The Keep (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Keep
Type = Album
Artist = Tangerine Dream


Released = 1997
Recorded = 1983
Genre = Soundtrack
Length = 60:06
Label = TDI
Producer = Tangerine Dream
Last album = "TimeSquare" (1997)
This album = "The Keep" (1997)
Next album = "Ambient Monkeys" (1997)

"The Keep" (1997) is the soundtrack to the movie "The Keep" (1983) by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. A limited run of 150 CDs were sold at a concert by the group in the UK in 1997. Virgin 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

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

"Puer Natus Est Nobis" is a Christmas mass composed by Thomas Tallis 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" 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– guitars, vocoder voices, keyboards
* Johannes Schmoelling– additional keyboards and drumcomputer
* Christopher Franke– additional keyboards

* Bob Badamy– music supervisor
* Michael Mann– executive producer
* Jerome Froese– master

The vinyl release

A persistent story that "The Keep" was released on 12" vinyl in 1984 has become an urban legend. 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. [cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | url = http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tadream/message/172 | title =About THE KEEP's Rarity | format = | work =Tadream | publisher = | accessdate =2006-09-03 ] [cite web | last =Feldman | first =Stephen | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | url =http://thekeep.0catch.com/ | title =Molasar's Homepage | format = | work = | publisher = | accessdate =2006-09-03 ] 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.

#"Gloria"– a segment of "Puer Natus Est Nobis"
#"Romanian Road"– later titled "Voices from a Common Land"
#"Sailing Mission"

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

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
#The Keep – Main Title– 4:49
#Glacken's Quest– 4:24
#Brothers In Death– 8:13
#Fisherman's Morning– 3:37
#The Challenger's Arrival– 4:54
#Gloria– 3:15

Fan releases

*(2004) Tangerine Tree "Volume 54– The Keep: An Alternative View"

References

*cite web |last=Rutka |first=Ranier |url=http://www.rutka.de/td/keep.htm |title=The mystery about The Keep |work=The Tangerine Dream Database |accessdate=2006-09-03
*cite web |last=Fellowes |first=Paul |url=http://pfellows.club.fr/webpages/keepunofficial.html |title=The Keep |work=The Dream Gallery |accessdate=2006-09-03
*cite web |last=Berling |first=Michael |url=http://www.vitn.homepage.t-online.de/thekeep.htm |title=The Keep |work =Voices in the Net |accessdate=2006-09-03

ee also

*Tangerine Dream discography