30 years in the making, Oscar Award-winning visual effects artist Phil Tippett (Star Wars, Starship Troopers) has finally released his stop-motion animation sci-fi epic Mad God.
Now, Waxwork Records announces today that they’re giving the Mad God Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Dan Wool the vinyl treatment!
“Mad God is a stop-motion live-action hybrid horror film written, produced, and directed by Phil Tippett. The film follows a tall figure shrouded in a jacket and gas mask known only as The Assassin as he descends into a ruined, hellish world. In his possession, The Assassin has a map of the world and a suitcase with a bomb which he has been tasked with detonating behind enemy lines within the desolate world.
“Visual effects virtuoso Phil Tippet (Jurassic Park, Star Wars, RoboCop, Indiana Jones) along with a multitude of dedicated filmmakers spent 30 years creating this artistic masterpiece that defies genre and urges each viewer to take away individual meaning from the piece. Mad God is what happens when creative collaboration keeps going despite a project being ‘finished’. It’s a beast of a film that grew from mad, dedicated, visionary minds.
“Dan Wool was brought on to score Mad God in 2009. Due to the nature of the animation, there was no audio or dialogue to accompany the picture Wool was given. This combined with the film’s storyline, motivated Dan Wool to compose exclusively based on how the images made him feel, creating a unique relationship between composer and viewer. His style of scoring opened up a level of vulnerability and sense of perspective within the characters. Not to say the score isn’t terrifying at points, but it is also hopeful and penetrates a level of dark fantasy that makes Mad God more than a horror movie.
“Waxwork Records is thrilled to present the music of Phil Tippett’s Mad God as a deluxe double LP featuring Dan Wool’s soundtrack with 180 gram colored vinyl, deluxe packaging, heavyweight gatefold jackets with matte coating, a booklet with extensive liner notes by Phil Tippett and Dan Wool, and more!
Phil Tippet’s Mad God Original Motion Picture Soundtrack:
• The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by the Dan Wool
• 180 Gram Splattered Colored Vinyl
• 12″x12″ Booklet Featuring Behind The Scenes Photography & Liner Notes
• Liner Notes from the Director/Writer Phil Tippett and Composer Dan Wool
• Heavyweight Gatefold Packaging with Matte Satin Coating
Pre-orders are now live on the site for an SRLP of $38.
Waxworks has also just released vinyls for Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem and Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone, now in theaters.
