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]
Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion | ||||
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Released | 2005 | |||
Recorded | October 2004 | |||
Genre | Avant-garde, jazz, classical | |||
Length | 45:57 | |||
Label | Tzadik TZ 7345 | |||
Producer | John Zorn | |||
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Reception
editThe 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]
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Allmusic | [2] |
Track listing
edit- "Protocols of Zion" - 4:27
- "Searching For a Past" - 5:22
- "Jew Watcher" - 2:43
- "Mystery of the Jew" - 4:09
- "History Repeats Itself" - 2:14
- "Arab and Jew" - 5:57
- "Fighting Time" - 5:02
- "Hollywood/Rikers" - 2:36
- "Elders of Zion" - 5:26
- "A Dark Future" - 4:31
- "Transition 1" - 0:31
- "Transition 2" - 0:17
- "Transition 3" - 0:30
- "Transition 4" - 0:25
- "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
edit- John Zorn – electric pianos
- Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – bass, oud
- Cyro Baptista – percussion
References
edit- ^ Tzadik catalogue
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2011.