FILM WORKS 1986-1990

John Zorn

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Boxset/Compilation, released in 1990

Songs / Tracks Listing

White And Lazy (1986)

1 Main Title 0:55
2 Homecoming 1:15
3 The Heist 3:20
4 Meat Dream 1:15
5 Phone Call 0:50
6 End Title 1:59

The Golden Boat (1990)

7 Fanfare 0:30
8 Theme 2:59
9 Jazz I 2:51
10 Horror Organ 1:06
11 Mexico 1:56
12 Mood 3:17
13 Rockabilly 2:01
14 Slow 2:47
15 Jazz Oboes 2:33
16 The Golden Boat (Turntable Mix) 2:58
17 End Titles 2:53

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1987)

18 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 1:04

She Must Be Seeing Things (1986)

19 Main Title 1:04
20 Swirling Shot 1:20
21 Homecoming 3:22
22 Catalina Flash 0:28
23 Seduction 4:54
24 Sex Shop Boogaloo 2:47
25 Catalina Escapes 1:11
26 Worms 1:04
27 Death Waltz Fantasy 1:24
28 Following Sequence 3:03
29 Movie Set 1:20
30 Climax 2:55
31 Going To Dinner 2:38
32 End Titles 3:27

Line-up / Musicians

Tracks 1-6:
- Robert Quine / guitar
- Arto Lindsay / guitar, vocals
- Melvin Gibbs / bass
- Anton Fier / drums
- Carol Emanuel / harp
- David Weinstein / keyboards
- Ned Rothenberg / bass clarinet
Tracks 7-17:
- Vicki Bodner / oboe
- John Zorn / alto saxophone
- Robert Quine / guitar
- Anthony Coleman / keyboards
- Carol Emanuel / harp
- David Shea / turntable, vocals
- Mark Dresser / bass
- Cyro Baptista / brazilian percussion
- Robert Previte / drums, marimba
Track 18:
- Robert Quine / guitar
- Bill Frisell / guitar
- Fred Frith / bass
- Wayne Horvitz / Hammond organ
- David Weinstein / keyboards
- Carol Emanuel / harp
- Robert Previte / drums, percussion, vocal
Tracks 19-32:
- Shelley Hirsch / voice
- John Zorn / alto saxophone
- Marty Ehrlich / tenor, clarinet
- Tom Varner / French horn
- Jim Staley / trombone
- Bill Frisell / guitar
- Carol Emanuel / harp
- Anthony Coleman / piano, organ, celeste, harpsichord
- Wayne Horvitz / Hammond organ, piano, DX7
- David Weinstein / mirage, CZ101 key-boards
- David Hofstra / bass
- Nana Vasconcelos / brazilian percussion
- Robert Previte / drums, percussion, vibes, timpani, orchestra bells

Releases information

Tracks 1 to 6 recorded and mixed June 1986 at Radio City Studios, NYC.
Tracks 7 to 17 recorded May 1990 at Platinum Island Studio, NY, mixed August 1990 at Science Lab, NYC.
Track 18 recorded and mixed April 1987 at Radio City Studios, NYC.
Tracks 19 to 32 recorded and mixed December 1986 at Radio City Studios, NYC.

CD Wave Records (Japan) (Eva 2024),Eva Records WWCX 2024 (Japan)

CD Elektra Nonesuch (USA/Germany) (9 79270-2), 1992
CD Tzadik (USA) (TZ 7314), 1997

Thanks to Joren for the addition
and to snobb for the last updates
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Review by Evolver
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Crossover & JR/F/Canterbury Teams

This album puts together music that John Zorn recorded for films (and one for a commercial) between 1986 and 1990. And there are a lot of good ideas in it. But that's where it's problem lies. There are thirty two tracks here, all between one half a minute and three and a half minutes long. The styles are all over the map. There's rock, rockabilly, straight jazz, free jazz, lounge music, samba, classical organ, heavy prog, Frank Zappa styles noise pieces... and all of it quite intriguing. It should be, with guests musicians like Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, and Melvin Gibbs, to name just a few, lending their prowess to the songs.

But as good as many, if not most of the pieces are, their shortness is the issue. In averaging under two minutes each they rarely get a chance to develop much past the underlying rhythms.

But this is music made for the background of films. What do you expect?

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