The nautical hard rock supergroup featuring members of Tool, Mastodon, and Dethklok deliver the thrills of a big-budget B-movie with the might of a broadside cannon.
A 1949 15-song session for the newly formed Atlantic Records resulted in the initial release of only two songs: "Kill It Kid" and "Broke Down Engine Blues." The music was forgotten until nearly 20 years later. McTell is mostly solo, in excellent form, and vividly captured on acoustic 12-string.
The Wicker Man is a stunning soundtrack. Paul Giovanni, together with obscuro folk group Magnet, uses flutes, lyres, harmonicas, and guitars in a mixture of original and traditional material to create a mysterious and sinister world that comes to life apart from the film. His background scoring has a medieval feel, all appropriate to the story, set on a mysterious Scottish isle where the inhabitants retain pagan rituals.