The Wicker Man: great tunes

Yesterday evening, I don't know why, but when I went downstairs to start cooking dinner, I knew exactly what I needed to listen to: the soundtrack to The Wicker Man. Now I'm sure all of you reading this know only too well that The Wicker Man is, bar none, the greatest British film ever made. Some might argue that it's only the best British horror movie ever made, but to that I say: "Bollocks. It's the Best Brit movie ever."


Some of my American blogmates might think, "Well, that's cos you Brits don't know how to make films, so there's not much to choose from." Well of course that's silly. There are many many great British movies. Most, sadly, are from days long gone. But we did pretty well in the late 60s and early 70s, so there.

Anyway, this post isn't about the film; it's about the soundtrack, which if you don't have, you should buy NOW.

The music is so gently emotional. Folksy, and with darkly sexy pagan lyrics. Hypnotic. Evocative. Haunting. The CD packaging describes it as "ballads of seduction, fertility, and ritual slaughter". How can you go wrong?

Here are the words of probably my favourite track on the album, "Gently Johnny":

I put my hand on her knee
And she says, Do you want to see?

I put my hand on her breast
And she says, Do you want a kiss?

I put my hand on her thigh
And she says, Do you want to try?

I put my hand on her belly
And she says, Do you want to fill me?

The song "Corn Rigs" is also great. I think a snippet can be found here, along with "Willow's Song". Enjoy.