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Music from The Body

1970 soundtrack album by Ron Geesin and Roger Waters

Music from The Body is the soundtrack album to Roy Battersby's 1970 documentary film The Body,[3] about human biology, narrated by Vanessa Redgrave and Frank Finlay.

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The music was composed in collaboration between Pink Floyd member Roger Waters and Ron Geesin, the same year they worked together on Atom Heart Mother[3] and employs biomusic, including, on the first track, sounds made by the human body (slaps, breathing, laughing, whispering, flatulence, etc.),[3] in addition to more traditional guitar, piano and stringed instruments. The album's final track, "Give Birth to a Smile", features all four members of Pink Floyd, plus Geesin on piano, although David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright are uncredited.[3]

The child heard on opening track is Ron's son Joe Geesin.

The LP, being a complete re-recording of the score, features a different track listing from the original film soundtrack, and a 3 sided acetate does exist of the full version[citation needed]. The cover of the album features a Transparent Anatomical Manikin (TAM).[4]

Waters did not release another album outside of Pink Floyd until 1984's The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Ron Geesin, except where noted:[3]

Side One

  1. "Our Song" (Geesin/Waters) – 1:24
  2. "Sea Shell and Stone" (Waters) – 2:17
  3. "Red Stuff Writhe" – 1:11
  4. "A Gentle Breeze Blew Through Life" – 1:19
  5. "Lick Your Partners" – 0:35
  6. "Bridge Passage for Three Plastic Teeth" – 0:35
  7. "Chain of Life" (Waters) – 3:59
  8. "The Womb Bit" (Geesin/Waters) – 2:06
  9. "Embryo Thought" – 0:39
  10. "March Past of the Embryos" – 1:08
  11. "More Than Seven Dwarfs in Penis-Land" – 2:03
  12. "Dance of the Red Corpuscles" – 2:04

Side Two

  1. "Body Transport" (Geesin/Waters) – 3:16
  2. "Hand Dance — Full Evening Dress" – 1:01
  3. "Breathe" (Waters) – 2:53
  4. "Old Folks Ascension" – 3:47
  5. "Bed-Time-Dream-Clime" – 2:02
  6. "Piddle in Perspex" – 0:57
  7. "Embryonic Womb-Walk" – 1:14
  8. "Mrs. Throat Goes Walking" – 2:05
  9. "Sea Shell and Soft Stone" (Geesin/Waters) – 2:05
  10. "Give Birth to a Smile" (Waters) – 2:49

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Allmusic review
  2. [2]
    Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Roger Waters". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 864. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  3. [3]
    Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
  4. [4]
    Transparent Women. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
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