Manhunter Soundtrack Coelocanth

[DJINEVIL2323]

Fuckin Shreikback, kickass 80's, yet timeless. . .

[TheIrishboy99]

this shows you the great director which is micheal mann is low buget movie and does so much and if you have read the book the most accurate when dealing with Graham

[budrik]

great soundtrack, very creepy and yet powerful film, hats off to Tom Noonan..jm

[evilpuffcat]

no shit. this gets your hairs on your body static.

[austintxlivemusic]

The soundtrack fits really well with the movie. I guess you could say that for quite a few but I especially like this one. I went out and bought it back in the 80s when the movie came out. I don't listen to In da gada da vida. I heard it way too much in the 70s.

[halloweenfriday]

this is my favorite part of the movie. where the blind girl pets the tiger. perfectly shot great movie

[1939chevvy]

Fantastic track and along with 'This Big Hush' used beautifully by Mann in the best of the Lecter movies, Manhunter.

[ralutjohn]

Cool Japanese Shakuhachi Flute

[wandererlain]

@ralutjohn I wondered what it was. Very beautiful.

[Angelfeather100]

love it love it love it....spooooooky! this song, this song! I wouldn't listen it when at night, alone...

[KNS1996DFS]

This track makes me feel like I'm in a vision quest.

[LeDob666]

(imho) it's one of the best marriage of music and vision in movie history - dark, mysterious, electrifying. and the movie - brilliant.

[cornerpin1882]

I have always loved this film and only rescently thought about soundtrack.....Why taken me so long? What a spanner!. Where do I get from and is it still stupidly expensive?

[budrik]

Haunting song..The movie was excellent and I agree the music adds to the spooky aspects of the film...Very different sound...jm

[corbenfan84]

i love this film this and silence of the lambs are the only lecter movie in my mind this song has a sad sound to it vary haunting i also agee with 63gstone manhunters lecter was better then lambs but Hopkins was good too

[MrSnuggleduck]

Always thought Crysis sounded a bit like this track watch?v=ZhyKbpmWanU

[gbinct]

This soundtrack is EPIC. I absolutely love Hopkins portrayal of Lecter, but much prefer Manhunter to Red Dragon. Ed Norton and Ralph Fiennes and that idiot Brett Ratner were all mistakes for this picture.

[bmjwbc]

can you also feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand up when you listen to this track - chilling

[massicolo]

this song comes to the tiger scene...

[gremlin05]

Coelacanth (from Greek koilos "hollow" + akantha "spine", referring to the hollow spines of the fins) is the common name for an order of fish that includes the oldest living lineage of Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish + tetrapods) known to date.

[darkhyena]

I've only seen the film once, but is there any particular reason why this piece is called what it is? I don't recall coelocanths featuring in the film or the novel's themes or imagery

[Rangerlou]

What about Hammer Heads?  It's the only song I haven't found here yet!

[5eurocups2005]

Shriekback are such an amazing band they were born to make these songs for Manhunter, if it wasn't for them i don't think some of the scenes in this Great movie would of been as effective. A Lot of there songs are pure Genius. I don't think they are appreciated enough in the music world to be honest

[serekithegreat]

I absolutely agree. I remember a track on the Band Of The Hand soundtrack titled " Faded Flowers " which is very powerful and haunting. I need to get a compilation cd of their best music.

[Dioniso62]

Il più bel film di tutti i tempi!

[gingerginger17]

completamente d'accordo !

[ripley450]

The Parallax View

[ripley450]

Alien Manhunter Apocolypse Now Godfather I & 2 Goodfellas Shawshank Redemption Scent of a Woman To Kill a Mockingbird Heat The Shining hon. ment.: Die Hard, Red October, Rosemarys Baby Animal House, Blues Brothers, Caddyshack what did i forget?

[ripley450]

the poster art was unforgettable for this as well, glad I went twice

[okkiejam]

1:35 i love that tinkling synth sounds..

i can play this over and over and over

[63gstone]

Great movie this was. The Hannible Lecter (sp) in this movie I thought was so much better than the "Silence of the lambs" series.

[clarice8starling]

Silence rules! Manhunter doesn't have jodie foster...

[Brady2k10]

manhunter didnt need jodie foster init to be good, both films are good, i think i like manhunter more though because of the soundtrack, the manhunter soundtrack is 10 times better than SOL soundtrack in my opinion, this song and especially "this big hush" are fucking epic. Legend. Classics.

[t01880]

@63gstone I would wholeheartedly agree with your view on Lecter in this film

[twistedwhiskers123]

I'm a big soundtrack fan and I've always loved Manhunter. It's very atmospheric and sexy. Especially this song.

[thatguyfromImpanema]

@twistedwhiskers123 twisted whiskers would have been a great name for this "song"......... ;-)

[mokatel]

@twistedwhiskers123 so true

[mrsszmanda07]

Manhunter is on my top 10 movies of all time...the reason I watched it was because Im a HUGE fan of William Petersen...have been since the age of 10..Im 15 now...so Manhunter for the 1st time..on the 23rd of December 07...I love it so much

[mrsszmanda07]

*saw

[isaachaze1]

well, i'm assuming you've seen to live and die in L.A. as well. if you haven't, you really should :)

[mrsszmanda07]

Yeah Ive seen it! :)

Brilliant movie! :) you seen it?!

[isaachaze1]

of course; i really like it :). kind of feel like a michael mann movie too, even though it's not. you might like some non-william petersen michael mann movies like heat. cheers :)

[mrsszmanda07]

Yeah Ive seen Heat! friggin awesome in my opinion! :)

[okkiejam]

what are your other top 9 movies? i'm curieus ;)

[mrsszmanda07]

Well they arent really in order lmfao..but anyway..

The Breakfast Club

To Live and Die in LA

Pretty in Pink

Moonwalker

This Is It

St.Elmos Fire

How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days

& The Wiz

lol..I love 80s movies to be honest lol

[psykosel]

the wiz was 79, how to lose a guy was 2006, this is it 2009

[mrsszmanda07]

@psykosel Yes I know the years,but I love 80s movies thats what I said lol

How To Lose a Guy was 2002 by the way

[MrCreativeperson]

love it

[shadowbot09]

Brilliant ambience amazing composition

[HHFlowers]

So much of Shriekback's music is like this....especially older stuff.

Barry Andrews called Shriekmusic "primordial swamp music"

Aint it the truth!

[jaksad]

I love this tune, I love the movie. This was uploaded on my birthday lol. Nice! x

[Brady2k10]

this is some eerie shit

[HHFlowers]

YEah, eerie and awesomely brillaint.

You might want to check out their albums Care, and this one...Oil and Gold.

Also I love BIG NIGHT MUSIC!

[clouddancerss]

I thought this was played on a Shakahachi flute?

[Silks]

Might be. The pan flute and shaku, from pieces I've heard, sound similar. Maybe the shakuhachi has a lower register and deeper tone? If so, then this is probably a shaku.

[ripley450]

Great great movie, soundtrack, photography... mann is a genius.

[9645girl]

Great meditation music!

[jcatony]

Absolute classic. Is it possible to get this soundtrack on CD?

[9645girl]

It's on Oil and Gold.

[jcatony]

Just acquired a copy.

[billionear]

Beautiful, dim, soft, cold, alone, eternal.

"In life we are gods in death we are mortals."

[Brady2k10]

wooo creepy...

[ripalte]

the pan flute always means business

[Silks]

I concur. Who played it in this?

[godadameve]

If I'm not mistaken, this particular track incorporates an extensive use of the FAIRLIGHT Synth/Computer system (the Ocarina-like sound?) which around the time this movie was released (1985/1986?) was EXTREMELY popular. Used by Peter Gabriel on his SO LP, as well as by Herbie Hancock, Jan Hammer, etc...

[xwin9]

yes also listen to the soundtrack to the movie legend by trangerine dream.

[kyokogodai]

Just finished watching the movie. Bought the collector's DVD's back a few years ago. Would so love the soundtrack. But, thankfully, you posted music here. Thanks!

[Kasigi03]

One of the most beautiful songs ever used in a movie, bar none.

[butterfields]

gracias for uploading

WE OWE YOU AWE!

[NOCHEESTRELLADA101]

Thanks for sharing! I always thought the music used for the 'tiger scene' was from Kitaro. Due to your post i learned it's from Shriekback..this song is on the Oil&Gold album.

[paul75024]

yup... tiger scene. big fangs... used to watch that movie alot back in the day. Used to have a cassette of the soundtrack but chunked it... now looking to find the music again... thanks for the post!

[TelandKylie2006]

It was mate, brilliant song to a brilliant film

[Eurotrash4367]

I think this was playing during the Tiger scene.