> A composer I never got was Peter Thomas. I've never
> really understood this madness about him. I've only
> heard "Raumpatrouille" and "100% Cotton" and I can't
> understand it, really.

Well, if you really don't think "Raumpatrouille" is excellent,
you can give up listening to any of his other work. "Raumpatrouille"
is definitely much, much better than anything else he has done.
What is so great about it is its combination of laid-back, cool tunes,
which suddenly erupt into these violent, dissonant soundblasts.
This is something that, in that days and age, could really only be
done in the soundtrack medium, which has its own rules quite different
from those of both the pop and the avant-garde world. Nowadays most
soundtracks are either the John Williams type of orchestral bullshit,
or the compilation type which collects some dumb tracks by nu metal
bands. But in the 60s, some really innovative stuff was made.

> Thanks for the Komeda indications. I'll definitely
> look for that "Vampire Killers" album. If it's similar
> to "Disco Volante" it's bound to be great!

You could also go out and rent the movie, and see if it works for
you. Pay attention to the scene where the mute servant pulls a
sleigh through the snow - the music for that scene is just so
"Disco Volante"-like.

Now that we're on the subject of movies, has anyone seen the
1969 Argentinian movie "Invasion", scripted by Jorge Luis Borges
and Adolfo Bioy Casares? I would really be interested to see
this movie (with English subtitles), but I don't know whether
it has ever been released.

Frankco