Psych-Rock Spidey
by Frank Santoro
Sunday, May 2, 2010
I am obsessed with the music from the animated 1967 Spider-Man cartoons. Not the theme music but the background music. Part jazz, part James Brown soul, part psychedelic rock—it’s all a big mash-up of styles that marvels the ears and makes me dance around. Anyways, Bill Boichel and I have been trying to track down the music sans voices and sound effects for years, but to no avail. Today Bill forwarded me this discovery (which had been sent to him by one of his regulars, Phil Dokes): two blog posts from WFMU’s blog on the subject.
Labels: animation, comics vs. music, Spider-Man
Frank,
I’m going to assume that you’ve heard the record “Spider-Man: From Beyond The Grave.” Correct?
I found this stuff on a blog somewhere.
Can’t remember where.
But here is a somewhat official version.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/spider-sounds-vol-1/id267790456
I shared this, and I’ve been informed there is a yahoo group on this topic which has a great deal more information.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spidey-jazz/messages/1057
It isn’t necessary to join the group to read the posts.
Thanks Pat! And yes, Rob, I remember that record with the comic to follow along.
I’m just obsessed with how the background music was this crazy fusion of styles to fit the mood.
[…] over, Bono and the Edge: Now this is the musical Spider-Man I'm interested in! Cold Heat cartoonist Frank Santoro and retailer Bill Boichel of Pittsburgh's Copacetic Comics bring our attention to a pair of posts on the blog of free-form radio station WFMU, in which the […]
Wow, I was just talking about this music with a friend the other day! This is great.