After the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Waters launched an all-star benefit show in 1990 (released as The Wall: Live in Berlin), a not unsubtle nod to WWII, and by the time he re-created Floyd’s 1980 production as a solo tour in the 2010s, it had become a full-fledged, all-purpose antiwar piece. Waters eventually emphasized the opera’s origins as the loss of his father in World War II. Surprisingly, Alan Parker’s 1982 film never had an accompanying soundtrack - its one original song, “When the Tigers Broke Free,” appeared as a 7″ but never made its way into live shows as it happens, the 1982 film only existed because an attempted concert film fell apart (Is There Anybody Out There?, a 2000 double CD, excavated live recordings from 1980-1981) - but that movie loomed nearly as large in the legend of The Wall as the original double album, crystallizing it as an anthem of angst. Roger Waters The Wall is the second theatrical film adapted from Pink Floyd’s 1979 concept album The Wall, which makes this 2015 soundtrack the fourth official full-length rendition of Roger Waters’ rock opera to be released.
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