Filmworks 1986–1990

1990 soundtrack album by John Zorn

Filmworks 1986–1990

Soundtrack album by

John Zorn

Released| 1990 re-released 1997
Recorded| June & December 1986, April 1987 and May, 1990
Genre| avant-garde, jazz, classical
Length| 68:37
Label| Nonesuch Records, Tzadik
Producer| John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
| Torture Garden
(1991)  | Filmworks 1986–1990
(1990)  | Guts of a Virgin
(1991)

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Filmworks chronology
|  | Filmworks 1986-1990
(1990)  | Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill
(1995)

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Original Nonesuch Records Cover

Filmworks 1986–1990 features the first released film scores of John Zorn. The album was originally released on the Japanese labels Wave and Eva in 1990,[1] on the Nonesuch Records label in 1992, and subsequently re-released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, 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, Bill Frisell and Arto Lindsay); a jazzy Bernard Herrmann fantasy; to a quirky classical/improv/world music amalgam for Raul Ruiz's bizarre film The Golden Boat. Zorn's infamous one-minute arrangement of Morricone's classic The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, is included as a bonus track. This is the place where it all began."

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## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]
Guy's Music Review| [4]

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".[3] Guy Peters stated "With releases like this, Zorn was basically working outside the jazz-frame and experimenting with avant-garde compositions, but a lot of the music owes so much to jazz that his crossover tactics can be found at full-effect. Like all of his music that is laden with shifts, gimmicks, cut-up techniques and the complete lack of convention, this volume of Filmworks may strike one as too self-conscious and studied (as in the structured improvisation of the game pieces), but it also shows you a fearless musician and composer at work, willing to take risks and not afraid to fail once in a while. It's certainly not an easy listen".[4]

## Track listing and liner notes

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White and Lazy (1986) Director - Rob Schwebber

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

Robert Quine \- guitar
Arto Lindsay \- guitar, vocals
Melvin Gibbs - bass
Anton Fier \- drums
Carol Emanuel - harp
David Weinstein - keyboards
Ned Rothenberg - bass clarinet

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

The Golden Boat (1990) Director - Raúl 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 \- alto sax
Robert Quine \- guitar
Anthony Coleman \- keyboards
Carol Emanuel - harp
David Shae \- turntable, vocals
Mark Dresser \- bass
Ciro Baptista \- Brazilian percussion
Robert Previte \- 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 \- guitar
Bill Frisell \- guitar
Fred Frith \- bass
Wayne Horvitz \- hammond organ
David Weinstein - keyboards
Carol Emanuel - harp
Robert Previte \- 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 \- alto sax
Marty Ehrlich - tenor sax, 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 keyboards
David Hofstra - bass
Naná Vasconcelos \- Brazilian percussion
Robert Previte \- 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, except 18. "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", composed by Ennio Morricone, 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
* 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.

## References

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1. ^ Discogs list of releases, accessed July 4th 2012
2. ^ Tzadik catalogue
3. ^ a b Layne, J. Allmusic Review accessed July 22, 2011
4. ^ a b Peters, G. Guy's Music Review Archived July 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 24, 2013

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Discography

Solo albums|

* The Classic Guide to Strategy
* First Recordings 1973
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9
* The Hermetic Organ
* The Hermetic Organ Vol. 2

Game Pieces|

* Lacrosse
* Pool
* Hockey
* Archery
* Cobra
* John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory
* John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94
* New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
* Xu Feng
* Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2

File Card
Pieces|

* Spillane
* The Bribe
* Elegy
* Kristallnacht
* Godard/Spillane
* Femina
* Dictée/Liber Novus
* Interzone
* Mount Analogue

Cover albums|

* Voodoo
* The Big Gundown
* News for Lulu
* More News for Lulu
* Spy vs Spy

Classical|

* Redbird
* The Book of Heads
* Duras: Duchamp
* Angelus Novus
* Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra
* The String Quartets
* Cartoon S/M
* Madness, Love and Mysticism
* Songs from the Hermetic Theatre
* Chimeras
* Magick
* Mysterium
* Rituals
* From Silence to Sorcery
* The Satyr's Play / Cerberus
* What Thou Wilt
* Lemma
* On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits
* The Alchemist
* Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections
* In the Hall of Mirrors
* Myth and Mythopoeia

Filmworks|

* 1986-1990
* Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill
* 1990–1995
* S&M + More
* Tears of Ecstasy
* 1996
* Cynical Hysterie Hour
* 1997
* Trembling Before G-d
* In the Mirror of Maya Deren
* Secret Lives
* Three Documentaries
* Invitation to a Suicide
* Hiding and Seeking
* Protocols of Zion
* Workingman's Death
* Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls
* The Treatment
* The Rain Horse
* Sholem Aleichem
* Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
* The Last Supper
* El General
* The Nobel Prizewinner
* City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite

Bar Kokhba|

* Bar Kokhba
* The Circle Maker
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11
* Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10

Masada
String Trio|

* The Circle Maker
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1
* Azazel: Book of Angels Volume 2
* Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16

Music Romance|

* Music for Children
* Taboo & Exile
* The Gift

Hemophiliac|

* Hemophiliac
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6

Masada
Anniversary|

* Masada Guitars
* Voices in the Wilderness
* The Unknown Masada
* Masada Recital
* Masada Rock

50th Birthday
Celebration|

* Volume 1
* Volume 2
* Volume 3
* Volume 4
* Volume 5
* Volume 6
* Volume 7
* Volume 8
* Volume 9
* Volume 10
* Volume 11
* Volume 12

Book of Angels|

* Astaroth
* Azazel
* Malphas
* Orobas
* Balan
* Moloch
* Asmodeus
* Volac
* Xaphan
* Lucifer
* Zaebos
* Stolas
* Mycale
* Ipos
* Baal
* Haborym
* Caym
* Pruflas
* Abraxas
* Tap
* Alastor
* Adramelech
* Aguares

Moonchild|

* Moonchild: Songs Without Words
* Astronome
* Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
* The Crucible
* Ipsissimus
* Templars: In Sacred Blood
* The Lost Judgment

The Dreamers|

* The Dreamers
* O'o
* Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14
* A Dreamers Christmas
* Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula

Alhambra|

* Alhambra Love Songs
* In Search of the Miraculous
* The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days

Simulacrum|

* Simulacrum
* The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons
* Inferno
* The Painted Bird
* 49 Acts Of Unspeakable Depravity In The Abominable Life And Times Of Gilles De Rais
* The Garden Of Earthly Delights
* Baphomet
* Chaos Magick
* Nostradamus: The Death of Satan

Tributes and
Inspirations|

* IAO
* Enigmata
* Nova Express
* At the Gates of Paradise
* Nosferatu
* Rimbaud
* A Vision in Blakelight
* The Concealed
* Dreamachines
* Shir Hashirim
* Psychomagia
* On Leaves of Grass

Gnostic Trio|

* The Gnostic Preludes
* The Mysteries
* In Lambeth

Collaborations|

* In Memory of Nikki Arane with Eugene Chadbourne
* Locus Solus
* Yankees with Derek Bailey & George E. Lewis
* Deadly Weapons with Steve Beresford, Tonie Marshall & David Toop
* Ganryu Island with Sato Michihiro
* The Art of Memory with Fred Frith
* Zohar with Yamantaka Eye
* Nani Nani with Yamantaka Eye
* Harras with Derek Bailey & William Parker
* Euclid's Nightmare with Bobby Previte
* Weird Little Boy with Trey Spruance, Mike Patton, William Winant & Chris Cochrane
* Downtown Lullaby with Wayne Horvitz, Elliott Sharp and Bobby Previte
* Prelapse with Prelapse
* Buck Jam Tonic with Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Nakamura
* Naninani II with Yamantaka Eye
* The Stone: Issue One with Dave Douglas, Rob Burger, Bill Laswell, Mike Patton & Ben Perowsky
* The Stone: Issue Three with Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson
* The Art of Memory II with Fred Frith
* Late Works with Fred Frith
* @ with Thurston Moore
* Sonic Rivers with George E. Lewis & Wadada Leo Smith

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