AGUIRRE

A solid soundtrack album from Popol Vuh, though I do think that as an album it doesn't hang together as well as those they composed as an album. With a mixture of music from the film and off-cuts from around the same era, it's perfectly pleasant, and the title track is fantastic with its combination of transcendent Mellotron chords and distorted piping. But at the same time, I think the music here works better in its original context in the film than as something to listen to separately from Werner Herzog's gorgeous rainforest imagery. Still, it's a good purchase for any Popol Vuh fan.