The Keep Score by Tangerine Dream
Written by Kit Rae (and friends). Last update December 2020.
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THE KEEP BOOTLEGS AND OFFICIAL RELEASES
2020 – THE KEEP - Pilots Of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983 - In 2020 Virgin finally released the original version of the cancelled 1984 soundtrack album for The Keep. It was included in the Pilots Of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983 CD/LP collection on CD #10. It featured all 13 tracks from the original master tapes TD delivered to Virgin in late 1983, minus the addtional instrumentation and minus the additional tracks (Sign in the Dark, Weird Village, and Love and Destiny) that were added for the 1997 remixed TDI version. A stand-alone streaming/downloadable version of the soundtrack was also released in 2020. The tracks on this release are in their original order, which differs from the 1997 TDI version. The sound quality of this master is slightly better than the TDI version, in my opinion, but I think the revised track order in the 1997 version flows better than this original track order.
The Pilots Of Purple Twilight box aslo includes the full two our Dominion Theatre London concert from November 6th 1982, which the 1982 Logos Live album was culled from. It includes a lot of music that was later used in The Keep film, but did not appear on either this original 1984 soundtrack or the remixed 1997 version.
Like the 1997 TDI version of The Keep, this release only contains about 6 minutes of actual music used in the film. I consider this and the TDI version more of a stand alone Tangerine Dream studio album, with little relation to the actual The Keep film score. If you make a custom mix, as I did, combining this album with Sign in the Dark and Weird Village from the TDI version, and the bootleg track called Evil Healing Alternate Theme or Betrayal (a different, and superior version of The Challenger's Arrival) it is a rather good, if a bit uneven, Virgin era Tangerine Dream album. Sort of a lost album that fits in with Logos, White Eagle, and Hyperborea.
Below is a track list with comparisons to the 1997 remix and some of the same tracks that were bootlegged in the 1990s.
1. Puer Natus Est Nobis (Gloria) (Thomas Tallis, arr. Edgar Froese) # * Gloria. Identical to the track played on German radio in 1987. The singing voice is solo here before the music starts 30 seconds into the song. The music starts almost immediately in the 1997 TDI remixed version. It also sounds like an dditional layer of synth music was added to that version that is not on this original version, but it could just be the EQ differences I am hearing. A small section of Gloria was used in the film, but this recording is completely different and does not include that section of the mass.
2. Arx Allemand (Edgar Froese) Not used in the film. Slightly longer than the 1997 TDI version. This original version includes wind noises in the beginning and throughout the song that were removed for the later 1997 TDI mix. This version also includes an additional keyboard playing high octave runs of the melody in places that was removed from the TDI version.
3. Truth and Fiction (Edgar Froese) Not used in the film. Identical to the 1997 TDI release.
4. The Silver Seal (Edgar Froese / Johannes Schmoelling) Not used in the film. Identical to the 1997 TDI release.
5. Ancient Powerplant (Edgar Froese) * Not used in the film. Identical to the 1997 TDI release. Same track as Fisherman's Morning played on German radio in 1989.
6. Supernatural Accomplice (Edgar Froese) # Identical to the 1997 TDI release. The first few minutes of this track appear in the film. The rest of the track, although not in the film, fits with the film music. The middle section of the music is similar to the track Deadly Silver Crosses from the First Mix bootleg, which was used as the film trailer music.
7. The Challenger's Arrival (Edgar Froese) *# Identical to the 1997 TDI version until around the 3:00 mark where over a minute of additional music was added for that version. The TDI version is better in my opinion. Although this track bears little resemblance to anything in the film, the synth chords and ascending tones from the middle section (minus drums and guitar) were used in the scene where Cuza makes his bargain with Molasar. Also known as Sailing Mission/Evil healing. This is the same track as Evil Healing from the First Mix and Blue Moon bootlegs. Another version of this track, called Betrayal or Evil healing Alternate Theme, includes identical guitar, but a different intro and heavier drums and synth chords. It has appeared on several The Keep bootlegs like The Keep Utimate Edition.
8. Heritage Survival (Edgar Froese / Christoph Franke / Johannes Schmoelling) Not used in the film. Approximately 28 seconds of music is missing from the beginning this version that was added to the 1997 TDI version, and over a minute of music from the end of the this original version is missing from the TDI version. This is the Rush of Joy section of the 1982 live concerts with additional instrumentation added.
9. Parallel Words (Edgar Froese / Johannes Schmoelling) Not used in the film. Identical to the 1997 TDI track called Parallel Worlds.
10. Canzone (Edgar Froese / Johannes Schmoelling) # This version and the 1997 TDI version are completely different. The first two minutes and 22 seconds and everything after the 3:20 mark does not exist in the TDI version. From 2:22-3:20 the music on this track is identical to the repeating sampled music by Schmoelling that was used for the film version, used in the scene where Cuza takes the Talisman from The Keep. This same movie music is in the TDI version, but a synth melody has been added over it. The TDI version also adds about 1 minute and 40 second of different music at the end that is not in this version.
11. Voices from a Common Land (Edgar Froese / Christoph Franke / Johannes Schmoelling) * Not used in the film. Identical to the 1997 TDI release and identical to the track played on German radio in 1987. Also known as Romanian Road.
12. Wardays Sunrise (Edgar Froese) Not used in the film. Identical to the 1997 TDI release. Similar sound and guitar as The Challengers Arrival.
13. The Night in Romania (Edgar Froese) # > Identical to the 1997 TDI release. Appears in the film on three occasions, more-or-less as presented here. Same music as the Renewed Purpose section of the 1982 live concerts.
Total Time: 51 minutes
# contains music heard in the film, or similar to the music heard in the film.
* previously released on the 1994 BLUE MOON bootleg and the German radio broadcasts.
> previously released 1997 LOGOSTYPES/LOGOTYPES bootleg, with original track title
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2020 – THE KEEP The Keep (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Remastered 2020) - This is a stand-alone streaming version of the soundtack included in the Pilots Of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983 CD/LP collection on CD #10, described above. In 2020 Virgin released the original version of the cancelled 1984 soundtrack album for The Keep. It features the original versions of all 13 tracks from the original master tapes TD delivered to Virgin in late 1983, in their original track order. A slightly different, remixed version of this had already been released by TDI in 1997. It included addtional instrumentation and additional tracks (Sign in the Dark, Weird Village, and Love and Destiny) that were never part of the original 1983 version, and a slightly different track order. Like that 1997 TDI version of The Keep, this release only contains about 6 minutes of actual music used in the film. THE KEEP ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS / 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION bootleg from Restoration Project still remains the most complete collection of the actual music heard in the film.
This stand-alone version was released on Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify, and other streaming services.
Via Vision DVD box artwork from the official 2020 DVD release
2020 – THE KEEP DVD - After many years of release announcements that were ultimately cancelled, the first officially authorized DVD of The Keep was finally released. It was distributed by the Australian company ViaVision, under license from Paramount. It is a widescreen release with a 2.0 stereo soundtrack. Unfortunately the picture quality ranges from standard definition in places to fuzzy VHS quality in others, similar to the streaming version of the movie. I think this is actually taken from the old Laser Disk master of the film, which is 425 lines of resolution, rather than the 480 lines of resolution a DVD is capable of. This explains why they did not bother with a hi-def Blu Ray release, since DVD is a long outdated format. The soundtrack sounds identical to the Laser Disk version, with lots of hiss in places. It is the best officially released version of the film currently available, but only a minor step above the bootleg VHS or Laser Disk rips of the film.
2013 – THE KEEP ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS / 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION from Restoration Project (2 CD's) - This bootleg is the closest thing to having the actual original soundtrack recordings used in the film. It has not been circulated in online file sharing (that I have seen), but it is available on youtube. The quality is on par with the Blade Runner Esper Edition bootleg and the stellar Blade Runner EMS Recombination bootlegs. I had a hand in cleaning up and mixing almost every track on this version, as well as doing the cover art, but it really was a group effort by a small team of die hard Tangerine Dream fans. Only about 5 copies were made on CD and shared freely among the people who put it together and friends. Released on the 30th anniversary of the original motion picture release, this soundtrack includes every major Tangerine Dream music cue from the film, roughly in chronological order, with a nearly a two hour running time.
Most of the tracks on this Restoration Project CD were taken directly from the original TD source material - The 1982 live concert recordings, the best versions of the actual music tracks created by Tangerine Dream for the film (studio out takes, the TDI OST release, a cassette tape copy of some of the actual score mixing music), isolated sections of the actual film score, and remixes from those sources to recreate the film versions. There is more film music material here than on any previous bootleg, including several film tracks never before released. None of these tracks are repeats of the exact same tracks from previous bootlegs, and many match what was heard in the film exactly. You won't find much of the extra, non-film music from previous bootlegs here, just tracks that were used for the film, or longer tracks of which shorter sections of music were taken for the film. The sound quality on most of the tracks is good to very good, and there is very little evidence of the movie sound effects. Several of the tracks have hiss noise, betraying the nature of some of the 30 year old source tapes used.
With the exception of the alternate version of The Journey, the bonus tracks are nothing special and not very different from the versions on disk 1. I think the collection would have been better without them, but they do fill out the rest of disk 2.
CLICK HERE FOR A TRACK BY TRACK ANALYSIS
OF THE 2013 RESTORATION PROJECT SOUNDTRACK
Disk 1
1. The Journey - TD arrangement of Mea Culpa by Brian Eno/David Byrne (4:40) ++
2. Arrival in the Romanian Village (4:27) ++
3. Woermann Enters the Keep (1:05) **
4. Father Mihail Contemplates (3:50) ++
5. The Silver Cross / Release (6:22) ++
6. Consuming Lives (3:03) **
7. Awakening / Sailing to Romania (2:19) ++
8. Reunion of Old Friends - Night in Romania 1 (2:32) ++
9. German Soldiers Enter the Keep / Trailer Music (6:34)
10. Savior - TD arrangement of Puer Natus Est Nobis by T. Tallis [1505-1585] (3:15) ++
11. Dr. Cuza Is Healed / Eva Departs - Night in Romania 2 (4:54) ++
12. Glaeken and Eva (4:03) ++
13. Molasar Bargains with Dr. Cuza (4:39) **
Disk 2
14. Evil Spreads into the Village (3:40) **
15. Stranger at the Inn (1:12) **
16. Death of Glaeken (2:03) ++
17. Molasar Stirs / Death of Woermann (1:16) ++
18. Molasar Aftermath / Death of Kaempffer (4:40) ++
19. The Talisman (3:50) ++
20. Deception Revealed - Night in Romania 3 (1:33) **++
21. Confrontation (2:05) **
22. It Ends - TD arrangement of Walking In the Air by Howard Blake (7:40) ++
Total Time: 1:19:35
**Previously unreleased
++ More complete mix than previous bootleg tracks, different mix of previous tracks, or similar to previous tracks with sound effects removed.
Bonus Tracks on Disk 2
23. The Journey - Alternate Version (5:54) ++
24. Woermann Enters the Keep - Alternate Version (1:05) ++
25. Consuming Lives - Alternate Version (2:37) ++
26. Death of Glaeken - Alternate Version (5:09) ++
27. Savior - Alternate Version (3:46) ++
Music Composed by Edgar Froese/Chris Franke/Peter Baumann (1975) and Edgar Froese/Chris Franke/Johannes Schmoelling (1981-1983). Mixed for the motion picture The Keep in 1983. 2013 Restoration by Kethol Av Torketal and R. Veitch. Mastered at Emotional Smoke.
Youtube of Disk 1 This is a custom mix with each track cross fading into the next. The actual CD's have separated tracks (change the video quality to 720p - the gear icon in the lower right of the youtube window - for best audio quality).
Youtube of Disk 2 This is a custom mix with each track cross fading into the next. The actual CD's have separated tracks (change the video quality to 720p - the gear icon in the lower right of the youtube window - for best audio quality)
CLICK HERE FOR A TRACK BY TRACK ANALYSIS
OF THE 2013 RESTORATION PROJECT SOUNDTRACK
2010, 2013 - THE KEEP on Amazon Instant Video and Netflix – The widescreen version of the film (apparently taken from the Laser Disk master) streamed on Netflix, Sky Movies HD, and was offered on Amazon Instant Video for a short period in 2010 and 2013. The film has periodically popped up on Netflix since 1999. There are reports that a version shown had parts of Tangerine Dream's music score replaced with other music, and other reports stating the music was the same. I have watched the Netflix version and the music is identical to the theatrical release and the picture looks like the laser disk master.
2008 - THE KEEP CUES from Ricochet Dream – This was a limited edition CD made for fans attending the Ricochet Gathering, an annual get-together of electronic musicians celebrating the pioneers of that style of music from Berlin, with each event having a theme. This one was held in Transylvania, Romania in 2008, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tangerine Dream's music for The Keep. This CD, which is just audio recorded from the laser disk release of The Keep, was provided for musicians attending the Gathering 'to study and gain inspiration'. Live, improvised performances were recorded on November 11, 2008 and some of that music was released in 2010 on a limited CD called Ricochet Gathering - Keep On, from Ricochet Dream.
The Keep Cues was produced by Vic Rec of Ricochet Dreams Records, limited to 222, and each was serial numbered. Cover art was by Stéphane Piter, who has his own French website about The Keep (according to Stéphane as of September 2012 he had removed almost all of the content regarding the film because he was making a documentary about The Keep). The CD had seven tracks, but no track titles. The label states it was licensed from Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Nashville, TN, but it looks like a typical bootleg. In 2007 Sony/ATV bought Famous Music, and with it the rights to publish music from Viacom's Paramount Pictures subsidiary, owners of The Keep. Virgin Music owns rights to publish (some) of the music material in The Keep, but all music content on this CD was taken directly from The Keep laser disk audio track (including sound effects) so apparently Virgin was not involved.
1. Untitled (7:36)
2. Untitled (3:27)
3. Untitled (3:31)
4. Untitled (2:15)
5. Untitled (4:32)
6. Untitled (9:19)
7. Untitled (7:18)
Total Time: 38:00
2004 - The Keep DVD (cancelled) – Paramount Home Video announced that The Keep would be coming to DVD in November 2004, with just the film and no extras included. November came around and yet again, the release was cancelled, but the film was being shown on the Mystery Channel that year.
In anticipation of the DVD release author F. Paul Wilson, who has no love for the film version of his book, made this statement on his Repairman Jack website in early 2004:
"According to a number of sources Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing "The Keep" on DVD this fall (street date = 11/30) with no extras. I’m considering remedying that. I’ve spoken to Doug Winter (critic, biographer, novelist, columnist for Video Watchdog) and David Schow (screenwriter and novelist) – both acerbic wits with strong opinions about the film – and asked them if they’d be interested in joining me for a commentary track. They are. The plan: We’ll sit down in a studio sometime in August when David is on the East Coast. We’ll run the film and shoot our mouths off for 96 minutes. Then we’ll put it onto CDs and sell them to anyone who’d want to play it along with the movie.
A commentary track that trashes the film…I don’t think this has ever been done before. Could get a lot of press. Then again, it may not. Either way it’ll be a kick."
Supposedly this film-trashing commentary track was actually recorded.
2004 - TANGERINE TREE VOLUME 54, The Keep: An Alternative View – This collection was assembled from the previously released bootlegs for the Tangerine Tree/Tangerine Leaves project, (2002-2006), the Laser Disk sountrack, and the master tape used for the First Mix and Blue Moon bootlegs, which originated on German radio. It was intended to be a definitive archive of The Keep music and includes tracks from most of the previous releases. It is one of the best compilations of music used in the film, including alternate versions, as well as other music composed for but not used in the film. The sound quality does sound better than the First Mix/Blue Moon version of the same tracks.
You can download the individual tracks from this version HERE.
1. Stormbringer (Main Titles) (7:07) - A mix of Dinu Pass and The Keep Main Title from the Blue Moon bootleg
2. Dinu Pass (4:46)
3. Release (8:12)
4. Awakening (3:36) - taken from the Laser Disk
5. Black Soldiers (5:14)
6. Reunion (Cuza’s Theme) (4:13) - Taken from the Logotypes bootleg
7. Gloria (3:15) - This is from the original master tape used for the Blue Moon version. The 1997 TDI version was altered with additional keyboards.
8. Incarnation (Molasar’s Theme) (5:54) - Taken from Logos, but it sounds as if it has been remixed to match the film version
9. Betrayal (3:51) - This is the track Evil Healing track from the First Mix bootleg and is similar to Challengers Arrival.
10. Glaeken’s Death (6:31)
11. Talisman (3:24) - taken from the Laser Disk
12. The Final Conflict (4:47)
13. The Evil Within (8:52)
14. Fisherman’s Morning (3:23)
15. Walking In The Air (End Titles) (3:35) - taken from the Laser Disk
Total Time: 76:40
2003 - TANGERINE LEAVES VOLUME 1: London 1982 – This is the full two our concert in which the 1982 Logos Live album was culled from. Released as part of the Tangerine Tree/Tangerine Leaves project (2002-2006), a series of semi–authorized bootleg recordings. It was a massive project to archive all of the best known audience and soundboard recordings of TD live performances. The recording quality is not as good as the Tangerine Tree Croydon recording, but this is the entire concert, plus part of the sound check. Edited and remixed sections of the original concert recordings were used by Michael Mann for the film score of The Keep, noted below. A superior version of this concerts was included in the Pilots Of Purple Twilight: The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983 CD/LP collection on CD #10, released in 2020. It was taken from the original master tapes.
0:00:00 Logos Intro
0:04:28 Logos Cyan
0:07:31 Heritage Survival
0:13:01 Mirage - A version of this music was used as the soundtrack for the trailers promoting the film. Also used on some bootlegs of The Keep, although it does not appear in the actual film.
0:15:38 Sign In The Dark
0:19:45 The Night In Romania - This music was used in several places in The Keep
0:24:23 Dreamscape
0:30:29 Choronzon
0:38:53 Tangent
0:42:53 Mojave Plan
0:53:06 Logos Velvet
1:00:17 Logos Red
1:08:39 Logos Blue - Remixed sections of this were used in The Keep for the scene where the Germans remove the silver cross, releasing Molasar. Also known as Brothers in Death, Removing the Silver Cross, and Release on later bootlegs of The Keep music.
1:14:11 Logos Black - A remixed version of this was used in The Keep for the scene where Kaempffer confronts Molasar, known as Incarnation (Molasar's Theme), Death of Woermann and Kaempffer, and Molasar Aftermath and Death of Kaempffer on later bootlegs of The Keep music. It is one of the most effective pieces of music in the film.
1:18:26 Logos Green
1:23:27 Logos Yellow
1:29:22 Logos Coda
1:32:22 Midnight In Tula
1:36:53 White Eagle
1:42:16 Dominion
1:48:15 Excerpt From Sound check
Total Time: 116:50
2002 - TANGERINE TREE VOLUME 12: Croydon 1982 - This is another performance of the 1982 tour music, recorded in October. Essentially the same set as the 1982 Logos Live concert listed below, but this is a full two-hour performance. Released in the Tangerine Tree/Tangerine Leaves project (2002-2006), a series of bootleg live recordings spearheaded by TD fan Heiko, and authorized by Edgar Froese. It was a massive project to archive all of the best known audience and soundboard recording of TD live performances. An improved version of Croydon 1982 was released in 2006, providing a much cleaner sounding recording of this concert. Edited and remixed sections of the original concert recordings were used by Michael Mann for the film score of The Keep, noted below.
1. Logos Part I (7:17)
2. Heritage Survival (5:33)
3. Mirage (2:27) - A version of this music was used as the soundtrack for the trailers promoting the film. Also used on some bootlegs of The Keep, although it does not appear in the actual film.
4. Sign In The Dark (4:37)
5. The Night In Romania (4:30) - This music was used in several places in The Keep.
6. Dreamscape (6:14)
7. Choronzon (8:29)
8. Tangent (Excerpt) (4:03)
9. Mojave Plan (Excerpt) (10:41)
10. Logos Part II (7:15)
11. Logos Part III (13:37) - Remixed sections of this were used in The Keep for the scene where the Germans remove the silver cross, releasing Molasar. Also known as Brothers in Death, Removing the Silver Cross, and Release on later bootlegs of The Keep music.
12. Logos Part IV (4:56) - A remixed version of this was used in The Keep for the scene where Kaempffer confronts Molasar, known as Incarnation (Molasar's Theme), Death of Woermann and Kaempffer, and Molasar Aftermath and Death of Kaempffer on later bootlegs of The Keep music. It is one of the most effective pieces of music in the film.
13. Logos Part V (4:1)
14. Logos Part VI (9:57)
15. Midnight In Tula (4:38)
16. White Eagle (5:26)
17. Dominion (6:04)
Total Time: 110:25
2001? - THE KEEP LP SOUNDTRACK (CD) from Virgin (it is not) – Said to be a bootleg of the supposed official 1984 LP promo soundtrack from Virgin Records that was released when the film was in theaters, then immediately recalled (no real Virgin soundtrack was released back then). In fact this is just another bootleg with a faked cover to make it appear like an unreleased Virgin OST, but the lousy art reproduction and spelling mistakes make it a poor attempt. It states it is Produced by Micheal Mann and Tangerine Dream, but the bootleggers could not even spell Michael correctly. It consists of tracks from previous bootlegs and some obvious mixing and editing to make several of the tracks seem different. Sound quality is very good however.
Side 1
1. Dinu Pass (Reich Approach) - A mix of Dinu Pass an The Keep main title from existing bootleg tracks
2. World After Time - Same as Canzone from the TDI release
3. Silver Crosses - Same as Deadly Silver Crosses from previous bootlegs
4. Supernatual Accomplice - Same as the track on the TDI release
5. Night in Romania - A mix of Night in Romania and Ancient Powerplant from the TDI release
Side 2
1. The Soldiers in Black - a modified mix of The Black Soldiers from previous bootlegs
2. Puer Matius Est Noblis (yes it is mistakenly spelled this way in the art) - Same as the one on the TDI release.
3. Fishermans Village (The Journey Begins) - This is the track Moorland from the Daydream/Moorland single, not the Fisherman's Village from previous bootlegs.
4. Glaekens Quest - Same as the existing bootleg track
5. Brothers in Death - A remixed version of the existing bootleg track including part of the end of Logos Part 1.
The Keep film photos by Graham Attwood, copyright Paramount Pictures. Other photos copyright the respective copyright holders.
CONTRIBUTORS - I wrote this article with LOTS of help and contributions from friends and fellow TD fans, and fans of The Keep. Thanks go to Jim, Ed, Jerome, Arxemand, Geoff. If you would like to contribute any additional info, photos, or know of any other bootlegs or other sources of this music, feel free to email.
SOURCES - The Keep Handbook of Production Information, Fangoria magazine #31 1983, Starburst magazine June 1983, Film Comment magazine December 1983, Fantastic Films magazine March 1984, Fangoria magazine #33 1984, Fangoria magazine #36 1984, l'Ecran Fantastique magazine May 1984, Starfix magazine April 1984, Mad Movies magazine May 1987, Totally Wired magazine April 1986, Tangerine Dream: Remembering the Dream, The Art of Film: John Box and Production Design (Wallflower 2009), The Cinema of Michael Mann: Vice and Vindication (Wallflower 2013), Wouter Bessels essay in the Pilots of Purple Twilight book, and numerous other MM and TD interviews.
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