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2017 Remastered Froese/Haslinger TD 1989 soundtrack re-issued in 2022 on 2 DISCS with PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MUSIC and Exclusive Liner Notes!
‘There are 70 minutes to the end of the world. Where can you hide?’
‘Miracle Mile’, features music composed by TANGERINE DREAM for the 1989 thriller written and directed by Steve De Jarnatt (CHERRY 2000), starring Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, Mykelti Williams, John Agar, Lou Hancock, Kelly Jo Minter, Kurt Fuller, Denise Crosby, Robert DoQui, O-Lan Jones, Claude Earl Jones, Earl Boen, Diane Delano, Brian Thompson, Jenette Goldstein and Raphael Sbarge.
The music for the film was originally released on Compact Disc in 1989 on Peter Baumann’s Private Music label. With that edition long deleted it was re-issued in 2018 in Card Wallet Sleeve packaging by Fire Records. Then in 2017 this Remastered edition appeared from the USA on BSX with a BONUS CD containing PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS and Exclusive Liner Notes … now in 2022 that edition has been re-issued in exactly the same format.
So, if you have the 2017 edition (we sold a whole truckload of them back then) then you don’t need this, but if you missed that pressing, now’s the time to grab one at this excellent price!
The original soundtrack cues on Disc 1 representing the score as delivered by TANGERINE DREAM to the director, essentially as heard in the film’s mix. THESE TRACKS WERE NEVER RELEASED COMMERCIALLY PROR TO 2017. Disc 2 contains the original album version, which is distinctly different in tone and texture from the actual score as heard in the movie.
The Booklet includes Exclusive Liner Notes written by author Randall Larson, with the participation of composer Paul Haslinger and writer/director Steve De Jarnatt.
About the movie…
‘Miracle Mile’ begins as a sweet love story between Harry (Edwards) and Julie (Winningham) and then suddenly takes a left turn when Harry answers a ringing payphone outside of his favourite coffee shop. The distraught voice on the other end of the line blurts out that he’s in a missile silo and the launch codes for the missiles have been entered. The bombs launching in retaliation from the other side will hit in about 70 minutes. When word gets out, gradually at first and then countrywide, panic sets in and Harry must seek a means to get out of town, but first he needs to find Julie. The film becomes a race against time to reunite the couple and find a way to reach safety before it’s too late.
'Miracle Mile' was the product of Cold War-instigated fears that writer/director Steve De Jarnatt had grown up with during the late ‘50s/early ‘60s. Those nightmares germinated in his imagination and eventually coalesced into the story told in ‘Miracle Mile’. Unlike other films that took nuclear holocaust as their starting point to focus on a story of post-apocalyptic survival and recovery, De Jarnatt was more interested in exploring what would happen in the hours just before the missiles landed and how people would be affected. The Miracle Mile is a retail district in central Los Angeles located on a 1.5-mile stretch of Wilshire Blvd. Initially developed in 1928, the Mile was home to trendy shops, the historic La Brea Tar Pits, Hancock Park, and an impressive assortment of historic Art Deco buildings. By the 1980s it had become fairly run down, with some of its most cherished structures giving way to apartment complexes; but an influx of important museums and office centres injected new life into the district giving it a renewed cultural interest that would provide a unique background for the film. Setting the film on L.A.’s real Miracle Mile was always a part of De Jarnatt’s central concept.
About the score…
When he was writing the screenplay for ‘Miracle Mile’, De Jarnatt was listening repeatedly to the pioneering German electronica band TANGERINE DREAM’s first film score: ‘Sorcerer’ (1977), and he was impressed by its progressive mix of rhythm, drones, and minimalism. By 1989, TANGERINE DREAM consisted of founder Edgar Froese and classically trained keyboardist Paul Haslinger, who had joined the band in 1985, replacing Johannes Schmoelling. Founding member Christopher Franke had left the band in 1987, leaving TANGERINE DREAM as a duo when they were invited to score: ‘Miracle Mile’. Prior to 1988, most of the band’s film scores were composed and recorded in founding member Christopher Franke’s Berlin studio. But with Franke’s departure, they relocated to Froese’s studio in the Viennese countryside of Austria. During the composing process, De Jarnatt flew to Vienna to work with the duo in Froese’s studio working with the duo to refine the score. From the moment the film begins to play out in real time, the beat of the music creates through its insistent drive an almost subliminal but palpable tension, increasing in exigency as the time runs down.
‘Miracle Mile’ is re-issued in August / September 2022.
TANGERINE DREAM: MIRACLE MILE-OST 2CD Track List:
CD 1 [The Complete Film Score]:
01. Galaxy / Tarpits (4:47)
02. Pier / Trolley Montage (1:55)
03. Cigarette, Bird, Sleep (3:12)
04. Car Drive / Phone Call (2:46)
05. Landa (3:16)
06. Truck Scene (4:50)
07. Wilson’s Car / Gas Station (3:28)
08. Police Car / Julie’s Bedroom (3:41)
09. Through The Dark/Run Across The Street (3:37)
10. Gym (0:47)
11. Gym: In-Exterior / Phone Call Theme (4:02)
12. Helicopter / Back To The Tarpits (5:07)
13. End Title (4:54)
Music Effects:
14. MX-01 (4:47)
15. MX-02 (2:14)
16. MX-03 (1:00)
17. MX-04 (0:51)
18. MX-05 (1:07)
19. MX-06 (0:36)
20. MX-07 (0:51)
21. MX-08 (0:53)
22. MX-09 (0:42)
23. MX-10 (0:55)
TPT: 58:52
CD 2 [The Soundtrack Album]:
01. Teetering Scales (3:39)
02. One For The Books (3:03)
03. After The Call (5:11)
04. On The Spur Of The Moment (3:01)
05. All Of A Dither (3:24)
06. Final Statement (3:15)
07. In Julie’s Eyes (3:15)
08. Running Out Of Time (3:30)
09. If It’s All Over (4:34)
10. People In The News (5:10)
11. Museum Walk (3:12)
TPT – 41:40