Nosferatu (Popol Vuh album)

Nosferatu is the eleventh album by Popol Vuh and was released 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

 * 1) "Mantra" – 6:14
 * 2) "Morning Sun Rays" – 3:20
 * 3) "Venus Principle" – 4:39
 * 4) "Mantra II" – 5:22
 * 5) "Auf dem Weg - On the Way" - 3:20 (bonus track - only on vinyl reissue)
 * 6) "On the Way" – 4:02
 * 7) "Through Pain To Heaven" – 3:46
 * 8) "To a Little Way" – 2:34
 * 9) "Zwiesprache der Rohrflöte mit der Sängerin" – 3:20
 * 10) "Die Nacht der Himmel" – 4:50
 * 11) "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