Tangerine Dream – Sorcerer (1977)

July 13, 2024

This soundtrack recording is a bit of a novelty when approaching Tangerine Dream chronologically, because Sorcerer is far closer to a “traditional” album than anything they had done before. Short, isolated pieces of work make up the runtime instead of the longer, sprawling tracks, and it feels like a more active approach was taken to instrumentation; more anxious and suspenseful use of melodies and electronic noises sometimes create an almost hellish and frightening listening landscape. It’s not exactly the introspective, spacey synth masterpiece I was hoping for, but Sorcerer is an interesting piece of work all the same.