Walter Samuel
Abridged analytical notes on the film music of Klaus Harmony.
Hamburg, 1997
In sharp contrast to the opening cue of Die Grosse Brustwarze Karnival in the form of Mother Thrust, Cycling Teens in Love, explores the happy freedoms enjoyed by the young people of the countryside. Wohlfäht portrays this with a sequence in which young friends enjoying a bicycle ride, venture into a barn, seeking shelter from a storm. The outcome is an unforeseen and intensely sensual interlude in which the two explore each other's sexuality, sheltered in a haystack. This is beautifully underscored by Klaus Harmony’s employment of an extensive 'Utrecht Walze' or 'Utrecht Roller' over some 64 bars. Notably, the piece also features an exquisitely executed electric guitar obbligato by Heino Hoffmann.