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
Mechanics Of The Brain :
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
The Black Glove :
15/ Part One - 19:47
16/ Part Two - 7:44