This is the Apocalypse Now Redux soundtrack - the music featured in the extended version of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 masterpiece, based on Joseph Conrad's novel Heart Of Darkness.

The incidental music used in the soundtrack was composed by Carmine Coppola with the help of his son, Francis. The music was performed by Shirley Walker using Moogs, Arps and other synths and then manipulated by other renowned electronic musicians such as Nyle Steiner, Patrick Gleason, Bernard L. Krause and Don Preston. The music was then shaped into quadraphonic sound - Apocalypse Now (the original version) was the first movie to use the Dolby 5.1 format (known then as "Dolby Split-Surround Sound") developed by Walter Murch.

Apocalypse Now Redux contained 53 minutes of never-before-seen footage. These additional scenes needed music and when Francis Coppola returned to his father's classical music compositions to find themes that could be adapted he was overjoyed to discover that the music for "Clean's Funeral" and the "Love Theme" had already been written by his father before these scenes were originally cut from the movie.

Along with the remastered soundtrack, we also get Wagner's "Ride Of The Valkyries" (Village Attack Scene) and Flash Cadillac's performance of "Suzie Q." (Playboy Bunny USO show).

Packaging & Liner Notes
Standard Jewel Case. 8 page colour booklet. Introduction from Francis Ford Coppola.