Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion explained

Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	John Zorn
Cover:	Filmworks XV.jpg
Released:	2005
Recorded:	October 2004
Genre:	Avant-garde, jazz, classical
Length:	45:57
Label:	Tzadik TZ 7345
Producer:	John Zorn
Chronology:	Filmworks
Prev Year:	2003
Next Year:	2005

Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion features a score by John Zorn for a documentary film by Marc Levin. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2005 and contains music that Zorn wrote and recorded for Protocols of Zion (2005), a documentary detailing the rise of antisemitism following the September 11 attacks.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "this is a provocative record for all the ease of listening it affords. It's a John Zorn who is not heard nearly often enough. This music is adventurous but contains no edges; it is deeply emotional, wonderfully warm, and utterly engaging".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Protocols of Zion" - 4:27
2. "Searching For a Past" - 5:22
3. "Jew Watcher" - 2:43
4. "Mystery of the Jew" - 4:09
5. "History Repeats Itself" - 2:14
6. "Arab and Jew" - 5:57
7. "Fighting Time" - 5:02
8. "Hollywood/Rikers" - 2:36
9. "Elders of Zion" - 5:26
10. "A Dark Future" - 4:31
11. "Transition 1" - 0:31
12. "Transition 2" - 0:17
13. "Transition 3" - 0:30
14. "Transition 4" - 0:25
15. "Coda - The Metaphysics of Anti-Semitism" - 1:46

All music by John Zorn

• Recorded at Frank Booth, Brooklyn (New York) in October 2004.
• Produced by John Zorn.

Personnel

• John Zorn – electric pianos
• Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – bass, oud
• Cyro Baptista – percussion

Notes and References

1. http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7345 Tzadik catalogue
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2011.