystery, mishaps, a curse; and excess. They were ripe for re-interpretation and the invocative nature of the music and film resonated with me.”
“The soundtrack Page created was ahead of its time. The unsettling tibetan chants and the even tempered tambura that carries the whole soundtrack were used in a way that would be only looked into several years later by other composers. It’s a shame that the ideas Page employed were not committed to the final edit of the film. It truly does live up to its name.”
The re-recording is a tribute to a great piece of truly `underground’ and `unsettling’ music. (The Page soundtrack is usually found on various Led Zeppelin Bootlegs and recently was a feature in UK’s Classic Rock Magazine)
“Out of respect to Kenneth Anger, Jimmy Page, and the lunacy of modern copyright laws, this piece is available free and not synced up to the film. Someone more enterprising than I can sync it up starting at the 38 second mark.”
I been waiting to hear this for 30 years !
It is absolutely mystifying
Thank you , thank you , thank you !
Thanks for listening. If you still are looking for the original, check out the bit torrent sites. It’s out there nowadays.
I actually picked up a copy of Anger Rising.
It’s on there with Jagger’s and Bobby’s tracks.
This is haunting and beautiful. I nearly fell asleep sitting at my computer, not from boredom but because I became so transfixed listening to it. A very hypnotic piece.
Thanks Cher
I actually think this is a much needed improvement. I never really liked Bobby’s. This is much more intense. I could never sync up the original Page one, but this one I did. The Page soundtrack actually sort of, maybe due to production, made me feel sick, this was a different feeling.
Great Job! Does anybody has the authentic soundtrack, Jimmy Page’s or Beausoleil’s? My email is money@mail.gr