Antarctica (Vangelis album)

Antarctica is a soundtrack album by the Greek electronic composer Vangelis, released in 1983. It is the score of the 1983 Japanese film Antarctica ("Nankyoku Monogatari", lit. "South Pole Story") directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara,^[2] and was nominated by the Japan Academy for "Best Music Score".

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Composition

Synthesisers of "Theme from Antarctica" conjure cold and desolation, but also a bright landscape not lacking in beauty. "Antarctica Echoes" has minimal melody showing the vastness of the landscape. "Song of White" is cold-sounding, while "The Other Side of Antarctica" has a sinister sound. "Deliverance" is the theme that plays at the end of the film.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Jim Brenholts of Allmusic described it as a very good "dynamic and dramatic set" of music, "conveying feelings of angst, isolation, and even desolation", but "does not convey the iciness that listeners would expect".

Track listing

All music is composed by Vangelis

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Theme from Antarctica"	7:29
2.	"Antarctica Echoes"	5:58
3.	"Kinematic"	3:50
4.	"Song of White"	5:17
5.	"Life of Antarctica"	5:59
6.	"Memory of Antarctica"	5:30
7.	"Other Side of Antarctica"	6:56
8.	"Deliverance"	4:30

Personnel

Vangelis – composer of all instruments^[1]

Production

Vangelis – producer, arranger, sleeve design^[1]
Raine Shine – engineer
Alwyn Clayden – sleeve design

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Sleeve note from the 1988 Polydor album edition. Retrieved on August 22, 2016
^ ^a ^b "Rediscover Antartica". uDiscover. September 28, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
^ Brenholts, Jim. Antarctica at AllMusic

External links

Antarctica at Discogs (list of releases)

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Discography
Studio albums	Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit Earth Heaven and Hell Albedo 0.39 Spiral Beaubourg Hypothesis The Dragon China See You Later Soil Festivities Mask Invisible Connections Direct The City Foros Timis Ston Greco Voices Oceanic El Greco Mythodea Rosetta Nocturne: The Piano Album Juno to Jupiter
Soundtracks	L'Apocalypse des animaux Entends-Tu Les Chiens Aboyer ? La Fête sauvage Opéra sauvage Chariots of Fire Antarctica Conquest of Paradise Blade Runner Alexander El Greco
Compilations	Themes Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear) Reprise 1990–1999 Odyssey: The Definitive Collection The Collection
Songs	"Rain and Tears" "It's Five O'Clock" "I Hear You Now" "Chariots of Fire" "I'll Find My Way Home" "State of Independence" "Conquest of Paradise" "Anthem"
Other collaborations	Odes Rapsodies
Related	Aphrodite's Child Jon and Vangelis
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