Walls in the City

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Walls in the City
Denison Kimball Trio - Walls in the City.jpg
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedOctober 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)
RecordedApril 26, 1994 (1994-04-26)
Studio Idful, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Post-rock, avant-garde jazz
Length31:16
Label Skin Graft
Producer Duane Denison, Jim Kimball, Jim Sikora
DK3 chronology
Walls in the City
(1994)
Soul Machine
(1995)

Walls in the City is a soundtrack album by The Denison/Kimball Trio, released on October 3, 1994 by Skin Graft Records. [1] [2] It contains music from the short film of the same name, directed by independent filmmaker Jim Sikora. Most of the score was made up of pre-recorded material that Denison would match to a particular scene. The rest was recorded while the duo played while watching the film. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Duane Denison and Jim Kimball

No.TitleLength
1."Prelude"3:29
2."Cold Light of Day"2:06
3."Walk Away"4:21
4."Reunion"1:27
5."Harry's Theme"3:17
6."One If by Land..."1:41
7."Romantic Interlude"2:49
8."Separate Checks"3:27
9."Blue Corridor"0:51
10."Postlude"4:19
11."...Two If by Sea"3:29

Personnel

Adapted from Walls in the City liner notes. [4]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1994 Skin Graft CD, LP GR 16

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References

  1. "Denison-Kimball Trio: Plays the Music of "Walls in the City" > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  2. Sprague, David (2007). "Jesus Lizard". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  3. "Almost Rockin'". B-Side. 1994. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  4. Walls in the City (booklet). The Denison/Kimball Trio. St. Peters, Missouri: Skin Graft Records. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)