''Aguirre'' is the seventh album by

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band Popol Vuh. It contains music used in the soundtrack to Werner Herzog's film '' Aguirre, the Wrath of God'' (1972), first released as an album in 1975 on Ohr, and reissued in 2004 by SPV with one bonus track. This score was the first of many filmic collaborations between the group and Herzog. Only two tracks ("Aguirre I" and "Aguirre II") are from the film; the rest were gathered from various recordings done by the group during the period 1972–74, including alternative versions of two songs ("Morgengruß II" and "Agnus Dei") originally released on the band's 1974 album, ''

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Florian Fricke except track number 2 composed by Daniel Fichelscher.

Personnel

Florian Fricke Florian Fricke (23 February 1944 – 29 December 2001) was a German musician who started his professional career with electronic music using the Moog synthesizer within the krautrock group Popol Vuh. His music and that of the band however soon e ...

– piano (on track 4),

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, Choir-Organ (on tracks 1, 3, 5, and (on SPV release only) 6) *

Daniel Fichelscher Daniel "Danny" Secundus Fichelscher, (born 3 July 1953 in Berlin), is a German multi-instrumentalist who played a pivotal role in Krautrock band Popol Vuh, was a member of the German group Gila and is currently Amon Düül II's drummer. Fichelsch ...

– electric guitar (on tracks 2, 3, and 4),

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

(on tracks 2, 3 and 4),

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(on track 4) * Djong Yun – vocals *

Robert Eliscu The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

– oboe (on track 4),

pan pipe A pan flute (also known as panpipes or syrinx) is a musical instrument based on the principle of the closed tube, consisting of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length (and occasionally girth). Multiple varieties of pan flutes have been ...

(on track 1, part b Flöte", (also believed to be playing) flute (on track 4) * Holger Trülzsch (uncredited) – African and Turkish percussion ( n SPV releaseon track 6) * Conny Veit (uncredited, but believed to be there) – Electric guitar (on tracks 1 and 3)

Cover versions

Dernière Volonté Dernière Volonté (Last Will, in English) is the name under which French musician Geoffroy D writes his own music. Throughout an 'industrial' early period, Geoffroy tended to write a fusion of martial music and dark ambient. Choosing to focus o ...

– "Der Zorn Gottes" from the album ''Le Feu Sacré''

References

External links

* http://www.furious.com/perfect/populvuh2.html (Comprehensive article & review of every album) * http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/thebookofseth/popol-vuh-music-from-the-film-aguirre * https://web.archive.org/web/20080119184752/http://www.enricobassi.it/popvuhdiscografia70.htm (featuring the original credits) * http://www.venco.com.pl/~acrux/aguirre.htm * Drama film soundtracks Popol Vuh (band) soundtracks 1975 soundtrack albums {{1970s-album-stub