Love Her Madly Soundtrack CD!

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Ray has released the soundtrack to his film Love Her Madly and its well worth a listen. The movie may well be abysmal but the music is pretty decent.....hopefully if Ray gets the idea for another he will just release a soundtrack album and forget the movie



Too Close To The Sun
I Could Be Anything
J'ai Vu Ta Vie
Hadley's Cruise
Nightride
At First Site
Paper Kimono
Expresso
The Golden Bough
J'ai Vu Ta Morte
Obsession

Most rock & roll fans associate the title "Love Her Madly" with the Doors' hit from 1971, especially when the former keyboardist of the band Ray Manzarek is involved. In the case of this Oglio release, Love Her Madly has nothing to do with the Doors, but it is the title of both a film and soundtrack produced by Manzarek along with Bruce Hanifan. Manzarek is a noted fan of film noir, so it should come as no surprise that both the movie and soundtrack follow that dark shadowy tradition while doing an admirable job injecting electronica and techno into the musical mix. There is a tricky aspect that goes along with composing for film. The listener is aware that the music was written with a specific scene in mind, but without access to those visuals, the listener often feels left out. That's not the case with Love Her Madly, since Manzarek and Hanifan approached the score knowing that it should not only enhance what's on the screen but also provide an enjoyable listening experience sans visuals. While Manzarek and Hanifan composed and performed the whole of this set, they engaged the assistance of guitarists Gregg Montane and another former member of the Doors Robbie Krieger.
by Al Campbell AllMusic Guide.

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This is my first foray into film scoring. I directed the movie "Love Her Madly" and composed and created the music with my good friend Bruce Hanifan. It is an exploration in Electronica. We experimented with various modes and styles in the digital realm to create what I think is a CD of eminently listenable grooves. We were joined by master guitarist (and my Door buddy) Robby Krieger, Bal on Trumpet and Vince Suzuki on Tenor Sax in this adventure in Los Angeles electricity. The pieces are all part of the film, but we think they stand alone as a cool CD. Have a glass of wine and put your ears on it.

Rick Schmidlin produced the film "Love Her Madly" and Rick Valentine wrote the script. Gary Graver was the cameraman and Andrew Pierce was the editor. The DVD is available on Eagle Vision.