ron geesin with david gilmour - atom heart mother

The book is 120 pages (about half of those pages are pictures) and he doesn’t get to the song until Chapter III. But so here is the full explanation of how the crazy beast (which my high school friend Kevin deemed the number one “seriously drug induced” song) came to be.Įxcept that Geesin has a lot to say about himself first. I actually knew of Geesin from his score with Roger Waters for The Body (a vinyl album I own from when I was really into Floyd, but which I haven’t listened to in decades). The Flaming Cowīig news (to me) is that Ron Geesin created the orchestral score for Pink Floyd’s “Atom heart Mother.” He had nothing to do with side two of the album Atom Heart Mother (although he does say where the album title came from, and shows the proof–the first woman with an atomic pacemaker was in the news that day), but he was instrumental (ha) in creating the 23 minute epic. You can see and hear the extended 2012 version here: Nevertheless, I love that this song has broken free of an obscure Pink Floyd album with a cow on the cover. This version is almost too perfect (although it’s not perfect as you can tell by the guitar solos). I’m fascinated by this version of the song because while it is basically the same (Geesin added a few extra measures for the cello solo), it sounds so “professional.” The original (as the book points out) was kind of slapdash and it has a very loose feel.

This recording of the “Suite” is an extended version that Ron Geesin created for Radio France. And it’s amazing how much I didn’t know about it (which is what this book is for). “Atom Heart Mother” is one of my favorite prog rock songs.

SOUNDTRACK: RON GEESIN & L’ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DE RADIO FRANCE-“Atom Heart Mother Suite” (2012).

Ron geesin with david gilmour - atom heart mother