Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum

Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/Rijksmuseum features a score for film by John Zorn. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2008 and contains music that Zorn wrote and recorded for film director Maria Beatty's Belle de Nature (2008) and a documentary on the renovation of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.[1]

Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 2008
Recorded2008
Genreavant-garde, jazz, classical
Length60:21
LabelTzadik TZ 7370
ProducerJohn Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem
(2008)
Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
(2008)
Filmworks XXII: The Last Supper
(2008)
Filmworks chronology
Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem
(2008)
Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
(2008)
Filmworks XXII: The Last Supper
(2008)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "first seven cues as riveting as they are beautiful. The sheer exotic nature of these strings all played together in woven layers of counterpoint and rhythmic and melodic invention creates a soundscape that sounds much more lush than it actually is. While each cue is a truly expansive small journey in its own right, when taken together they have the capacity to transport the listener to another place" and the Rijksmuseum pieces as "wonderfully strange... the fabric created by specially made glass percussion instruments by Baptista and Wollesen's vibes takes the music into completely different realms".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by John Zorn

  1. "Masque en Sole" - 5:09
  2. "Un Rose" - 2:05
  3. "L 'Air et les Songes" - 2:39
  4. "Fouet d'Épines" - 5:08
  5. "Elle Vient" - 3:52
  6. "Orties Cuisantes" - 4:31
  7. "Belle de Nature" - 4:52
  8. "Storage" - 2:08
  9. "Conservation" - 3:57
  10. "Rendering" - 4:20
  11. "Meeting" - 3:02
  12. "Restoration" - 1:35
  13. "Construction" - 3:17
  14. "Architecture" - 4:19
  15. "Design" - 1:55
  16. "Planning" - 3:06
  17. "Completion" - 4:17

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Tzadik catalogue
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed July 18, 2011