I’ve finally tracked down a copy of the soundtrack for The Wicker Man, featuring lots of great proto-psych-folk from Paul Giovanni and Magnet — as the Wikipedia article says:

This mix of songs contributes to the film’s atmosphere, contrasting rabble-rousing songs that depict the island’s community like “The Landlord’s Daughter” and the child-sung “Maypole” with the sinister “Fire Leap” and the erotic “Willow’s Song” before culminating in the islanders’ chilling rendition of the profane Middle English “Sumer Is Icumen In”.

Chilling is the word — every tune laden with a hefty dose of pagan terror. It’s great.

Corn Rigs

Willow’s Song

Festival / Mirie It Is / Sumer Is A-Cumen In

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