Rosemary's Baby (Original Motion Picture Score)

I prized my original LP of the "Rosemary's Baby", but time finally took it's toll. This version is a European release--and exactly like the original except for one feature--The haunting "Lullabye" introduction is not repeated at the conclusion. But that's OK, all the other "witchcraft sequences" are intact. The soundtrack was a little uneven to begin with, so you have to know what to expect. If you're a huge fan of Polanski's ultimate masterpiece (well, shares spot with "Fearless Vampire Killers), you won't be disappointed. Oh yeah, the bonus soundtrack is unremarkable.[NOTE: Since writing this review I see that Amazon now has another CD featuring "Rosemary's Baby" AND "Fearless Vampire Killers." This is not the product I reviewed. I would give THIS combo 5 Stars. The CD link below is to that new CD.] Rosemary's Baby/Fearless Vampire Killers CD Rosemary's Baby DVD The Ninth Gate DVD

The packaging is beautiful! So happy I purchased this vinyl.

Even released almost 40 years ago, the remastering is excelent. I love it, I played several times to remember sound track of Polansky's movie. I love soud tracks.

We were so broke when I was twelve that this is the only item I got for Christmas - the old $5.99 Dot LP version of Komeda's "Rosemary's Baby," that is, the score that, pretty much, ended his life(!). Not your normal kid.Komeda died of an odd mishap in Hollywood shortly after he recorded this (at the same time the Manson gang went wack on Polanski's poor wife and her friends on Cielo Drive). Komeda was also very depressed at the lack of work that failed to appear after he had scored his Hollywood debut. Hollywood is like that.So, uh, this is dark, dark music.And very pretty, jazzy, as Komeda was the foremost of Polish jazz artists, and those Poles know their jazz, and have loved it for a long time. Anyone who has heard "Astigmatic" knows how talented and forward-looking a jazz artist Komeda was.Is much of that reflected herein? Well, not a lot, really. But it is a score of cues, and, uh, well, interesting. "Moment Musical" is two minutes of dark, disquieting lounge, and I love it, and "Christmas" is sprightly, with an edge, of course.Mia Farrow's vocalese on "Main Title/Lullaby" is haunting, eerie, heartbreaking; the melody is brilliantly simple, and masterfully orchestrated as well in the DOT records version by Neal Tipton as it is here (I think these are Komeda's actual studio tapes, not the versions re-orchestrated for the 68 DOT records soundtrack. They're fairly similar, anyway. Komeda supervised both sessions).But be warned: there is something dangerous lurking in this soundtrack, something of its time and the misfortunes that surrounded Polanski and his comic/scary masterpiece. Pieces like "The Coven" and "Panic" get under your skin - the whole darn thing does. I've listened to thousands upon thousands of albums, and I can't play this one much anymore; it's got a sad, sad undertow I just can't abide.After you've lived this kind of darkness, you just don't revisit it much anymore.But, as art, it's definitely it's own thing.'Drink ya tanis root, Rosemary.'

One of the most overlooked and underappreciated scores of all time, Krzystzof Komeda's powerful and chilling score for the film finally gets a CD release. The Lullaby, the films two part theme, is one of the most memorable of all horror film themes, featuring an uncredited Mia Farrow "La-La-La-ing". The theme is redone several times throughout the score, mainly in a light and pretty tone, which masks the darkness soon to come. Soon, the score turns tense and demonic, much like Jerry Goldsmith's later horror attempt, "The Omen". "What Have You Done To It's Eyes!" is a great track, capturing all of Rosemary's horror at what she has discovered about her baby. Not for all, this is a love it or hate it score, but I highly recommend it!

I saw the movie as a teenager on late night TV and never forgot it and the score , then many years later I saw the soundtrack in a used and new record store and grabbed it and to this day still own it and its in great condtion.I recommend this soundtrack to everyone it has a haunting sadness to it .