Name: El Topo
Brand: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

84806400076

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Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2014-12-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

WEA /­ ADA

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

848064000761

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Genre US

Soundtracks

Label US

ABKCO

'El Topo' remains one of the most controversial movies ever made. Director Alejandro Jodorowsky's bizarre, blood-soaked blend of spaghetti Western, druggy Surrealism, Christian allegory, zen Buddhist themes and avant-garde sensibilities gave rise to the entire midnight movie counterculture phenomenon of the early 70s and forever changed the way adventurous audiences viewed film. Or, for that matter, heard film; for no soundtrack, before or since, has embraced so many styles in its pursuit of spiritual and artistic goals. Atonal, Tibetan Buddhist thighbone trumpets clash with beautiful, even sentimental, chamber orchestra pieces alongside panflute rhapsodies, brass bands and parlor jazz; that Jodorowsky himself composed the score after, no doubt, intently studying the work of Morricone is almost as impressive an artistic achievement as the film itself.

El Topo

Music US