Sorcerer (soundtrack)

Sorcerer
Soundtrack album by Tangerine Dream
Released	July 1977
Recorded	April – October 1976
Venue	Berlin
Studio	Victoria Studios
Genre	Electronic music, progressive rock, space music [1]
Length	43.52
Label	MCA
Tangerine Dream chronology
Stratosfear (1976) Sorcerer (1977) Encore (1977)

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AllMusic	[2]

Sorcerer (1977) is the ninth major release and first soundtrack album by the German band Tangerine Dream. It is the soundtrack for the film Sorcerer . It reached No.25 on the UK Albums Chart in a 7-week run, to become Tangerine Dream's third highest-charting album in the UK. ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Edgar Froese, Christoph Franke, Peter Baumann

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Main Title"	5:28
2.	"Search"	2:54
3.	"The Call"	1:57
4.	"Creation"	5:00
5.	"Vengeance"	5:32
6.	"The Journey"	2:00

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Grind"	3:01
2.	"Rain Forest"	2:30
3.	"Abyss"	7:04
4.	"The Mountain Road"	1:53
5.	"Impressions Of Sorcerer"	2:55
6.	"Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme)"	3:38

Personnel

• Edgar Froese – Fender Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Custom Guitars, Twin Keyboard Mellotron Mark V, Steinway Grand Piano, Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, ARP Omni string synthesizer, PPG Synthesizer, Modified Moog synthesizer.
• Christopher Franke – Moog modular synthesizer, Projekt Elektronik sequencer, Computerstudio Digital Sequencer, Mellotron, ARP Pro Soloist synthesizer, Elka String Synthesizer, Oberheim sequencer.
• Peter Baumann – Projekt Elektronik Modular Synthesizer, Projekt Elektronik Sequencer, Fender Rhodes Piano, ARP Pro Soloist synthesizer, Mellotron.

Singles

Betrayal/Betrayal ^[4]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme)"	3:38
2.	"Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme)"	3:38

Betrayal/Grind ^[5]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme)"	3:38
2.	"Grind"	3:01

Betrayal/Search ^[6]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme)"	3:38
2.	"Search"	2:54

Grind/Betrayal ^[7]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Grind"	3:01
2.	"Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme)"	3:38

Grind/Impressions Of Sorcerer ^[8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Grind"	3:01
2.	"Impressions Of Sorcerer"	2:55

References

1. Reynolds, Simon. "Kings of the cosmos", in The Guardian, April 22, 2007, retrieved May 13, 2007
2. Allan, Mark. Sorcerer - Tangerine Dream at AllMusic
3. Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Sorcerer". Voices in the Net.
4. Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Betrayal/Betrayal". Voices in the Net.
5. Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Betrayal/Grind". Voices in the Net.
6. Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Betrayal/Search". Voices in the Net.
7. Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Grind/Betrayal". Voices in the Net.
8. Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Grind/Impressions Of Sorcerer". Voices in the Net.