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".

Antarctica
Film score by
Vangelis
Released1983 (1983)
StudioNemo Studios, London[1]
GenreElectronic, film score
Length45:29
LabelPolydor
ProducerVangelis
Vangelis chronology
Chariots of Fire
(1981)		 Antarctica
(1983)		 Soil Festivities
(1984)

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
SourceRating
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.TitleLength
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
Production
  • Vangelis – producer, arranger, sleeve design[1]
  • Raine Shine – engineer
  • Alwyn Clayden – sleeve design

References
  1. Sleeve note from the 1988 Polydor album edition. Retrieved on August 22, 2016
  2. "Rediscover Antartica". uDiscover. September 28, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  3. Brenholts, Jim. Antarctica at AllMusic
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