''Forbidden Zone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the soundtrack album to ''

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'', the 1982

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directed by

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, with music by his brother

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and performed by

The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo was an American surrealist street theatre troupe, formed by performer and director Richard Elfman in 1972. The group was led by Richard until 1976, when his brother Danny Elfman took over. The group evolv ...

. The album marked the soundtrack debut of composer Danny Elfman, who was frontman to the Mystic Knights at time of recording. The soundtrack album is the only public release accredited to The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, recorded between 1978 and 1979—during which time the band was transitioning into

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. Initial tracks were recorded by the Mystic Knights before their disbanding and completed by members of Oingo Boingo a year later, resulting in the mix of musicians credited on the album. In the

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, Danny Elfman writes that "sixty minutes of original music in a dozen different styles needed to be created in and around various older, and often uneven, pre-recorded pieces," and were composed, arranged and recorded in a period of two weeks. While the original

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LP version contained 22 tracks, the label reissued the album in 1990 with the tracks "Pico and Sepulveda" and "La Petite Tonkinoise" removed. Two additional tracks, "Some of These Days" and "Bim Bam Boom", were removed for the French release.

Track listing

Credits

Principal musicians are: *

(Lead Vocals) *

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(Guitar) *Kerry Hatch (Bass) *John Hernandez (Drums, Percussion) *

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(Reeds, Flute) *Leon Schneiderman (Reeds, Flute) *

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(Trumpet) *Stuart Elster (Piano) *Brad Kay (Piano) *Dan Schmidt (Synthesizer) *Carol Emmanuel (Harp)

References

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