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A Soundtrack by Pink Floyd

(Released on:- 27th July, 1969)

  Album's title cover

Recorded - March 1969, Abbey Road Studios

Length - 44:56

Label - Columbia (EMI) (UK), Tower/Capitol (U.S.), Harvest

Producer - Pink Floyd

                                                                                     

Introduction

Music from the Film More (often referred to simply as More) is Pink Floyd's first full-length soundtrack. The film More was directed by Barbet Schroeder; in it, two songs can be heard that were not included on the album: "Seabirds" and "Hollywood". The album actually comprises re-recordings of all the other music used in the film, sometimes in a completely different form.

More contains some acoustic folk ballads, a genre that will appear sparsely on later works, a couple of hard rock songs (The Nile Song, Ibiza Bar), and some instrumental tracks featuring their experimental (or avant-garde) approach and their trademark spacey/electronic sound (such as "Quicksilver" and "Main Theme"). Elsewhere, they rely on distinctive harmonic and melodic progressions, such as the surreal chord progression in "Cirrus Minor" or the D dim chord in "Crying Song".

It must be noted that this is Pink Floyd's first album without founding member Syd Barrett, who was ousted from the group in early 1968 during the recording of their previous album, A Saucerful of Secrets. It is also the first album to be produced by Pink Floyd without assistance from Norman Smith.

Music from the Film More reached #9 in the UK and—upon re-release in 1973—#153 in the US. In 1987, the album was re-released on CD. A digitally remastered CD was released in 1995 in the UK and 1996 in the US.

Track listing

All lead vocals performed by David Gilmour

Side one

Cirrus Minor (Roger Waters) – 5:18

The Nile Song (Waters) – 3:26

Crying Song (Waters) – 3:33

Up the Khyber (Nick Mason, Richard Wright) – 2:12

Green Is the Colour (Waters) – 2:58


"Cymbaline (Waters) – 4:50

"Party Sequence (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright) – 1:07

Side two

Main Theme (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright) – 5:28

Ibiza Bar (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright) – 3:19

More Blues (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright) – 2:12

Quicksilver (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright) – 7:13

A Spanish Piece (Gilmour) – 1:05

            Dramatic Theme (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright) – 2:15

Singles

"The Nile Song"/"Ibiza Bar" (1969, Europe only)

Personnel

David Gilmour – White Fender Stratocaster guitar, Levin acoustic steel guitar, Nylon acoustic, vocals and effects

Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals, gong, acoustic guitar and effects

Richard Wright – keyboards, vibraphone, handclaps, vocals

Nick Mason – percussion, drums

Additional personnel

Lindy Mason - Penny Whistle

Hipgnosis – sleeve design

James Guthrie – re-mastering supervision

Doug Sax – re-mastering