Pink Floyd:
 
David Gilmour (vocals, guitar,)
Roger Waters (vocals, bass,)
Richard Wright (keyboards,vocals)
Nick Mason (drums,)
 

OBSCURED BY CLOUDS is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. 

Directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Bulle Ogier and Jean Pierre Kalfon, 
the movie was originally known as "La Vallee".



The last in Pink Floyd's series of '70s film-inspired works, OBSCURED BY CLOUDS, 
like much of the band's music, has a cinematic feel. 

In retrospect, however, the album sounds like a warm-up for, or even a collection of 
high quality outtakes from Floyd's next and greatest album, DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. 

The opening (title) track is the sort of proto-ambient music that Pink Floyd helped pioneer and, with its spooky slide guitar, sounds uncannily like some of Eno's work with U2. 

After another instrumental, the album takes a more traditional, song-based turn and the next seven tunes cover a dizzyingly diverse array of styles, from stomping, Grand Funk-style hard rock to gentle ballads like "Burning Bridges" (which recalls Hendrix's "Little Wing") and "Stay." 

"Childhood's End," a funky psychedelic number, sounds like a work-in-progress version of 
DARK SIDE's "Time." 

David Gilmour, especially, is in top form on OBSCURED. 

Whether creating Robert Fripp-esque soundscapes or blistering Clapton-style blues solos, Gilmour always plays for the song, effortlessly walking the thin line between guitar hero and ensemble musician. 

Throughout, the band weaves a beautiful, yet decidedly un-flashy,
tapestry of sound that makes for a subtle, varied and ultimately essential Pink Floyd album.