Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy is a film score 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...

. The album was 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. It features the music that Zorn wrote and recorded for the movie "Tears Of Ecstasy" (1995) by director Oki Hiroyuki.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Joslyn Layne awarded the album 3 stars noting that "There are small instances of theme recurrence throughout the album, but Film Works, Vol. 5 is mostly an entertaining musical ride".

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

1. "Factor" - 1:02
2. "Intercept" - 1:13
3. "Lemma" - 1:18
4. "Root" - 1:06
5. "Net" - 1:19
6. "Lie Group" - 1:10
7. "Reduction" - 1:03
8. "Trisectrix Of MacLaurin" - 1:07
9. "Interpolation" - 1:09
10. "Gradients" - 1:16
11. "Random Walk" - 1:27
12. "Cusp" - 1:04
13. "Region" - 1:07
14. "Block" - 1:09
15. "Prediction" - 1:09
16. "Concordance" - 1:13
17. "Modulus" - 1:01
18. "Addition" - 1:08
19. "Ergodicity" - 1:24
20. "Prism" - 1:15
21. "Mean Difference" - 2:13
22. "Likelihood" - 1:18
23. "Deviation" - 1:02
24. "Curl" - 1:12
25. "Probable Error" - 1:24
26. "Limit" - 1:09
27. "Youden Square" - 1:19
28. "Tensor" - 1:06
29. "Martingale" - 1:05
30. "Tantochrone" - 1:07
31. "Witch Of Agnesi" - 1:14
32. "Rank" - 0:58
33. "Quadrature" - 1:03
34. "Discriminant" - 1:23
35. "Rose Curve" - 1:07
36. "Lituus" - 1:04
37. "Involute" - 1:06
38. "Catearies" - 1:12
39. "Folium" - 1:20
40. "Edge Train" - 1:16
41. "Ruled Surface" - 1:14
42. "Slope" - 1:03
43. "Cluster" - 1:06
44. "Spiral" - 1:16
45. "Octal" - 1:07
46. "Cissoid Of Diocles" - 1:15
47. "Arc" - 1:26
48. "Pole" - 1:21
    • Recorded at Shelley Palmer Studio, New York City on October 1, 1995

Personnel

• 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
• 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...
  
   – guitar
• Cyro Baptista
  Cyro Baptista
  Cyro Baptista is a Brazilian musician, teacher, and recording artist specializing in percussion in the genres of jazz and world music....
  
   – percussion
• 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, prepared piano, samples
• Jason Baker (44) – vocal.