filmworks III 1990-1995 (1995)
Track Listing:
I. Thieves Quartet (1993)
1. Main Title 1:00
2. The Caper 0:57
3. Cadence 0:15
4. Kidnapping 2:15
5. Doubt 0:19
6. Nocturne 0:26
7. Nocturne 2 0:55
8. Bag Man 2:00
9. The Cop 0:27
10. Nocturne 3 0:55
11. Jukebox 2:45
12. End Titles 4:28
II. Music For Tsunta (1988)
13. music for TSUNTA (Nine cues) 3:31
III. Hollywood Hotel (1994)
14. Main Titles 1:36
15. Washing Machine a 0:26
16. Washing Machine b 0:39
17. Night Hotel 1:17
18. Japanese Tourists 1:54
19. Night Hotel 2 1:18
20. Objects 3:16
21. Night Hotel 3 1:00
22 Rooftop Death Rattle 0:59
23. Taiwan 3:48
24. End Titles 1:50
IV. Music For Weiden and Kennedy (1990-1995)
25. Holland 0:16
26. Canada 0:31
27. France 0:16
28. Germany 0:33
29. Sweden. 0:30
30. USA 0:28
31. Canada 2 0:15
32. Sweden 2 0:15
33. Italy 0:14
34. Great Lobby 0:33
35. Wheelchair Races 0:42
36. Logo 0:14
37. Secret Code 0:34
38. Secret Code 2 1:0 4
39. Don't Break 0:40
40. Don't Break 2 1:09
41. Footnotes 0:35
42. Footnotes 2 1:10
43. Retraction 0:41
44. Retraction 2 1:15
45. Protest 0:39
46. Protest 2 1:13
47. Launch 0:43
48. Launch 2 1:14
49. Elevator 0:40
50. Elevator 2 1:09
51. Fiance 0:39
52. Fiance 2 1:13
53. Around The World 1:06
54. Batman 0:32
55. Abstract Woman 0:35
56. Mystic Woman 0:33
Personnel
Marc Ribot: Guitars (III)(IV-25,28, 35, 37-52, 54-56)
Robert Quine: Guitar (I - 11)(IV-30, 34, 35, 37-56)
Joey Baron - Drums (I)(IV-33, 54-56)
Greg Cohen - Bass (I)(IV-33)
Dave Douglas - Trumpet (I)
Arto Lindsay - Guitar, Voice (IV-27, 28)
Ikue Mori - Drum Machines (IV-28, 53)
Keith Underwood - Flute (IV-29, 32)
Anthony Coleman - Organ (IV-33, 34) Keyboards (IV-54-56)
Kermit Driscoll - Bass (IV - 25)
Bill Frisell - Guitar, Banjo (II)
Peter Scherer - keyboards (II)(IV-26, 31)
Carol Emanuel - Harp (II) (IV -25,26, 29, 31,32)
Christian Marclay -- Turntables (II)
David Hofstra - Bass, Tuba (II)
Ciro Baptista - percussion, voice (II)(IV-25, 31, 34, 36, 37-56)
Bobby Previte - Drums, Percussion (II)
David Shea - Samples (IV-26, 30, 31, 35, 37-53)
Bill Laswell - Bass (IV-30)
Guy Klucevsek - Accordion (IV-33)
Chris Wood - Bass (IV-35, 37-52, 54-56)
Jill Jaffe - Viola (IV-29, 32)
Miguel Frasconi - Glass Harmonica (IV-29, 32)
Sim Cain - Drums (IV-35)
Eric Friedlander - Cello (IV-53-56)
John Zorn - Alto Saxophone (I)(III)(IV-54-56), Piano (I -12)
Production
All Music Composed and arranged by John Zorn
Produced by John Zorn
'Thieves' recorded and mixed by Jason Baker at Shelley Palmer Studio, NYC, July 1993
'Tsunta' recorded and mixed by Jason Baker at Shelley Palmer Studio, NYC, February 1988
'Hollywood' recorded and mixed by Brooks Williams at Harmonic Ranch, NYC, April 21, 1994
'Weiden' recorded and mixed by Jason Baker at Shelley Palmer Studio, NYC - (25-33) November 1990, (34) March 1992, (35-36) August 25, 1993,
- (37-52) May 13, 1994, (53) November 3, 1994, (54-56) January 24, 1990
Mastering by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital, NYC
Music For Weiden and Kennedy used by permission
Cover Design by Tomoyo T.L. (Karath = Razar)
Notes by John Zorn
Typesetting by Lisa Wells
All photos courtesy of the directors (used by permission)
Special Thanks to Joe, Kirk, Mei-Juin, Weiden and Kennedy (Bill, Amy, Dan), Jason, Steve Shelley and all the musicians involved
TZADIK Blurb
From the fragmented cut-ups of Zorn's long-form compositions and the short intense blasts of Naked City's Torture Garden, Zorn forged a name for himself as a musical miniaturist. Filmworks III contains 25 cues commissioned by Portland's vanguard advertising agency Weidman & Kennedy for 15-to-60 second TV commercials directed by, among others, Godard, Cronenberg, Sven Nykquist, and Industrial Light & Magic.
This star-studded spectacular includes the first recordings by the band that would later become Masada, a bizarre Zorn/Ribot duo, and nine rediscovered demo tracks for Zorn's rara avis: the soundtrack to the Japanese cartoon Cynical Hysterie Hour.
Series: Filmworks, Archival Series
Catalogue Number: TZ7309
Release Date:
1995 - EVVA Records - EVVA 33006
1997 - Tzadik Records