Dagerloff & Galner

Haxan

Presented in a conference style, 'Häxan' is a film/documentary on witchcraft from ancient times to the contemporary period of the film (1922). Witchcraft is carefully portrayed through illustrations from medieval books and film re-enactments. From the witches' Sabbath to the interrogations of the Inquisition, the classic illustrations come to life in eerie spectral visions using all the special effects available at the time: superimpositions, mock-ups, jump cuts, stop motion, make-up and prosthetics. "To be offered to compose a score for this masterpiece, the first incursion of the occult into cinema, was a real enchantment for us. Our most instinctive approach was to give it back all the original meaning of its heretical character through dark pieces to which we tried to bring a permanent form of intensity. This work of digital synthesis (choirs, orchestra, organ, analogue modulars and tapings) has thus allowed us to draw lines between tradition and modernity, like a film whose message remains as strong and relevant almost a century later." ~Dagerlöff & Galner.

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Format
CD - 1 disk
Release date
25-11-2022
Label
Item-nr
549205
EAN
3770018072357
Availability
Exp. 25-11-2022
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TRACKS

Disk 1

1. PARADISIUM
2. MASS DISORDER
3. HEAVEN AND HELL
4. THE CAVE
5. CONTRACT WITH THE DEVIL
6. PAGAN DAY
7. THE DEMON DANCE
8. THE FLIGHT OF THE WITCHES / BACCHANALES
9. TORMENT OF A WOMAN
10. BLACK MASS