
Labyrinth (From The Original Soundtrack Of The Jim Henson Film) is a Soundtrack & Scores album by David Bowie, originally released in 1986. On Gatefold: 82 pressings tracked, owned by 22 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Soundtrack & Scores
- Compiled Soundtrack
- synthetic
- theatrical
- cinematic
About
It’s strange that the 1986 fantasy film <i>Labyrinth</i> failed at the box office when there was so much going for it. Jim Henson peppered the movie with Muppets, and it featured a young and beautiful Jennifer Connelly. It also starred a Fu Manchu-by-way-of-Andy Warhol-looking David Bowie, who wrote and recorded six songs for the soundtrack. Even the Trevor Jones score is a cool mix of ‘80s-flavored synthesizers and pointed guitars. Bowie’s “Chilly Down” is sung in character as Jareth, the evil Goblin King, but it sounds like a wonderfully cartoonish mix of <i>Let’s Dance</i> and <i>Tonight</i>-era Bowie, and there’s even a rap in the middle of the tune! With “Hallucination,” Jones approximates tripping out with warbling melodies and bent strings before a very unpsychedelic saxophone slips in and straightens things out. Bowie’s “As the World Falls Down” sounds like a less-daunting version of “This Is Not America” (which he recorded a year prior for the soundtrack to <i>The Falcon and the Snowman</i>). The smooth and soulful “Underground” proves to be the standout jam.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Opening Titles Including Underground3:16
- A2Into The Labyrinth2:10
- A3Magic Dance5:09
- A4Sarah3:08
- A5Chilly Down3:43
- A6Hallucination3:00
Side B
- B1As The World Falls Down4:46
- B2The Goblin Battle3:27
- B3Within You3:28
- B4Thirteen O'Clock3:05
- B5Home At Last1:45
- B6Underground5:54
Credits
Performers
- Will LeeBASS BACKING VOCALS BASS GUITAR
- Paul WestwoodBASS GUITAR BASS
- Steve FerroneDRUMS DRUM MACHINE DRUM
- Brian GascoigneKEYBOARDS
- Dave LawsonKEYBOARDS
- Robbie BuchananKEYBOARDS SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMED BY
- Ray RussellLEAD GUITAR GUITAR
- Simon LloydSYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMED BY KEYBOARDS
- Harold FisherDRUMS
- Trevor JonesCONDUCTOR ORCHESTRATED BY KEYBOARDS
- David BowieVOCALS LEAD VOCALS BACKING VOCALS
- Diva GrayBACKING VOCALS
- Fonzi ThorntonBACKING VOCALS
- Dann HuffGUITAR
- Matthew SeligmanBASS BASS GUITAR
- Neil ContiDRUMS
- Kevin ArmstrongGUITAR
- Nick PlytasKEYBOARDS
22 collectors on Gatefold own this · 82 pressings tracked on Gatefold
