CORY STRAND "THE SHINING: ANCILLARIES, VOL. IV" CDr (AOW 96)

The fourth volume in a series of recordings utilizing Wendy Carlos' unused compositions for Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.  I've done a lot of work with this soundtrack in the past, and this series represents a deeper exploration of Carlos' original vision for the film score, a bizarre parade of tonal environments and shrieking ghostly ululations that for whatever reason did not fit Kubrick's vision.  The music showcased on these volumes is material that would not necessarily work as albums proper-they are individual manipulations and constructions intended to highlight specific compositions as opposed to the thematic whole of an album.  As such, they are glimpses of records that might have been, or perhaps are in an alternate realm.
"Volume IV" deals with two different interpolations of the title theme of the film, each focusing in on the obvious dread, malaise, and horror that await the Torrance family at the Overlook.  The cosmos unfurls into tendrils of forgotten and ghostly blights, converging in a place haunted by depravity and blackened nostalgiah.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $22 rest of world.

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