Excellent Start for Collecting Vangelis' Early Work !

L'Apocalypse Des Animaux is Vangelis' masterpiece recording for a 1973 French ecological/wildlife film documentary by director Henry Rossif. It is light years ahead of it's time for being over 30 years old and has aged tremendously well!...Only clocking in at a little over 35 minutes, it is one of the most compelling and captivating soundtracks I have ever heard (and I have heard tons over the years by various artists in various genres)! Much of this musical tapestry is somber, moody, melancholy and atmospheric in nature;The track Le Singe Bleu is a primary example of this with it's beautiful horn/trumpet arrangement done in an almost bluesy-soft jazz-like manner. I call this soundtrack the "soundtrack for the electronic blues"...This particular track is a precursor to another track called Blade Runner Blues that would be recorded 10 years later for the Harrison Ford Sci-Fi film-noir Blade Runner. The music of L'Apocalypse Des Animaux will take you far away into a journey of the mind's eye and will create some striking mental visuals and evoke feelings of mystery and mood ! This is an excellent start for anyone seeking to compile their collection of Vangelis' projects. It makes one wonder about the fascinating mindset this artist must have been in to create something so ethereal and advanced. While Vangelis is known the world over as the Godfather of New Age or movie-soundtrack electronica, you will hear no cold meaningless blips and outdated synth work. Some of it's structure is almost classical in nature and global/world music sense (particularly the opening track /title track with it's African rhythms). There is much diversity to be enjoyed on this soundtrack. On the downside, when the soundtrack is over it leaves you wanting more---and there probably is a lot more music from the film or score that is not present in this edition or release...

FLYING AWAY WITH IT...

This albumn is an unique masterpiece in the music history. It has beautiful sounds and amazing feeligs. Everytime it rains I listen to this album and it takes me to a place far away. If you are a music lover or you just like melancholic tunes please dont pass it by...

In it's own right

This album is beautiful and haunting but let's get something VERY straight, you CANNOT compare Vangelis to Klaus Schulze. Just because they are both electronic musicians doesn't mean they are similiar. You have to understand that Vangelis hits a generalized deep sentimental emotion. Klaus Schulze is more of an artist who explores sounds and DEFINITLY does not fit into the new age genre as Vangelis and (new)Tangerine Dream do. Vangelis unfortunately has become commercialized, though his early work with progressive hints was great ie.. Aphrodite's Child.