Rivers and Tides (soundtrack)

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For the film of the same name, see Rivers and Tides.

Professional reviews
Rivers and Tides

Soundtrack by Fred Frith
Released	2003
Recorded	Germany, 2002
Genre	Chamber music Experimental music
Length	40:51
Label	Winter & Winter (Germany)
Producer(s)	Fred Frith
All Music Guide link
Fred Frith chronology
Prints (2002)	Rivers and Tides (2003)	Eye to Ear II (2004)

Rivers and Tides: Working with Time is a soundtrack by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, of the 2001 Anglo-German documentary film, Rivers and Tides by Thomas Riedelsheimer about the British landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.

Frith composed all the music for the soundtrack and incorporated sound clips of water from the film in the final mix. The music has been described as chamber ^[1] and features Frith and a German trio of Karoline Höfler, Bernd Settelmeyer and Wolfgang Stryi.

In a review of the album, All Music Guide had this to say of Frith: "Rivers and Tides demonstrates that Frith is not only a skewed pop genius and fearless improviser, but a remarkably empathetic soundtrack composer as well." ^[2]

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Sound and art work
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Part I" (Frith) – 10:08
"Part II" (Frith) – 3:10
"Part III" (Frith) – 2:22
"Part IV" (Frith) – 1:25
"Part V" (Frith) – 4:40
"Part VI" (Frith) – 4:15
"Part VII" (Frith) – 11:31
"Part VIII" (Frith) – 3:20

[edit] Personnel

Fred Frith – guitar, samples, violin, piano, berimbao
Karoline Höfler – double bass
Bernd Settelmeyer – percussion
Wolfgang Stryi – soprano saxophone, bass clarinet

[edit] Sound and art work

Digitally recorded and mixed at Jankowski Tonstudio, Esslingen, Germany, July 8-9, 2002
- Engineered by Peter Hardt
Digital re-mixing and mastering at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany, January 30-31, 2003
- Engineered by Adrian von Ripka with Stefan Winter
Art and photography by Andy Goldsworthy
Prints by Peter Postel

[edit] References

^ Waxman, Ken. Fred Frith, Rivers and Tides. Jazzword reviews. Retrieved on 2007-02-13.
^ Westergaard, Sean. Rivers and Tides: Working With Time. AllMusic.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-13.

[edit] External links

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Bands
Art Bears • Henry Cow • Keep the Dog • Massacre • Skeleton Crew Death Ambient • Fred Frith Guitar Quartet • French Frith Kaiser Thompson Aksak Maboul • Material • Naked City
Solo discography
Guitar Solos (1974) • Gravity (1980) • Speechless (1981) • Live in Japan (1982) • Cheap at Half the Price (1983) • Quartets (1994) • Eye to Ear (1997) • Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire (1999) • Clearing (2001) • Prints (2002) • Eye to Ear II (2004) • Eleventh Hour (2005)
Music for Dance: The Technology of Tears (1988) • Allies (1996) • The Previous Evening (1997) • Accidental (2002) • The Happy End Problem (2006)
Soundtracks: The Top of His Head (1989) • Step Across the Border (1990) • Middle of the Moment (1995) • Rivers and Tides (2003)
Composer only: Pacifica (1998) • Freedom in Fragments (2002) • Impur (2006)
Related articles
Fred Frith discography • Fred Records