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| Strange BehaviorMusic Composed By Tangerine Dream
- Soundtrack, released April 2022 -
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Covers |  LP release US 2022
Design: Earl Kess |  CD release US 2022
Artwork: Mark Banning |
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Tracks | | | | | | | [b] | | 1. | Opening Credit |  A | 1:25 | | 2. | Murder In The Kitchen | 1:16 | | 3. | Driving The Car | 1:01 | | 4. | Tension In The Classroom | 3:04 | | 5. | Music Box | 0:45 | | 6. | Horror In The Mud | 0:44 | | 7. | Laboratory Theme | 1:21 | | 8. | Danger In The Corridor | 5:31 | | 9. | Romance Theme | 1:45 | | 10. | Horror In The Bathroom | 3:03 | | 11. | Experiments In Tension | B | 0:45 | | 12. | Drama On The Television | 1:21 | | 13. | Tension In The Take-Away | 1:24 | | 14. | Tension In The Graveyard | 4:51 | | 15. | Dad's Story Theme | 1:17 | | 16. | Tension At College | 1:13 | | 17. | Pete Goes In For The Kill | 1:56 | | 18. | Tension In The Laboratory | 2:08 | | 19. | Kill The Professor | 1:24 | | 20. | Cleaning Up Theme | 1:09 | | 21. | Wedding Theme | 2:29 | | Total running time | 39:52 |
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Notes | The soundtrack for Strange Behavior was recorded back in 1981 by Tangerine Dream, at that time consisting of Edgar Froese, Chris Franke and Johannes Schmoelling. It was one of the first in a long series of soundtracks that line-up would record during the next five years. Some of them, namely Thief (1981), Wavelength (1983), Risky Business, Firestarter, Flashpoint (all 1984), Heartbreakers (1985) and Legend (1986) were released at that time. Others have been left unreleased so far (including Forbidden, Streethawk, Vision Quest and Red Heat, to name a few). |
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Some other soundtracks saw an official release decades later, like The Soldier (1982, released 2020) and The Keep (1983, released 1997). At time of writing the most recent of the latter group is Strange Behavior which got its first official release in April 2023. |
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Given the album's musical contents it is not that surprising that Tangerine Dream (or any record company) did not consider to make it available in 1981. With the exception of Romance Theme, a simple yet effective tune mainly performed on acoustic guitar, most tracks consist of atonal, atmospheric soundscapes which might fit very well to the visuals of the horror movie but hardly make an enjoyable listening. Anyway, from a collector's view, it is nice to see an official release. |
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The album was released in two different versions -- one as released on vinyl by Terror Visions, another on CD by BSX records. The latter release was made available as download as well. Both versions differ not only in their artwork but in the track listing as well; most, but not all, track names appear on both versions, though in different order and with differing running times. At time of writing no accurate list of differences of the musical contents has yet been created. |
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Releases | | | | US | - 2022: BSX
- CD [a]: BSXCD 9151; limited edition of 1,000 copies
- 2022: Terror Vision
- LP [b]: T.V.029; pink/yellow butterfly vinyl with green splatter; club version; limited edition of 400 hand-numbered copies
- LP [b]: T.V.029; streaked lime green vinyl; record store day version; limited edition of 5,000 copies
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