A Perfect Place Explained

A Perfect Place
Director:Derrick Scocchera
Producer:,,,,,
Starring:Mark Boone Junior, Bill Moseley
Music:Mike Patton
Cinematography:Hiro Narita
Editing:Derrick Scocchera
Distributor:Fantoma Films, Ipecac Recordings
Runtime:25 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$50,000 (estimated)

A Perfect Place is a black-and-white tragic comedy short directed, produced, and written by Derrick Scocchera starring Mark Boone Junior and Bill Moseley, first released on 2 February 2008 at the Lake County Film Festival. It was filmed in entirely in Alameda, Oakland and San Francisco, California under a budget of $50,000.

Cast

Soundtrack

A Perfect Place
Type:soundtrack
Artist:Mike Patton
Cover:A Perfect Place.jpg
Released:March 11, 2008[1]
Recorded:Vulcan Lab, San Francisco
Genre:Experimental
Length:35:20
Label:Ipecac Recordings
Producer:Mike Patton
Prev Title:Pranzo Oltranzista
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Crank: High Voltage
Next Year:2009

The soundtrack comprises the third non-aliased solo release by Mike Patton, who wrote, produced and performed all tracks (with the exception of some percussion parts), released on March 11, 2008 under his own Ipecac Recordings with special edition copies of the album being released with a bonus DVD containing the film.[2] The score itself is 10 minutes longer than the film because Patton "got excited" and has been well received by critics with allmusic giving it a four out of five star rating and crediting Patton for the "depth of his orchestral arrangements" calling them "surprisingly mature".

Track listing

All tracks written by Mike Patton except some percussion parts as noted here.

  1. "Main Title" – 3:15
  2. "A Perfect Place" – 3:30
  3. "Car Radio (AM)" – 1:01
  4. "A Perfect Twist (Vocal)" – 2:44
  5. "A Little Poker Tomorrow Night?" – 3:10
  6. "Seriously Disturbed" – 1:18
  7. "A Dream of Roses" – 2:34
  8. "A Perfect Place/Main Title (Reprise)" – 2:45
  9. "Batucada" – 2:18
  10. "Another Perfect Place" – 1:42
  11. "Car Radio (FM)" – 1:55
  12. "Swinging the Body" – 1:57
  13. "Catholic Tribe" – 2:28
  14. "Il Cupo Dolore" – 2:06
  15. "A Perfect End" – 2:46

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ipecac Recordings – A Perfect Place . 2009-01-04. Ipecac Recordings. https://web.archive.org/web/20081228112029/http://www.ipecac.com/bio.php?id=61. 28 December 2008 . live.
  2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1339983|pure_url=yes}} A Perfect Place – Overview ]. 2008-12-31 . Lymangrove . Jason . Allmusic.