Spark Of Being is a 3-disc box set of music written by Dave Douglas

Dave Douglas (trumpeter)

Dave Douglas is an American jazz trumpeter and composer whose music derives from many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, folk music from European countries and Klezmer. He has been a member of the experimental big band Orange Then Blue...

 and performed by his electric band, Keystone. Written for the Bill Morrison

Bill Morrison

Bill Morrison is an American comic book artist and writer, and co-founder of Bongo Comics . He currently serves as creative director of Bongo Comics....

 film by the same name, Spark Of Being was commissioned by Stanford Lively Arts, and was recorded at the Center For Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

. Released by Douglas' Greenleaf Music

Greenleaf Music

Greenleaf Music is an independent jazz record label owned by American trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas. Founded in 2005 by Douglas and Mike Friedman, Greenleaf Music has released albums by Dave Douglas, Donny McCaslin, Nicole Mitchell / Harrison Bankhead / Hamid Drake, Kneebody, Michael Bates, and...

 record label in 2010.

Personnel

• Dave Douglas
  Dave Douglas (trumpeter)
  Dave Douglas is an American jazz trumpeter and composer whose music derives from many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, folk music from European countries and Klezmer. He has been a member of the experimental big band Orange Then Blue...
  
  : trumpet
• Marcus Strickland
  Marcus Strickland
  Marcus Strickland is a jazz soprano, alto and tenor saxophonist who grew up in Miami, Florida who currently lives in New York...
  
  : tenor saxophone
• Adam Benjamin: keyboards
• Brad Jones: bass
• Gene Lake: drums
• DJ Olive
  DJ Olive
  DJ Olive is an American disc jockey and turntablist active in free improvisation, jazz and illbient music. He is often credited with coining the latter term....
  
  : laptop/turntable

Disc 1: Soundtrack

1. Creature Theme, 7:08
2. Spark Of Being, 3:45
3. Observer, 4:02
4. Travelogue, 7:24
5. Prologue, 4:27
6. Tree Ring Circus, 6:29
7. Creature And Friend, 2:56
8. Is It You?, 2:43
9. Chroma, 7:53
10. Observer Claymation, 3:51
11. Observer Animation, 1:02
12. Split Personality, 6:21
13. Creature Alone, 1:40

Disc 2: Expand

1. Spark Of Being, 3:44
2. Creature, 7:33
3. Tree Ring Circus, 5:42
4. Observer, 4:03
5. Chroma, 7:42
6. Travelogue, 7:56
7. Prologue, 5:52

Disc 3: Burst

1. Leaving London, 4:26
2. Creature Code, 5:02
3. The Growing Tree, 4:40
4. Vitalism, 7:20
5. Creature Discomfort, 8:08
6. Split Personality Infinitive, 7:42
7. Tree Ring Vamp, 2:14
8. Travelogue (Complete), 7:24
9. Leaving London Reprise, 1:58
10. Creature Theme (Closure), 7:00