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Excerpt from "Werner Herzog on Krautrock, Silence and Music in Film" (2017) at the Red Bull Music Academy, New York. In full length here: youtube.com/watch?v=NFiVzWAWyaw&t=385s
Excerpts: 1) "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" (Opening Scene / 1972) 2) + 3) "The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner" (1974)
Florian Fricke (1944–2001) was a German musician who started his professional career with electronic music using the Moog synthesizer within the krautrock group Popol Vuh. His music and that of the band however soon evolved in a completely different direction, and he almost completely abandoned synthesizers in favor of the acoustic piano.
In 1967 he met German film director Werner Herzog and the two formed a lifelong friendship. Fricke played a role in his first movie "Lebenszeiche" (1968). Fricke was later responsible for the soundtracks of several of Herzog's movies, among them "Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht" (with Klaus Kinski and Bruno Ganz), "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" and "Heart of Glass". Fricke also made a cameo appearance in Herzog's "Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle" (1974).
Excerpt from "Werner Herzog on Krautrock, Silence and Music in Film" (2017) at the Red Bull Music Academy, New York. In full length here: youtube.com/watch?v=NFiVzWAWyaw&t=385s
Excerpts: 1) "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" (Opening Scene / 1972) 2) + 3) "The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner" (1974)
Florian Fricke (1944–2001) was a German musician who started his professional career with electronic music using the Moog synthesizer within the krautrock group Popol Vuh. His music and that of the band however soon evolved in a completely different direction, and he almost completely abandoned synthesizers in favor of the acoustic piano.
In 1967 he met German film director Werner Herzog and the two formed a lifelong friendship. Fricke played a role in his first movie "Lebenszeiche" (1968). Fricke was later responsible for the soundtracks of several of Herzog's movies, among them "Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht" (with Klaus Kinski and Bruno Ganz), "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" and "Heart of Glass". Fricke also made a cameo appearance in Herzog's "Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle" (1974).
