Naked Lunch Soundtrack - Ornette/Howard Shore - C or D

like the book. never seen the movie. will get around to this someday but not now.

The movie has got very little to do with the actual text of the book, rather being a fantasy / fable based around the writing of the book. It's pretty good, but shouldn't have really had the "Naked Lunch" title applied to it, it misleads a lot of people. The soundtrack is wild and perfect, although I imagine its a pretty hard listen outside of the film.

read a recent croneberg interview and (this is maybe a vague recollection) he said that some of it was based on diary entries, some stuff on 'queer'.

fantastic soundtrack. my old roommate used to play it loud at the liquour store he worked at ... scared the bejesus out of all the old drunks.

but seriously, the reinterpretation of coleman's "lonely woman" is wonderful. it was one of free jazz's finest hours to begin with, but this version is a nice ... i dunno ... modernization? recontextualization? it works, anyway.