Track Listing

1. The Godfather
2. Der Golem
3. Experiment In Terror
4. One Step Beyond
5. Night Of The Hunter (Remix)
6. Cape Fear
7. Rosemary's Baby
8. The Devil Rides Out (Remix)
9. Spider Baby
10. The Omen (Ave Satani)
11. Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
12. Vendetta
13. Untitled
14. Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion
15. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
16. Charade

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45617 in Music
• Released on: 2001-07-10
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Fantomas is the supergroup made up of Mike Patton (Mr Bungle, Faith No More), Buzz Osbourne (Melvins), Dave Lombardo (ex-Slayer, Gripp, Inc) and Trevor Dunn ( Mr Bungle). This CD is composed of music from motion picture soundtracks, as interpreted by Fantomas. 15 tracks. 2001 release.

Amazon.com
Film music and the artier end of the rock spectrum have enjoyed a slightly bent connection since the early '80s, when the noir-savvy California new wavers of Wall of Voodoo made clear Ennio Morricone's influence on their work. Fantomas's second album, The Director's Cut, is in that somewhat playful spirit. The all-star ensemble--ex-Faith No More frontman Mike Patton with members of Slayer, the Melvins, and Patton's Mr. Bungle--adapts disturbing (or at least spooky) themes by Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, Morricone, and others. The bruising but often campy (there is no track 13) result works more often than you'd expect; Nino Rota's Godfather and Harry Lubin's (TV) One Step Beyond excerpts are put through more than effective paces. It's clear that, despite the occasional (inadvertent?) Iron Maiden homage, Patton and friends have no interest in keeping a straight face on this. That's fine, but Patton's goofy lyrical interjections on several of these tunes turns them into not-very-funny cartoons. Still, it's the rare sympathetic listener who won't be driven to check out obscure flicks like Der Golem and The Devil Rides Out. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

eh,cool
im not really a big fan of mike patton really the only time i liked him was with dillinger escape plan but then i heard songs like rosemary's baby and experiment in terror and decided to check this band out.Unlike his other bands this doesn't have any crap like rap or hip hop right?His vocals are awesome well only when he screams cause im more into that but the other singing is cool too not into the jazz thing tough,so check this out you will probably like it i mostly just listen to rosemary's baby and the other few songs.

Two good tracks
If you've heard Rosemary's baby and Experiment in Terror which you can listen to on thier myspace.. the rest of the cd is eah. THe vocals are good. The screamy noisy parts could be skipped. The music is good, but. Only those two tracks stand out in my mind. I would be semi interested in listeing to another cd, but I'd rather download it..

a wonderful nightmare
mike patton`s fantomas,the director`s cut,is a masterpiece of mayhem.fantomas is as diverse as mike pattons vocal range,to me, the best singer, songwriter of our era.you `ll be hard pressed to describe these masters of chaos,i would suggest listening to a few tracks before buying, but every song is different and demented in it`s own way,if your sick of predictable music,give this one a chance,