Music for Films, Vol. 3, is a set of mismatched pieces by Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (aka Brian Eno). They are from his voluminous works for cinema, installations, shorts, and other related media. The disc contains 15 short pieces (only one is over five minutes). In that regard, there is a distinct similarity to his new wave pop music from the '70s. This CD is, however, all instrumental, largely electronic, and distinctly Eno. Despite their dissimilar origi...   [ read more ]

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The third volume cataloguing John Zorn's film scores is a quality release that offers the scores from two films, a rare piece of music cues that would lead to Cynical Hysterie Hour, and music spots for commercials. First comes the 1993 score for {#Thieves Quartet}, which is warm, solid, smoky jazz written with Miles Davis' Escalator to the Scaffold soundtrack in mind. This score also marks the first recording of the quartet that would later be known as Masada. Combining musicians of the high...   [ read more ]

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The third volume in Shawn Lee's impressive Ping Pong Orchestra series is perhaps its zenith. Strings and Things: Ubiquity Studio Sessions, Vol. 3, featuring 15 tracks to accompany as-yet-unmade films, Lee delves deeply into Bollywood and sitar groovescapes, finger-popping funk, and the strange, tense, atmospheric soundscapes that have become a near trademark. The smoking "Greg's Theme" is a fine example as swathes of tense, driven strings swirl around pulsing, hypnotic marimbas and killer...   [ read more ]

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