Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries

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Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries
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Soundtrack album by John Zorn
Released 2002
Recorded 2002
Genre Avant-garde, jazz, classical
Length61:14
Label Tzadik TZ 7340
Producer John Zorn
Filmworks chronology
Filmworks XI: Secret Lives
(2002)		Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries
(2002)		 Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide
(2002)
John Zorn chronology
Filmworks XI: Secret Lives
(2002)		Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries
(2002)		 Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide
(2002)

Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries is an album containing three scores by John Zorn for documentary films released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2002. [1] It features music that Zorn wrote and recorded for Homecoming (2002), a tribute documentary about the dance program at Performance Space 122 in New York by Charles Dennis, Shaolin Ulysses (2002) a film by Mei-Juin Chen and Martha Burr that follows Shaolin monks living and training in the United States, and Family Found (2002), a portrait of outsider artist Morton Bartlett which was directed by Emily Harris.

John Zorn American composer, saxophonist and bandleader

John Zorn is an American composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and improvised music. He incorporates diverse styles in his compositions, which he identifies as avant-garde or experimental. Zorn was described by Down Beat as "one of our most important composers".

Tzadik Records American record label

Tzadik Records is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a not-for-profit, cooperative record label.

Charles Dennis Canadian actor

Charles Dennis is a Canadian actor, playwright, radio actor, journalist, author, director, and screenwriter.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars noting that "The music here is, not unexpectedly, all over the map, but Zorn's focus is not; he is a keen student of the image, and listening to the way he crafts his music for the movies is more than a little revealing of his intensely methodological approach to seeing both the image as it unfolds and the music itself as it tends carefully to the projected frame... Zorn's Film Works volumes keep on coming, with each one being more complex, asking more questions, and composed more beautifully than the last. This is among the finest recordings of his music ever released". [2]

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Track listing

  1. "Vocal Phase" - 3:49
  2. "The Lips At Sway" - 5:07
  3. "The Well Tuned Harmonica" - 1:35
  4. "Dance Piece" - 2:10
  5. "Midnight Flight" - 2:12
  6. "Chippy Charm" - 1:35
  7. "Shaolin Spirit" - 3:01
  8. "Bamboo Forest" - 1:24
  9. "Shaolin Ulysses" - 2:00
  10. "Shaolin Bossa" - 3:16
  11. "Travelling West" - 2:43
  12. "Temple Song" (traditional) - 2:25
  13. "Shaolin Family" - 1:16
  14. "Nostalgia" - 0:54
  15. "Shaolin Mambo" - 2:57
  16. "Transition" - 1:25
  17. "Shaolin Bossa" (fast) - 2:22
  18. "Vegas" - 1:03
  19. "Kung Fu Percussion" - 1:50
  20. "Shaolin Spirit" (duo) - 5:12
  21. "Shaolin Bossa Vibe" - 1:54
  22. "Shaolin Dream" - 1:43
  23. "Shaolin Ulysses" (end titles) - 2:10
  24. "Family Found" (vocal) - 2:33
  25. "Family Found" (solo arco) - 1:09
  26. "Family Found" (solo pizz) - 0:46
  27. "Family Found" (cello) - 2:31
All Music by John Zorn (except 12 - arranged by John Zorn)

Personnel

Mark Feldman American violinist

Mark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.

Jennifer Charles American musician

Jennifer Charles is an American singer, musician, composer, and poet. Along with Oren Bloedow, she co-founded the New York band Elysian Fields.

Jamie Saft is a keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer living in Upstate New York. Saft was born in New York City, New York in 1971 and is a graduate of both Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music. He has performed and recorded with an eclectic variety of notable artists including John Zorn, Wadada Leo Smith, Roswell Rudd, Iggy Pop, Bad Brains, B-52s, Beastie Boys, Donovan, Steve Swallow, Bobby Previte, Marc Ribot, Marshall Allen, Bernard Purdie, Joe Morris, Derek Bailey, Dave Lombardo, Bill Laswell, Cyro Baptista, Chuck Hammer, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Dave Douglas & Merzbow. He has also written several original film scores including Murderball and God Grew Tired of Us.

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References

  1. ↑ Tzadik catalogue
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2011.
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