Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy

Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy is a film score by John Zorn. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 1996.[1] It features the music that Zorn wrote and recorded for the movie Tears of Ecstasy (1995) by director Oki Hiroyuki.

Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy
Soundtrack album by
Released1996
RecordedOctober 1, 1995
StudioShelley Palmer Studio, New York City
Genreavant-garde, jazz, classical
Length57:08
LabelTzadik
ProducerJohn Zorn
Filmworks chronology
Filmworks IV: S&M + More
(1997)
Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy
(1996)
Filmworks VI: 1996
(1997)
John Zorn chronology
Masada: Zayin
(1996)
Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy
(1996)
Filmworks VI: 1996
(1996)

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Joslyn Layne awarded the album 3 stars noting that "There are small instances of theme recurrence throughout the album, but Film Works, Vol. 5 is mostly an entertaining musical ride".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

Track listing

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All compositions by John Zorn
  1. "Factor" - 1:02
  2. "Intercept" - 1:13
  3. "Lemma" - 1:18
  4. "Root" - 1:06
  5. "Net" - 1:19
  6. "Lie Group" - 1:10
  7. "Reduction" - 1:03
  8. "Trisectrix of MacLaurin" - 1:07
  9. "Interpolation" - 1:09
  10. "Gradients" - 1:16
  11. "Random Walk" - 1:27
  12. "Cusp" - 1:04
  13. "Region" - 1:07
  14. "Block" - 1:09
  15. "Prediction" - 1:09
  16. "Concordance" - 1:13
  17. "Modulus" - 1:01
  18. "Addition" - 1:08
  19. "Ergodicity" - 1:24
  20. "Prism" - 1:15
  21. "Mean Difference" - 2:13
  22. "Likelihood" - 1:18
  23. "Deviation" - 1:02
  24. "Curl" - 1:12
  25. "Probable Error" - 1:24
  26. "Limit" - 1:09
  27. "Youden Square" - 1:19
  28. "Tensor" - 1:06
  29. "Martingale" - 1:05
  30. "Tantochrone" - 1:07
  31. "Witch of Agnesi" - 1:14
  32. "Rank" - 0:58
  33. "Quadrature" - 1:03
  34. "Discriminant" - 1:23
  35. "Rose Curve" - 1:07
  36. "Lituus" - 1:04
  37. "Involute" - 1:06
  38. "Catearies" - 1:12
  39. "Folium" - 1:20
  40. "Edge Train" - 1:16
  41. "Ruled Surface" - 1:14
  42. "Slope" - 1:03
  43. "Cluster" - 1:06
  44. "Spiral" - 1:16
  45. "Octal" - 1:07
  46. "Cissoid of Diocles" - 1:15
  47. "Arc" - 1:26
  48. "Pole" - 1:21
  • Recorded at Shelley Palmer Studio, New York City on October 1, 1995

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Tzadik catalogue
  2. ^ a b Layne, J. Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2011.