John Zorn : Filmworks XXIII: el General

John Zorn : Filmworks XXIII: el General
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Eleven cues recorded for a striking documentary focusing on the life of controversial Mexican dictator Plutarco Elias Calles who was called everything from a nunburner to the father of modern Mexico. Beautiful and dramatic, the music is scored for guitar, marimba, accordion/piano and bass and subtly draws upon Mexican, Spanish, minimalist and soundtrack traditions. Zorn’s fifth film score in as many months is a pure delight. Moody and exotic music for a creative and revealing film dealing with truth and the complexity of history!

1. Los Cristeros
2. El General
3. Besos de Sangre
4. Maximato
5. Soviet Mexico
6. Lagrimas Para Ti
7. Mala Suerte
8. Exilio
9. Recuerdos
10. Besos de Sangre (piano trio)
11. Exactamente Eso

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John Zorn: The Last Supper: Filmworks XXII (2008)

One of the strangest films Zorn has ever scored (and that's saying a LOT), The Last Supper is a science fiction/art film of wild imagination and style. The brainchild of French director Arno Bouchard, the film combines primal ritual with futuristic fantasy in images reminiscent of David Lynch or Alexandro Jodorowsky at their most bizarre. Drawing upon the world's first musical instruments (voice and drums), Zorn has created a beautiful and powerful score that simultaneously embraces the sensual and the repellant, the dark and the light, the ancient and the modern.

Personnel:
Cyro Baptista: Percussion
Lisa Bielawa: Voice
John Zorn: Percussion
Caleb Burhans: Voice
Martha Cluver: Voice
Abby Fischer: Voice
Kirsten Sollek: Voice

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John Zorn_FilmworksXXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijks (2008)

2008 proves a busy year for Zorn and film, with this, his third release of soundtrack music. FilmWorks XXI contains two very different film scores for two very different movies—one, a bit of French S/M erotica and the other a documentary about the renovation of the world-famed Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. From baroque minimalism to a sensual fusion of harp, guitar and bass, the cues on FilmWorks XXI are some of the most unique and charming in the entire series, with Belle de Nature being one of Zorn's greatest scores to date.

Personnel:
Cyro Baptista: Percussion
Uri Caine: Harpsichord, Piano
Carol Emanuel: Harp
Marc Ribot: Guitar
Kenny Wollesen: Vibraphone, Chimes, Percussion
John Zorn: Harpsichord, Glass Percussion
Shanir Blumenkranz: Bass

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