Nosferatu is the eleventh album by Popol Vuh and was released by Egg in France as the original motion picture soundtrack of Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht by director Werner Herzog. It was originally released in 1978 as On the Way to a Little Way. 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 "Mantra" – 6:14 "Morning Sun Rays" – 3:20 "Venus Principle" – 4:39 "Mantra II" – 5:22 "Auf dem Weg - On the Way" - 3:20 (bonus track - only on vinyl reissue) "On the Way" – 4:02 "Through Pain To Heaven" – 3:46 "To a Little Way" – 2:34 "Zwiesprache der Rohrflöte mit der Sängerin" – 3:20 "Die Nacht der Himmel" – 4:50 "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
Notes Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth has been known to use "Through Pain to Heaven" as their entrance music for live concerts.
References
External links
http://www.furious.com/perfect/populvuh.html (Comprehensive article & review of every album, in English) https://web.archive.org/web/20080119184752/http://www.enricobassi.it/popvuhdiscografia70.htm (featuring the original credits) http://www.venco.com.pl/~acrux/nosferat.htm