Filmworks X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren explained

Filmworks X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:John Zorn
Cover:Filmworks X.jpg
Released:2001
Genre:Avant-garde, jazz, classical
Length:51:41
Label:Tzadik TZ 7333
Producer:John Zorn
Chronology:Filmworks
Prev Year:2000
Next Year:2002

Filmworks X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren features a score for film by John Zorn. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2001 and contains music that Zorn wrote and recorded for the documentary film In the Mirror of Maya Deren on the life and work of Maya Deren directed by Martina Kudlácek.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars noting that "In the Mirror of Maya Deren is Zorn's most compelling work for film yet. As a conceptualist, Zorn is not to be outdone -- he sees things in total, and this score is one piece, full of segue, room, drift, and dream. Deren would have been at the very least pleased, and that is as high a compliment as can be paid to this wonderful work by one of the most prolific, poetic, and profound composers".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

  1. "Drifting 1" - 2:13
  2. "Dancing" - 5:12
  3. "Kiev 1" - 3:57
  4. "Teiji's Time" - 2:16
  5. "Nostalgia 1" - 3:41
  6. "Filming" - 5:51
  7. "Mirror Worlds" - 1:50
  8. "Nightscape" - 2:27
  9. "Nostalgia 2" - 4:21
  10. "Haiti" - 2:34
  11. "Kiev 2" - 4:42
  12. "Voudoun" - 3:27
  13. "Drifting 2" - 2:12
  14. "Kiev 3" - 4:41
  15. "Drifting 3" - 2:17

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7333 Tzadik catalogue
  2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2011.