Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill

Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill
Soundtrack album by John Zorn
Released 1995 (1995)
Recorded 1992
Genre avant-garde, jazz, classical
Length 34:00
Label Toys Factory, Tzadik
Producer John Zorn
John Zorn's Filmworks chronology
Filmworks 1986–1990
(1991)
Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill
(1995)
Filmworks III: 1990–1995
(1996)

Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill features the second release of scores for film by John Zorn. The album was originally released on the Japanese Toys Factory label in 1995 and subsequently re-released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 1996.[1] It features the music that Zorn wrote and recorded for Trespass which not used in favor of a score by Ry Cooder.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Joslyn Layne awarded the album 2½ stars noting that "Overall, it is very atmospheric, with sections of drawn-out tones that slowly build theater mists in the background of a deserted sense of waiting. Balancing stretches of this kind are sections of bent, mellow country... Lacking contrast, this one is definite background music, and although well done, it is also probably the least interesting of Zorn's film scores".[2]

Professional ratings
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Allmusic [2]

Track listing

  1. "Intro" - 3:07
  2. "I Stole From Jesus Christ" - 0:49
  3. "Gold" - 0:48
  4. "Main Title" - 1:55
  5. "The Building" - 0:56
  6. "Meatlocker" - 0:55
  7. "Pigeons" - 0:52
  8. "Scuffle" - 0:19
  9. "Exploring" - 0:58
  10. "Rattlesnakes (for Sergio Leone)" - 1:43
  11. "Two Interiors" - 0:38
  12. "Stealth" - 0:42
  13. "Action" - 0:48
  14. "Dumping The Body" - 0:34
  15. "The Trunk" - 0:06
  16. "Escape Attempt" - 1:39
  17. "Arrival" - 0:43
  18. "Prying At The Windows" - 0:35
  19. "Arsenal" - 0:54
  20. "King James" - 1:04
  21. "Powerline" - 0:19
  22. "The Magic Of Gold" - 2:25
  23. "Chimney" - 0:23
  24. "Dilemma" - 1:12
  25. "Conspiracy" - 0:45
  26. "The Plot (part one)" - 1:32
  27. "The Plot (part two)" - 0:43
  28. "Heroin Fix" - 2:40
  29. "Lucky Run" - 0:58
  30. "Vengeance Is Mine" - 2:03
  31. "Escape" - 2:00
  32. "Kill Fever" - 1:15
  33. "Outside" - 0:21
  34. "Ending" - 0:50
  35. "Alternate Ending/End Title" - 2:32
  36. "Arsenal Dance Mix" - 3:57
All compositions by John Zorn

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Tzadik catalogue
  2. ^ a b Layne, J. Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2011.