Filmworks 1986–1990 features the first released film scores of John Zorn

John Zorn

John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...

. The album was originally released on the Japanese Wave label in 1991, on the Nonesuch Records

Nonesuch Records

Nonesuch Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:Nonesuch was founded in 1964 by Jac Holzman to produce "fine records at the same price as a trade paperback", which would be half the price of a normal LP...

 label in 1992, and subsequently re-released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records

Tzadik Records

Tzadik Records is a record label based in New York City specialising in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by the eclectic composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995; Zorn is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases...

, in 1997 after being out of print for several years.

"For Zorn, filmscores have always been a place to experiment, and the FilmWorks Series is in many ways a microcosm of his prodigious output. This original installment of the FilmWorks Series presents three scores ranging from punk-rockabilly (featuring the nasty guitars of Bob Quine

Robert Quine

Robert Wolfe Quine was an American guitarist, known for his innovative guitar solos.A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown in comparison...

, Marc Ribot

Marc Ribot

Marc Ribot born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer.His own work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notably Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and composer John Zorn.-Biography:Ribot was...

 and Arto Lindsay

Arto Lindsay

Arthur Morgan Lindsay is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He is a 1974 graduate of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida....

); a jazzy Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann was an American composer noted for his work in motion pictures.An Academy Award-winner , Herrmann is particularly known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo...

 fantasy; to a quirky classical/improv/world music amalgam for Raul Ruiz's bizarre film The Golden Boat. Zorn

John Zorn

John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...

's infamous one minute arrangement of Morricone

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...

's classic The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, is included as a bonus track. This is the place where it all began."

Reception

The Allmusic review by Joslyn Layne awarded the album 3 stars stating "Although certainly a younger effort, there is a lot of good music on this first film works compilation. It is interesting to hear where Zorn's scores began".

Track Listing and Liner Notes

White and Lazy (1986)
Director - Rob Schwebber

01. "Main Title" – 0:55

02. "Homecoming" - 1:15

03. "The Heist" - 3:20

04. "Meat Dream" - 1:50

05. "Phone Call" - 0:50

06. "End Title" - 1:59



Robert Quine

Robert Quine

Robert Wolfe Quine was an American guitarist, known for his innovative guitar solos.A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown in comparison...

 - guitar

Arto Lindsay

Arto Lindsay

Arthur Morgan Lindsay is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He is a 1974 graduate of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida....

 - guitar, vocals

Melvin Gibbs - bass

Anton Fier

Anton Fier

Anton Fier, , is an American drummer, composer and bandleader. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.Fier was an early member of The Lounge Lizards and The Feelies. He was in The Lodge , worked with Pere Ubu, was briefly in the Voidoids and founded The Golden Palominos...

 - drums

Carol Emanuel - harp

David Weinstein - keyboards

Ned Rothenberg - bass clarinet



Recorded and mixed June 1986 at Radio City Studios, New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 by Don Hünerberg.






The Golden Boat (1990)
Director - Raul Ruiz

07. "Fanfare" - 0:30

08. "Theme" - 2:59

09. "Jazz 1" - 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



Vicki Bodner - oboe

John Zorn

John Zorn

John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...

 - alto sax

Robert Quine

Robert Quine

Robert Wolfe Quine was an American guitarist, known for his innovative guitar solos.A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown in comparison...

 - guitar

Anthony Coleman

Anthony Coleman

Anthony Coleman is an American musician. Coleman is a piano and keys player, trombonist and vocalist mainly working within the free improvised and avant-garde jazz scenes in downtown New York during the late 1970s through to the present day.His greatest impact was during the 80s and 90s when he...

 - keyboards

Carol Emanuel - harp

David Shae - turntable, vocals

Mark Dresser

Mark Dresser

Mark Dresser is an American double bass player and composer.-Biography:He has performed and recorded with many of the luminaries of "new" jazz composition and improvisation. For ten years he performed with the Anthony Braxton Quartet, as well as diverse groups led by Ray Anderson, Tim Berne,...

 - bass

Ciro Baptista

Cyro Baptista

Cyro Baptista is a Brazilian musician, teacher, and recording artist specializing in percussion in the genres of jazz and world music....

 - Brazilian percussion

Robert Previte

Bobby Previte

Robert "Bobby" Previte is a drummer, composer and bandleader. Previte earned a B.A. in Economics at the University at Buffalo, where he also studied percussion. He moved to New York City in 1979, and became active in the city's thriving jazz and experimental music scenes...

 - drums, marimba



Recorded May 1990 at Platinum Island Studio, NY by Ricky Belt.


Mixed August 1990 at Science Lab, NYC by Jerry Gottus.






The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1987)

18. "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" - 1:04




Robert Quine

Robert Quine

Robert Wolfe Quine was an American guitarist, known for his innovative guitar solos.A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown in comparison...

 - guitar

Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell

William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...

 - guitar

Fred Frith

Fred Frith

Fred Frith is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. Frith was also a member of Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew...

 - bass

Wayne Horvitz

Wayne Horvitz

Wayne Horvitz is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer.-Biography:Horvitz, a "defiant cross-breeder of genres", has led the groups The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, and the Four Plus One Ensemble...

 - hammond organ

David Weinstein - keyboards

Carol Emanuel - harp

Robert Previte

Bobby Previte

Robert "Bobby" Previte is a drummer, composer and bandleader. Previte earned a B.A. in Economics at the University at Buffalo, where he also studied percussion. He moved to New York City in 1979, and became active in the city's thriving jazz and experimental music scenes...

 - drums, percussion, vocal



Recorded and mixed April 1987 at Radio City Studios, New York City by Don Hünerberg.






She Must Be Seeing Things (1986)
Director - Sheila McLaughlin

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



Shelley Hirsch - voice

John Zorn

John Zorn

John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...

 - alto sax

Marty Ehrlich - tenor sax, clarinet

Tom Varner

Tom Varner

Tom Varner is an American jazz horn player and composer.Varner studied piano in his youth with Capitola Dickerson of Summit, New Jersey. He holds a B.M...

 - french horn

Jim Staley - trombone

Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell

William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...

 - guitar

Carol Emanuel - harp

Anthony Coleman

Anthony Coleman

Anthony Coleman is an American musician. Coleman is a piano and keys player, trombonist and vocalist mainly working within the free improvised and avant-garde jazz scenes in downtown New York during the late 1970s through to the present day.His greatest impact was during the 80s and 90s when he...

 - piano, organ, celeste, harpsichord

Wayne Horvitz

Wayne Horvitz

Wayne Horvitz is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer.-Biography:Horvitz, a "defiant cross-breeder of genres", has led the groups The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, and the Four Plus One Ensemble...

 - hammond organ, piano, DX7

David Weinstein - mirage, CZ101 keyboards

David Hofstra - bass

Nana Vasconcelos - Brazilian percussion

Robert Previte

Bobby Previte

Robert "Bobby" Previte is a drummer, composer and bandleader. Previte earned a B.A. in Economics at the University at Buffalo, where he also studied percussion. He moved to New York City in 1979, and became active in the city's thriving jazz and experimental music scenes...

 - drums, percussion, vibes, timpani, orchestra bells



Recorded and mixed December 1986 at Radio City Studios, New York City by Don Hünerberg.

• All music composed, arranged and produced by John Zorn
  John Zorn
  John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
  
  , except 18. "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", composed by Ennio Morricone
  Ennio Morricone
  Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...
  
  , and 16. "The Golden Boat (Turntable Mix)", mixed by David Shae.
• All music published by Theatre of Musical Optics (BMI), except 18. published by Unart Music (BMI).
• Executive Producer: John Zorn, Associate Producer: Kazunori Sugiyama
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....
  
  
• Design by Anthony Lee and Tanaka Tomoyo (Karath Razar)
• Notes by John Zorn
• Special thanks to Akashi Masanori, Kaoru, Azuma, Don Hünerberg, Scott MacAulay, Rob Schwebber, Sheila McLaughlin, Raul Ruiz, Bob Hurwitz and David Breskin.
• This recording is made possible in part through funding by Hip's Road.