A Map of the World (album)

A Map of the World is a 1999 album by Pat Metheny. It is the soundtrack of the movie A Map of the World released in 1999 starring Sigourney Weaver. The movie was based on the novel A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton.

A Map of the World
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedNovember 9, 1999 (1999-11-09)
RecordedFebruary 1999
StudioRight Track, New York City
GenreJazz fusion, folk jazz
Length66:26
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerPat Metheny, Steve Rodby
Pat Metheny chronology
Jim Hall & Pat Metheny
(1999)
A Map of the World
(1999)
Trio 99 – 00
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing

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All music composed and arranged by Pat Metheny

No.TitleLength
1."A Map of the World"5:38
2."Family"2:09
3."North"4:19
4."Home"0:42
5."Sisters"4:08
6."Childhood"1:26
7."Fall from Grace"2:37
8."Memory"0:55
9."Gone"6:31
10."Flight"0:54
11."Alone"1:22
12."Outcasts"1:30
13."Sunday"1:38
14."Discovery"2:34
15."Acceptance"1:15
16."Realization"1:23
17."Soliloquy"2:52
18."Night"2:00
19."Sunrise"0:51
20."Resolution"3:46
21."Pictures"0:21
22."Patience"1:22
23."Transition"0:52
24."Reunion"1:17
25."Renewal"1:53
26."Homecoming"3:25
27."Forgiving"4:36
28."Holding Us"4:09

Personnel

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Orchestra

  • Virgil Blackwell – bass clarinet
  • Richard Locker – cello (as leader)
  • John Moses, Paul Garment, Steven Hartman – clarinet
  • William Blount – clarinet (as leader)
  • John Feeney – double bass (basses, as leader)
  • Brian Cassier, Jay Elfenbein, John Kulowitsch, Lewis Paer – double bass (basses)
  • Melanie Feld – English horn
  • Sheryl Henze – flute
  • Elizabeth Mann – flute (as leader)
  • Victoria Drake – harp
  • Sara Cutler – harp (as leader)
  • Robert Carlisle, David Wakefield, Joseph Anderer, Scott Temple – horns
  • Stewart Rose – horns (as leader)
  • Gordon Gottlieb – percussion (orchestral, as leader)
  • Barry Centanni, Maya Gunji – percussion (orchestral)
  • Alexander Rees, Ann Roggen, David Cerutti, Jill Jaffe, Liuh-Wen Ting, Lois Martin, Nicole Brockman, Ronald Lawrence, Ronald Carbone – viola
  • Louise Schulman – viola (as leader)
  • Anca Nicolau, Bruno Eicher, Curtis Macomber, Fritz Krakowski, Gregor Kitzis, Karl Kawahara, Krista Bennion Feeney, Mara Milkis, Marilyn Reynolds, Masako Yanagita, Mayuki Fukuhara, Mineko Yajima, Mitsuru Tsubota, Natasha Lipkina, Rebecca Muir, Rob Shaw, Robin Bushman, Sara Schwartz – violin
  • Eriko Sato – violin, concertmaster

Production

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References

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  1. ^ Phares, Heather. Pat Metheny: a Map of the World > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 995. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.