The Director's Cut

• Artist: Fantômas
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• Release Date: July 10, 2001
• Genre: Rock

Review

Fantomas stand with their feet planted horizontally across the soft dimensions of your face, warping the shape of your skull and shoulders with their off-color explosions. With expectations withering on the floor, leaving a viscous stink, nothing in their hands is concrete. As a follow-up to their 30-song debut, throughout which vocalist Mike Patton never formed a single actual word, Fantomas offer these 16 new creations, all realigned versions of film soundtracks, ranging from the notorious theme to Rosemary's Baby to the obscure and peculiar wank of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. While there are many similarities to the dispersed flip-flopping styles of their earlier work, The Director's Cut breaks new ground with a thick jagged axe. First, most noticeably, are the even more varied vocal stylings; Patton's sweet croon on "Experiment in Terror" is nothing you've heard before from him on a Fantomas recording, along with many of the other croaking, spitting, pissing, screaming noises he excretes. Yet another testament to the unabashed genius of Mike Patton and his co-conspirators, leaving those caught up in the rapture with mouths even more full with thick drool. ~ Blake Butler, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Godfather (Theme)	Nino Rota	Fantômas	(2:46)
Der Golem	Karl-Ernst Sasse	Fantômas	(2:38)
Experiment in Terror	Henry Mancini	Fantômas	(2:40)
One Step Beyond	Harry Lubin	Fantômas	(2:58)
Night of the Hunter [Remix]	Walter Schumann	Fantômas	(:58)
Cape Fear	Bernard Herrmann	Fantômas	(1:48)
Rosemary's Baby		Fantômas	(3:20)
The Devil Rides Out [Remix]		Fantômas	(1:38)
Spider Baby	Ronald Stein	Fantômas	(2:26)
The Omen [Ave Satani]	Jerry Goldsmith	Fantômas	(1:49)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer	A. McNaughton	Fantômas	(3:08)
Vendetta	John Barry	Fantômas	(1:59)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion	Ennio Morricone	Fantômas	(:04)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion	Ennio Morricone	Fantômas	(4:00)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me	Angelo Badalamenti	Fantômas	(3:28)
Charade	Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer	Fantômas	(3:04)

Credits

Trevor Dunn (Band), George Horn (Mastering), Dave Lombardo (Band), Mike Patton (Arranger), Mike Patton (Band), Mike Patton (Producer), Mike Patton (Artwork), Mike Patton (Adaptation), Desmond Shea (Assistant), Buzz Osborne (Band), S. "Husky" Hoskulds (Engineer), S. "Husky" Hoskulds (Mixing), Fantômas (Main Performer)

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