Nosferatu (Popol Vuh album)



Nosferatu is the eleventh album by Popol Vuh and was released as the original motion picture soundtrack of Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht by director Werner Herzog. It was originally released in 1978 on Egg. In 2004 SPV re-released the album with a slightly different track list and adding four tracks originally released on the Popol Vuh album Brüder des Schattens – Söhne des Lichts.

Track listing
1. "Mantra" – 6:14 2. "Morning Sun Rays" – 3:20 3. "Venus Principle" – 4:39 4. "Mantra II" – 5:22 5. Auf dem Weg - On the Way - 3:20 (bonus track - only on vinyl reissue) 6. "On the Way" – 4:02 7. "Through Pains To Heaven" – 3:46 8. "To a Little Way" – 2:34 9. "Zwiesprache der Rohrflöte mit der Sängerin" – 3:20 10. "Die Nacht der Himmel" – 4:50 11. "Der Ruf der Rohrflöte" – 3:39

CD and vinyl reissues altered this track listing slightly.

Personnel

 * Florian Fricke – piano, Moog synthesizer
 * Daniel Fichelscher – E-guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion


 * Guest musicians
 * Robert Eliscu – oboe
 * Alois Gromer – sitar
 * Ted de Jong – tamboura
 * A chorus from Munich

Credits
Recorded at Bavaria Studio, Munich, August 1978

Produced by Gerhard Augustin