The Apocalypse Now Sessions

Rhythm Devils HRT15007

Director Francis Ford Coppola asked Mickey Hart to provide a percussive underscore for his 1979 film Apocalypse Now. Combining the quiet sounds of tablas with harsher sounds of drumsets and demonstrating Hart’s propensity for unusual time signatures, the album echoes the tones of war and death, and features extended tracks as well as tracks not included on the original LP release. Says Hart, “If you are paranoid, please don't listen to this music. It is dark... The music reaches out and grabs you. It is sad...and cats hate it.” Originally released in 1980, The Apocalypse Now Sessions was reissued in its expanded form in 1991 as part of “THE WORLD” series (now part of the Mickey Hart Collection made available by Smithsonian Folkways).

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Year of Recording 1989
Record Label Mickey Hart Collection
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Produced by Mickey Hart ; Associate Producer Gian-Carlo Coppola ; Composed by Mickey Hart ; Composed by Michael Hinton ; Composed by Airto Moreira ; Engineered by Brett Cohen ; Engineered by Betty Cantor-Jackson ; Engineered by Dan Healy ; Mastered by Joe Gastwirt ; Cover artwork by Stanley Mouse ; Photography by John Werner ; Photography by Steve Schneider ; Photography by Snooky Flowers ; Design by Steven Jurgensmeyer

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101	Compound	Rhythm Devils	3:17
102	Trenches	Rhythm Devils	3:52
103	Street Gang	Rhythm Devils	2:14
104	The Beast	Rhythm Devils	4:12
105	Steps	Rhythm Devils	2:26
106	Tar	Rhythm Devils	1:38
107	Lance	Rhythm Devils	2:50
108	Cave	Rhythm Devils	5:55
109	Hell's Bells	Rhythm Devils	3:29
110	Kurtz	Rhythm Devils	4:49
111	Napalm For Breakfast	Rhythm Devils	3:25

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