

Walter Samuel
Abridged analytical notes on the film music of Klaus Harmony.
Hamburg, 1997 |
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Get Off Marta, I Don't Dig You, 1971

Not until The Ladies Man (1977) did Friedrich Wohlfäht again devise such a fresh and inventive opening sequence as that of Die Grosse Brustwarze Karnival (1971). Consisting entirely of one rear facing shot which follows Filbert (Jenk Falstaff) swaggering through the streets of Utrecht, the first three minutes sees the 'Albino Casanova' greeting acquaintances and wooing dozens of young women while trying to rid himself of the ugly girl who makes increasingly desperate attempts to attract his attention. Indeed, alarming though the character's appearance was at first viewing, it was not long before white afro hair and a white three piece suit, along with the distinctive red eye patch, became a much coveted look among the young men of northern Europe. The music is joyous, Klaus Harmony, possibly at his finest and most original, employing antiphonal, interlocking rhythms and an audacious combination of saxophone and Moog synthesizer in one of his most ebullient melodies.
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