A Clockwork Orange: Wendy Carlos's Complete Original Score

This is good, but it wouldn't play on my older CD player. Works fine on newer equipment. Haven't tried it in a car. It's got extra content - mainly an archived version of Carlos's website from the mid-90s as well as the music.

I purchased the album format many years ago. I appreciated the soundtrack when I was 10 years old and I continue to love listening to Carlos’ music today. An electronic performance of glorious music composed by Beethoven and original music compositions that have engaged and inspired my imagination for decades. I loved the original score at the time of the release when the film was rated X, and I was too young to view the film. As an adult, I viewed the film with an established love for the music featured in the most excellent film adaptation by Kubrick from the dystopian novel by Burgess. I love the music - eventually, I purchased the movie soundtrack too. I’ve always wanted the original score on Compact Disc. At 56, I own my beloved old “droog” to “hear all proper” on CD. (FYI - For those who love the original complete score album cover art, it is included.)

A Clockwork OrangeDirector: Stanley KubrickWriters: Stanley Kubrick (screenplay) Anthony Burgess (novel)Star: Malcolm McDowellSoundtrack: Wendy Carlos and othersRatings: X (NC-17 originally)This "soundtrack"is not the original film soundtrack, rather it is Wendy Carlos' COMPLETE ORIGINAL soundtrack. Kubrick commissioned a soundtrack. Carlos delivered a complete original soundtrack. Kubrick edited Carlos' work to fit his film. Kubrick's film's soundtrack is brilliant (and should be in your collection).Wendy Carlos' complete submission is a separate work of art and should be approached as such. She absolutely dominates her concept of the music that would illuminate Kubrick's film of Burgess' novel. It totally works.If you like soundtracks, Wendy Carlos, or electronic music this is right in your wheel house. Obtain immediately.

The opening score to this film to this very day feels unique and sinister. The rest of the music is superb as well. But that opening score is still just a unique piece of music that I haven't heard anything else like it. If you listen to this soundtrack while reading the book you are going to be in for a treat.

This is a beautiful and very cool album. The synthesizer sounds are soft and not the sharpness/harshness which I kind of expected. I bought this for Country Lane which I heard on The Progressives, a ‘70s promotional album of several artists. But there isn’t a weak piece here. I am very pleased. This music aged very well. It’s beautiful. Worth the extra bucks it cost me.

I orignally bought the British and US versions of the sountrack so I could have all the electronic music from CO. With this CD the original work of W Carlos is intact and together and all the symphonic versions of those "needle-drops" from the movie are replaced with crystal-clear electronic versions developed for the movie which Kubrick did not use. Also included are the full version of Timesteps, an interesting collage reminiscent of Cage or Stockhausen in some respects. You also get the full version of Country Lane, where little Alex is getting beaten by his Copper ex-droogies. Also included are two more original pieces written by Carlos for the film which have not appeared before. They are classically-based but the real highlights we are already familiar with: The NINTH! O my brothers! Classic stuff which was apparently completed prior to Carlos working on the film. For my money, this is THE proper soundtrack to this album, unless you like "I Want to Marry a lighthouse keeper" and Singin in the Rain" which means you aren't reading this.. Like Switched-On, ACO is classic in a class of its own.

I saw the film in the cinema when it first came out, and bought the LP of the soundtrack. "Timesteps" made a huge impression. My copy of the LP was lost in a move about 20 years ago, but I was able to find this via Wendy's website. This remastered version is a distinct improvement, both in quality and content since it has extra tracks. Amazingly "Timesteps" and "Country Lane" sound as fresh as they did 40 odd years ago.

The pure blend of sound Wendy put into this is absolutely marvelous! There are a handful of deviations (lasting only a few bars here and there) from the score heard in the film. Some are more and some are less, but it all wraps into a wonderful track worthy of a Kubrick picture. It also makes a great background for reckless/angry driving. But I of course, being a law abiding citizen follow the law and would never ever go barreling down a backroad with Timesteps blaring, laughing, one hand on the wheel.With that being said, I love the entire album and anyone who enjoys Kubrick, music, and pretty much anything cool will like this album as well.