Friday, May 24, 2013

Jimmy Page's Lucifer Rising Soundtrack

When Kenneth Anger was finishing his epic Lucifer Rising, he contacted Jimmy Page (who also has a cameo in the film) to do the soundtrack, consequently giving him his master reels to compose against. I won't go into details, but the whole debacle ended in disaster, Anger never got the music, and I believe he ended up having to re-shoot large portions of the film that Page never gave back to him. The final soundtrack composer was Bobby Beausoleil, who recorded what became the official soundtrack while still in jail for his affiliation with the Manson Family.

Jimmy Page's actual soundtrack has been one the most sought after bootlegs of film and rock-nerd history. I found (what I believe to be) Page's soundtrack--here it is. Enjoy the weirdness. 




More interesting details on the Page/Anger connection.