This music, which I'm sure will appeal to some, left me disappointed. I can only speak for myself, but this collection strikes me as dissonant and disjointed. I love movie scores which generally serve to inspire and/or promote emotion. But, if that's what you are looking for, I do not believe you will find those qualities in this CD. I'm sure Mr. Zorn is a gifted composer...but his work is not a style which I would embrace.
A good overview of Zorn's soundtrack compositions.:
Over the past twenty years or so, John Zorn has built up an enormous library of composition for film, released on sixteen CDs (cleverly titled "Filmworks I", "Filmworks II", and so on...) on his Tzadik record label. For a neophyte, this can be a bit much to tackle, as such, this album, "Filmworks Anthology: 20 Years of Soundtrack Music" has been released to provide an overview of Zorn's soundtrack composition. As an overview of Zorn's work, this succeeds well. It also appears that another goal was to... more info
Curious about Zorn?:
Considering myself a casual fan of John Zorn I have been at times either annoyingly put off or enthusiastically engaged with the diversity of his music. Admittedly, It can be daunting for a Zorn novice to find a suitable entry point in which to begin navigating through the extremities of his musical output. This new collection, which pulls material from the sixteen releases (thus far) of his FILMWORKS series, is everything the curious could want in a well-rounded introduction. The selections chosen for... more info
