Daniel Le Blanc: Behind the Green Door OST (Mitchell Brothers Film Group)
I guess I'm going back from my intention of posting weekly reports to an occasional missive. Whatever, nobody's paying me to do this.
It's no secret to anyone reading here regularly of my interest in soundtrack music, and that extends into the world of pornographic features. (If anything, Italian cannibal movies are probably less reputable.) Indeed, the three movies that defined the "porno chic" of the 70s, Deep Throat, The Devil in Miss Jones and Behind the Green Door, all had original music. I've written about DMJ on this site before, and it stands out as the best music of the three. Better still is some of the music Bernard Purdie provided for Lialeh, but that's a story for another time.
It goes to show, the story of those films is far more interesting than the films themselves.
When I saw this CD on the shelves of Vinegar Syndrome's Pittsburgh brick and mortar store, I knew I had to check it out. I really didn't know what to expect, having seen the movie more than three decades ago (and honestly not being that impressed by it).
The sound is...meh. That doesn't come as a surprise. It's probably higher fidelity than the Sex World LP I wrote about a few weeks ago. I suspect there's some AI processing? It's nothing more than a suspicion. I dislike that I even have to suspect such things.
It's fair to say I wouldn't pay much attention to this were it not for its origin. To their credit, the musicians are mentioned by name; I don't know if this is the case in the movie credits themselves. Much of it is light and folky, strumming guitars, some simple violin playing in minor keys. Maybe that's appropriate for San Francisco c.1972. There's some early synth in there, perhaps a Moog modular? Some light funk, but you know, what do you expect from a porn soundtrack?
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