Roger Waters The Wall [Original Soundtrack] [LP]

by Roger Waters

Overview

Roger Waters The Wall is the second theatrical film adapted from Pink Floyd's 1979 concept album The Wall, which makes this 2015 soundtrack the fourth official full-length rendition of Roger Waters' rock opera to be released. Surprisingly, Alan Parker's 1982 film never had an accompanying soundtrack -- its one original song, "When the Tigers Broke Free," appeared as a 7" but never made its way into live shows; as it happens, the 1982 film only existed because an attempted concert film fell apart (Is There Anybody Out There?, a 2000 double CD, excavated live recordings from 1980-1981) -- but that movie loomed nearly as large in the legend of The Wall as the original double album, crystallizing it as an anthem of angst. Waters eventually emphasized the opera's origins as the loss of his father in World War II. After the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Waters launched an all-star benefit show in 1990 (released as The Wall: Live in Berlin), a not unsubtle nod to WWII, and by the time he re-created Floyd's 1980 production as a solo tour in the 2010s, it had become a full-fledged, all-purpose antiwar piece. Most of the shift in message came through visuals and tone -- the only new song on Roger Waters The Wall is "The Ballad of Jean Charles de Menezes," an explicit antiwar tune inserted between "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" and "Mother"; it also features "What Shall We Do Now?," excised for length reasons from the original double LP -- because otherwise The Wall remained the same, right down to its analog synth sounds and guitar solos. Occasionally, there might be a bit of a breakdown -- such as a bit of hard, gleaming funk during an extended "Run Like Hell" -- but there are no rearrangements, so Roger Waters The Wall could almost be mistaken for the original if it weren't for Nigel Godrich's precise, open production and Waters' disarming sense of geniality. Sour throughout Floyd and for a long spell afterward, Waters is settled into his skin as an older man, so comfortable he often performed his solo Walls with a smile. A grin can't be seen on this soundtrack but can certainly be felt throughout Roger Waters The Wall and that brings up an interesting point: it's possible to chart Waters' personal growth solely through these four full-length renditions of The Wall, hearing him transform from a dark, twisty rocker pining for isolation into an elder statesman longing to engage the world. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/20/2015
Label:	Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music
UPC:	0888751554115
Rank:	44548

Tracks

Disc 1

1. In the Flesh?
2. The Thin Ice
3. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1
4. The Happiest Days of Our Lives
5. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
6. The Ballad of Jean Charles de Menezes
7. Mother
8. Goodbye Blue Sky
9. Empty Spaces
10. What Shall We Do Now?

Disc 2

11. Young Lust
12. One of My Turns
13. Don't Leave Me Now
14. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3
15. Last Few Bricks
16. Goodbye Cruel World
17. Hey You
18. Is There Anybody Out There?
19. Nobody Home
20. Vera
21. Bring the Boys Back Home

Disc 3

22. Comfortably Numb
23. The Show Must Go On
24. In the Flesh
25. Run Like Hell
26. Waiting for the Worms
27. Stop
28. The Trial
29. Outside the Wall

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Roger Waters   Primary Artist,Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Director
Dave Kilminster   Guitar
Jon Joyce   Vocals (Background)
Robbie Wyckoff   Vocals
Snowy White   Guitar
Graham Broad   Drums
G.E. Smith   Guitar
Jon Carin   Keyboards
Mark Lennon   Vocals (Background)
Kipp Lennon   Vocals (Background)
Harry Waters   Piano
Pat Lennon   Vocals (Background)
Sean Evans   Director

Technical Credits

Trip Khalaf   Mixing
Bob Ezrin   Composer
James Guthrie   Pre-Production,Sound Supervision
Roger Waters   Composer,Producer
Sean Garnhart   Editing
Richard Street   Technician
Steve Massey   Technician
Rene Weis   Technician
David Gilmour   Composer
David Briggs   Editing
Nigel Godrich   Producer
Tim Summerhayes   Sound Supervision
Gerald Scarfe   Animation
Bruce Winant   Coordination
Brett Turnbull   Photography Director
Chris Kansy   Production Manager
Mick Gormaley   Music Editor
Kevin "Kap" Kapler   Audio Technician
Anibal Rodriguez Blanco   Sound Assistant
Dann Fink   Coordination
Joel Plante   Assistant,Pre-Production
Mark Fenwick   Management,Executive Producer
Mike McKnight   Engineer
Ollie Nesham   Engineer
Nancy Allen   Music Editor
Tim Myer   Guitar Technician
Bob Weibel   System Engineer
Tyson Clark   Audio Technician
Kyle Miller   Sound Re-Recording
Colin Barton   Keyboard Technician
Adam Collins   Audio Technician
Jean-Philippe Schevingt   Technician
Justin Baker   Assistant
Andy Field   Keyboard Technician
Tom "Duds" Ford   Audio Technician
Sian Roberts   Assistant
Dan Davies   Audio Technician
Rolf Martens   Technician
Ben Summerhayes   Stage Technician
Beaux Neylon   Engineer
Matt Moser   Audio Technician
Kate Watkins   Assistant
Stephen Tang   Audio Technician
Matthew Scoggins   Audio Technician
Eddy Butler   Drum Technician
Henry Fury   Audio Technician
Antoine Audibert   Technician
Laurent Deboisgisson   Technician
Graham Boswell   Engineer
Mark Overall   Audio Engineer
Valentinos Ioannidis   Sound Technician
Andres Fornek   Sound Assistant
Leandro Pairetti   Sound Assistant
Javier Cuello   Sound Assistant
Martin Sznaider   Engineer
German Schettini   Sound Technician
Matias Sznaider   Sound Assistant
Colin Lyon   Crew,Guitar Technician
Ethan Leight   Casting
Mark Desimone Cas   Mixing
Craig Kyllonen   Sound Re-Recording
Paul Govey   Mixing Coordinator
Amelia Tubb   Package Design
Jacob Ribicoff   Sound Design,Sound Editing
Dominick Tavella   Re-Recording Mixer
Adam Scrivener   Re-Recording Mixer
Xylina Golding   Assistant
Andrew Caller   Technician
Robin Green   Engineer
Ronald Bailey   Engineer
Clare Spencer   Producer
Sean Evans   Composer,Photography
Katherine McQuerrey   Editing