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The Keep (album)

The Keep (album)

Overview
The Keep (1997) is the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized...

 to the movie The Keep
The Keep (film)
The Keep is a 1983 horror film directed by Michael Mann and starring Scott Glenn, Gabriel Byrne, Jürgen Prochnow and Ian McKellen. It was released by Paramount Pictures. The story is based on the F...

 (1983) by the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...

 electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 group Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...

. A limited run of 150 CDs were sold at a concert by the group in the UK in 1997. Virgin
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. It was later sold to Thorn EMI, and then, in the US, merged with Capitol Records in 2007 to create the Capitol Music Group....

 soon announced that the album would be available for general release in early 1998, but legal issues with the film studio stopped the release. In 1999, Tangerine Dream's own record label sold 300 copies of the Millennium Booster album set that included The Keep with a different cover.
  1. "Puer Natus Est Nobis"– 3:09
  2. "Ancient Powerplant"– 4:28
  3. "The Silver Seal"– 3:07
  4. "Voices From A Common Land"– 4:06
  5. "Arx Allemand"– 4:24
  6. "The Night In Romania"– 3:15
  7. "Canzone"– 2:51
  8. "Sign In The Dark"– 4:19
  9. "Weird Village"– 3:23
  10. "Love And Destiny"– 3:31
  11. "The Challenger's Arrival"– 4:32
  12. "Supernatural Accomplice"– 4:07
  13. "Parallel Worlds"– 4:29
  14. "Truth And Fiction"– 2:52
  15. "Wardays Sunrise"– 3:20
  16. "Heritage Survival"– 4:13


"Puer Natus Est Nobis" is a Christmas
Christmas
Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days. The nativity of Jesus, which is the basis for the anno Domini...

 mass
Mass (liturgy)
The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church. The term is used also of similar celebrations in Old Catholic Churches, in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism, in many Lutheran Churches, and in a small amount of High Church Methodist parishes...

 composed by Thomas Tallis
Thomas Tallis
Thomas Tallis was an English composer. Tallis flourished as a church musician in 16th century England. He occupies a primary place in anthologies of English church music, and is considered among the best of England's early composers...

 around 1554 - this track is from the introit "Gloria" and is credited as "Gloria" from the "Mass for Four Voices".
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The Keep (1997) is the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized...

 to the movie The Keep
The Keep (film)
The Keep is a 1983 horror film directed by Michael Mann and starring Scott Glenn, Gabriel Byrne, Jürgen Prochnow and Ian McKellen. It was released by Paramount Pictures. The story is based on the F...

 (1983) by the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...

 electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 group Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...

. A limited run of 150 CDs were sold at a concert by the group in the UK in 1997. Virgin
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. It was later sold to Thorn EMI, and then, in the US, merged with Capitol Records in 2007 to create the Capitol Music Group....

 soon announced that the album would be available for general release in early 1998, but legal issues with the film studio stopped the release. In 1999, Tangerine Dream's own record label sold 300 copies of the Millennium Booster album set that included The Keep with a different cover.

Track listing

  1. "Puer Natus Est Nobis"– 3:09
  2. "Ancient Powerplant"– 4:28
  3. "The Silver Seal"– 3:07
  4. "Voices From A Common Land"– 4:06
  5. "Arx Allemand"– 4:24
  6. "The Night In Romania"– 3:15
  7. "Canzone"– 2:51
  8. "Sign In The Dark"– 4:19
  9. "Weird Village"– 3:23
  10. "Love And Destiny"– 3:31
  11. "The Challenger's Arrival"– 4:32
  12. "Supernatural Accomplice"– 4:07
  13. "Parallel Worlds"– 4:29
  14. "Truth And Fiction"– 2:52
  15. "Wardays Sunrise"– 3:20
  16. "Heritage Survival"– 4:13


"Puer Natus Est Nobis" is a Christmas
Christmas
Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days. The nativity of Jesus, which is the basis for the anno Domini...

 mass
Mass (liturgy)
The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church. The term is used also of similar celebrations in Old Catholic Churches, in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism, in many Lutheran Churches, and in a small amount of High Church Methodist parishes...

 composed by Thomas Tallis
Thomas Tallis
Thomas Tallis was an English composer. Tallis flourished as a church musician in 16th century England. He occupies a primary place in anthologies of English church music, and is considered among the best of England's early composers...

 around 1554 - this track is from the introit "Gloria" and is credited as "Gloria" from the "Mass for Four Voices". This theme appears in the film when the demon saves Eva from the soldiers. "Heritage Survival" and "The Night In Romania" first appeared in several live concerts during the 1982 "Logos
Logos Live
Logos Live is an album of electronic music released by Tangerine Dream in 1982. It is a live album from the concert at the Dominion Theatre in London, England...

" tour, but were not titled as such until the soundtrack release. The tracks appear in the film when Dr Cuza rejects the demon. "Canzone" appears to be an original composition for the film. None of the other tracks were included in the actual film score.

A rerecorded version of "The Challenger's Arrival" was released on the album Tangerine Dream Plays Tangerine Dream in 2006, and in 2007, "Ancient Powerplant" was included in the Ocean Waves Collection, available for download from the Tangerine Dream website.

Credits

  • Edgar Froese
    Edgar Froese
    Edgar Wilmar Froese is a German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group, Tangerine Dream. Although his solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as "Edgar Froese", his solo albums from 2003 onward bear the artist name "Edgar W. Froese".Froese...

    – guitars, vocoder voices, keyboards
  • Johannes Schmoelling– additional keyboards and drumcomputer
  • Christopher Franke
    Christopher Franke
    Christopher Franke is a musician and composer. From 1971 to 1988 he was a member of the German electronic group Tangerine Dream. Initially a drummer with The Agitation later renamed Agitation Free, his primary focus eventually shifted to keyboards and synthesizers as the group moved away from its...

    – additional keyboards

  • Bob Badamy– music supervisor
  • Michael Mann
    Michael Mann (film director)
    Michael Kenneth Mann is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. For his work, he has received nominations from international organizations and juries, including those at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Cannes and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

    – executive producer
  • Jerome Froese
    Jerome Froese
    Jerome Froese is a musician who, in 1990, officially joined his father in the band Tangerine Dream. He remained a member until 2006; currently he is working on several other projects. Prior to his direct involvement, Froese often appeared on the covers of the band's albums as a child.In 1982,...

    – master

The vinyl release


A persistent story that The Keep was released on 12" vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as phonograph record, vinyl record, or simply record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc...

 in 1984 has become an urban legend
Urban legend
An urban legend, urban myth, or urban tale, more properly a "'contemporary legend'" is a form of modern folklore consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them...

. Several Tangerine Dream fans relate a story whereby they saw the record in the shops but were not able to purchase it due to a lack of funds. Upon returning to the shop, they found that the record has been withdrawn for some nebulous legal reason, and that all copies have been destroyed. No actual copies of such a vinyl release have ever been noted by any collector to date.

Radio interviews


In 1987, Sender Freies Berlin interviewed Edgar Froese, and three tracks from The Keep were played.
  1. "Gloria"– a segment of "Puer Natus Est Nobis"
  2. "Romanian Road"– later titled "Voices from a Common Land"
  3. "Sailing Mission"


Westdeutscher Rundfunk interviewed Froese in 1989 and played three tracks from The Keep:
  1. "Fisherman's Morning"– a version of "Ancient Powerplant"
  2. "Sailing Mission"
  3. "Gloria"

Counterfeit

  • (2003) The Keep


A counterfeit version of The Keep CD appeared using the same cover and liner as the 1997 TDI release. It was packaged in a standard jewel case
CD and DVD packaging
Optical disc packaging is the packaging that accompanies CDs, DVDs, and other formats of optical media. Most packaging is rigid or semi-rigid and designed to protect the media from scratches and other types of exposure damage.- Jewel case :...

 instead of a digipak
Digipak
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.

Bootlegs

  • (1990) 70/90– Digital Matrix
  • (1992) 70/90– Burping Cow Productions
  • (1994) The Complete Works of the Keep
  • (1995) The Keep– Blue Moon Records
  • (1997) Electronic Orgy– Orbiting Soundbits/Telex International
  • (1999) The Keep– Event Horizon
  • (2001) The Keep– Orange Records
  • (2001) The Keep Ultimate Edition– Buster Cat Productions
  • (????) The Keep (First Mix)
  • (????) The Keep– CD-R version of the promo LP

Covers

  • (1995) The Keep by the Fantasy Merchants; First Floor/Tsunami
  1. The Keep – Main Title– 4:49
  2. Glacken's Quest– 4:24
  3. Brothers In Death– 8:13
  4. Fisherman's Morning– 3:37
  5. The Challenger's Arrival– 4:54
  6. Gloria– 3:15