Code Name: Wild Geese (soundtrack)

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Code Name: Wild Geese (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Film score by
Eloy
Released5 October 1984 [1]
Recorded1984
Genre Ambient, Berlin School, Hard rock, Blues Rock, Experimental [2]
Length36:17
Label Milan
Producer Jan Nemec
Eloy chronology
Metromania
(1984)		Code Name: Wild Geese (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1984)		 Ra
(1988)

Code Name: Wild Geese (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score to the film of the same name, composed by members of the German rock band Eloy, and their fellow audio engineer Jan Nemec. It was released in 1984.

Contents

It is the only album released under the Eloy brand name to not feature the band's leader and core member Frank Bornemann. At the time of its creation, Bornemann was working on the final mixing of Metromania [3] and was not interested on being part of Code Name: Wild Geese even after Metromania was released in June 1984.

The album has never been reissued since its original 1984 release, [2] and the available information surrounding it is very little. Hannes Arkona, Klaus-Peter Matziol and Hannes Folberth are the Eloy members credited with writing it and playing in it, but it is not specified what kind of instrument(s) each of them played. [2] Code Name: Wild Geese is almost entirely instrumental, except for "Queen of Rock 'n Roll", but the singer of that song is not credited either. [2]

Shortly after the album's release, near the end of 1984, Eloy disbanded after failing to find a common ground regarding artistic positions and the band's future. [3]

Track listing

Music and lyrics by Eloy and Jan Nemec

No.TitleLength
1."The Patrol"2:47
2."Hongkong Theme 1"3:32
3."Hit and Run"1:38
4."Queen of Rock 'n Roll"2:36
5."Destiny"4:34
6."Discovery"0:50
7."Juke-Box"1:58
8."Deadlock"1:30
9."Cha-Shoen"3:35
10."Sabotage"1:20
11."On the Edge"3:30
12."A Long Goodbye"2:13
13."Face to Face"1:47
14."A Moment Decides"2:07
15."Revenge"1:13
16."Hongkong Theme 2"1:07
Total length:36:17

Personnel

Eloy

Production

Artwork

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References

  1. ↑ "Code Name: Wild Geese Release Info". IMDb . Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Eloy – Codename Wildgeese (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Discogs . Zink Media, LLC. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 Kuinke, Volker (2005). Eloy – Metromania (booklet) (in German). Harvest Records - EMI Electrola. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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