Filmworks VI: 1996
Filmworks VI: 1996 features three scores for film by John Zorn. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 1996. It features the music that Zorn wrote and recorded for Anton, Mailman, a short film directed by Dina Waxman that was never completed due to loss of funding in its final stages, Mechanics of the Brain directed by Henry Hills and The Black Glove, which was directed by, and starred, Maria Beatty.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 3 stars:Track listing
Anton, Mailman :1/ Opening Credits/Hawaiian Postcard - 2:57
2/ Work-A-Day World - 3:31
3/ Seductress - 4:18
4/ End Titles - 3:09
- Recorded at Baby Monster Studio, New York City on July 15, 1996
- Marc Ribot – guitar
- Greg Cohen – bass
- Cyro Baptista – percussion
- John Zorn – alto.
5/ Fireworks - 1:52
6/ Surgery Montage - 1:47
7/ Brain Scan - 1:05
8/ Witches' Cauldron - 3:47
9/ Houdini - 3:12
10/ Subliminal Perceptions - 1:45
11/ Measuring - 1:34
12/ MacBeth - 3:05
13/ Pendulum - 2:05
14/ Mechanics Of The Brain - 1:58
- Recorded at Shelley Palmer Studio, New York City on March 1, 1996
- Mark Feldman – violin
- Erik Friedlander – cello
- Marc Ribot – guitars
- Ikue Mori – drum machines
- John Zorn – sound effects
- Jason Baker – voice
15/ Part One - 19:47
16/ Part Two - 7:44
- Recorded at Shelley Palmer Studio, New York City on March 31, 1996
- John Zorn – sound design.
- Produced by John Zorn