1982 The Wall is it original?

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Curious to know if Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' movie from 1982 , is the soundtrack 'note to note' identical to the album from 1979, or was it remixed or remastered or redone for the Movie soundtrack?.. Did Roger Waters and Pink Floyd re-record their masterpiece 1979 The Wall for the 1982 Movie?
I know that 'When Tigers are Free' was submitted to the soundtrack, but what about the movie souindtrack music in general, was it just taken from the masters??
 
Yeah, tell any record exec, especially in 1982, that your going to re-record a 25 song album for a movie and they'll cry bullshit faster than you can think. I'm sure that all of the music for the film came from the album's original masters. There may have been some arabient scene music added, but I don't think they tampered with the album.
 
There are certain things that were re-recorded or remixed for the movie but not too much. There are a couple of songs that are sung by Bob Geldof instead of Roger Waters (I believe "Empty Spaces" is one) for example. Also the version of "Mother" that's in the movie is pretty different from the album version, though for all know it could just be an alternate take from the original recording sessions.
 
Soundtrack

Song changes from album:Track Changes
When the Tigers Broke Free 1 New song
In the Flesh? Extended/re-mixed/lead vocal re-recorded by Geldof
The Thin Ice Extended/re-mixed with additional piano overdub in second verse
Another Brick in the Wall 1 Unchanged
When the Tigers Broke Free 2 New song
Goodbye Blue Sky Re-mixed (moved positions)
The Happiest Days of Our Lives Re-mixed
Another Brick in the Wall 2 Re-mixed with extra lead guitar, children's chorus part edited and shortened, teacher's lines re-recorded by Alex McAvoy and interspersed within children's chorus portion
Mother Re-recorded completely with exception of guitar solo. Lyrics changed into a more narrative-oriented style to work as film music e.g. "Is it just a waste of time?" became "Am I really dying?".
Empty Spaces Dropped in favour of "What Shall We Do Now?"
What Shall We Do Now? An alternate version of "Empty Spaces"
Young Lust Unchanged, but with screams added and phone call part removed.
One of My Turns Re-mixed
Don't Leave Me Now Shortened
Another Brick in the Wall 3 Re-recorded completely with a faster tempo
Goodbye Cruel World Unchanged
Hey You Deleted as Waters and Parker felt the footage was too repetitive (80 per cent of the footage appears in montage sequences elsewhere) , but available as a scratched black and white work print on the DVD version as the original film elements had been destroyed
Is There Anybody Out There? Classical guitar re-recorded
Nobody Home Vocals re-mixed
Vera Slower tempo and re-mixed
Bring the Boys Back Home Re-recorded completely with brass band and Welsh male vocal choir extended and Roger Waters' lead vocals removed[
Comfortably Nurab Re-mixed with screams added. Bass line partially different from album
The Show Must Go On Not included.
In the Flesh Re-recorded completely with brass band and Bob Geldof on lead vocals
Run Like Hell Re-mixed and shortened.
Waiting for the Worms Shortened but with extended coda
Stop Re-recorded completely with Geldof unaccompanied on lead vocals. (The audio in the background of this scene is from Gary Yudman's introduction from The Wall Live at Earl's Court.)
The Trial Re-mixed
Outside the Wall Re-recorded completely with brass band and Welsh male voice choir. Extended.
 
Some of the versions are actually better than the album versions or maybe it's because seeing images with the songs that makes them seem that way. I have virtually all that you can get for Floyd re:outakes, alternative versions etc but I would love to get hold of a version of the album soundtrack but it's never been released.
 
The Trial is even greater when watching the movie, and so is One Of My Turns.
Hey You also has a very powerful scene in the movie, if i recall correctly...
 
I actually have a bootleg of it that I've had for ages but for some unknown reason I've never been able to convert it to mp3s without having this weird digital static throughout every track.
 
I was bummed that Waiting for the Worms was edited down because that's one of my favorite songs from the album, it also sucks that Hey You wasn't used because that's the best song.

My opinions very on the alternate song versions, Mother and Young Lust aren't as good as on the album, and Geldof's vocals for In The Flesh? and In the Flesh are well... unintentionally hilarious. Though hearing the riff being played by an orchestra and made to sound like a Nazi anthem is pretty cool.

The best change to the sound track is the addition of What Shall We Do Now, it totally caught me by surprise when I first watched the movie, totally should have been on the actual album.

Anyway, I still love The Wall, and the movie really did it justice, Alan Parker and Gerald Scarfe provided just the right kind of imagery that fit perfectly with the music. Though it goes without saying that the best parts are the animated bits by Scarfe, it kinda makes me wish the whole movie was animated.

Actually, if they remade The Wall as an animated film that would be awesome, as long as it's not CGI. A stop motion version would be badass, get someone like Henry Selick to do it.
 
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