Film Music is an album originally released on vinyl by the American

United States

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 trumpeter

Trumpet

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/synthesist

Synthesizer

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 Mark Isham

Mark Isham

Mark Isham is an American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film.-Life and career:...

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It consists of extended tracks from the soundtracks of three different films. The first track is from the soundtrack of the film Mrs. Soffel

Mrs. Soffel

Mrs. Soffel is a 1984 American film drama based on the true Buck McGovern and the Biddle Boys case of 1901 Pittsburgh, starring Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson. It was filmed on location in and around the Serez family Farm in Mulmer Ontario, as well as Wisconsin and establishing shots in Pittsburgh...

(1984). The second track is from the documentary The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk

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. This film won the 1984 Academy award for best documentary. The material of the third track is from the Carroll Ballard

Carroll Ballard

-Biography:Carroll Ballard started out making documentaries for the U.S. Information Agency, Beyond This Winter's Wheat and Harvest ; the latter was nominated for an Academy Award...

 film Never Cry Wolf

Never Cry Wolf (film)

Never Cry Wolf is a 1983 American drama film directed by Carroll Ballard. The film is an adaption of Farley Mowat's 1963 autobiography of the same name and stars Charles Martin Smith as a government biologist sent into the wilderness to study the caribou population, whose decline is believed to be...

(1983).

Like Isham’s previous album, Vapor Drawings

Vapor Drawings

Vapor Drawings is the debut solo album by the American trumpeter/synthesist Mark Isham.It was the first album released on the Windham Hill label to belong to the electronic music genre. This album focuses more on Isham’s talents as an electronic composer than future releases...

(1983), the material on this album is deeply atmospheric and emphasizes the use of synthesizers often blended with acoustic instruments. Out of the three films represented, Isham is only credited for performing on trumpet on track two The Times of Harvey Milk.

Track listing

1. ”Mrs. Soffel” – 13:59
2. ”The Times of Harvey Milk” – 8:32
3. ”Never Cry Wolf” – 24:48

Personnel

• Mark Isham – synthesizers, penny whistle (track 1), piano (track 1), trumpet (track 2), production
• Mark Alder – string arrangements and conducting (tracks 1 and 3), additional production (track 3)
• Peter Maunu – violin (track 1)
• Lyle Mays
  Lyle Mays
  Lyle Mays is an American jazz pianist and composer from Wausaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known for his work with guitarist Pat Metheny as a member of the Pat Metheny Group...
  
  – piano (track 1)
• Rufus Olivier – bassoon (track 3)
• Bill Douglass – bamboo flutes (track 3)
• George Marsh – percussion (tract 3)
• Tucky Bailey – glass (track 3)
• Natalie Cox – harp (track 3)
• Annie Stocking – voice (track 3)
• Stephanie Douglass – voice (track 3)
• Kathy Hudnall – voice (track 3)
• Jeanette Spartaine – voice (track 3)
• Todd Boekelheide – engineer (tracks 1 and 3)
• Gary Clayton – engineer (tracks 1 and 3)
• Sam Lehmer – engineer (tracks 1 and 3)
• Randy Selgrin – engineer (track 2)
• Jack Leahy – engineer (track 3)
• Jesse Osborne – engineer (track 3)
• Bernie Grundman – (16 BIT digital mastering)
• Anne Robinson – (graphic design)

External links

• Mark Isham’s official web site
• [ Allmusic entry]