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The Last Great Wilderness by The Pastels (Vinyl, 2003)

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelDomino

UPC5055019901812

eBay Product ID (ePID)21050158318

Product Key Features

FormatVinyl

Release Year2003

GenreRock

TypeLP

ArtistThe Pastels

Release TitleThe Last Great Wilderness

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

ReviewsThe Wire (7/03, p.69) - "...The group focus on soft yet richly resonant soundscapes. Oscillating keyboard notes add density and glow..." Mojo (Publisher) (8/03, p.99) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...The album's 10 soft-focus episodes make for a dreamy listen, with tinkling percussion, muted trumpets and irridescent guitars occasionally ceding to ethereal voices and synthesized brush strokes..."

Additional informationThe Last Great Wilderness is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. The Pastels provide background music and two songs. Pastels diehards might be disappointed at the lack of vocals (and the fact that one of the two songs, a lilting cover of Sly & the Family Stone's "Everybody Is a Star," is recycled from the Geographic label compilation from 2002) but will still be pleased at the typically affecting sounds found within. The background pieces are mostly short and very atmospheric, showing that the group has a firm grasp on the art of film music composition. Three of the songs ("Winter Driving," "Flora's Theme," and "Flora Again") are brief fragments of eerie vocal loops and bells, while the rest of the pieces are longer and quite nice: "Wilderness Theme" (and "Wilderness End Theme") is a beautiful chiming song full of bells, horns, and wheezing synths, "Vincente's Theme" is a dramatic ballad with a haunting trumpet solo, and "Charlie's Theme is built around humming synth noise, reverbed piano, and gently plucked guitars. Along with the wonderful cover of "Everybody Is a Star," the other "song" here is "I Picked a Flower," featuring the vocals and songwriting acumen of Jarvis Cocker. The song is a bopping, ultra-poppy slice of sunshine that features some typically sleazy Cocker lyrics. The Last Great Wilderness is not an essential Pastels purchase by any means, but it is a nice stopgap between albums and more importantly a solid stab at soundtrack composition. ~ Tim Sendra

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