JOHN ZORN - Filmworks I : 1986-1990 (1997) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

For Zorn, filmscores have always been a place to experiment and the Filmworks Series is in many ways a microcosm of his output. This original installment of the Filmworks Series presents three scores ranging from punk-rockabilly (featuring the nasty guitars of Bob Quine, Marc Ribot and Arto Lindsay); a jazzy Bernard Herrmann fantasy; to a quirky classical/improv/world music amalgam for Raul Ruiz's bizarre film The Golden Boat. Zorn's infamous one minute arrangement of Morricone's classic The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, is included as a bonus track. Out of print for several years, these classic recordings are made available here with the original cover art intact. This is the place where it all began. TZADIK
White And Lazy    
1    Main Title    0:55
2    Homecoming    1:15
3    The Heist    3:20
4    Meat Dream    1:15
5    Phone Call    0:50
6    End Title    1:59
The Golden Boat    
7    Fanfare    0:30
8    Theme    2:59
9    Jazz I    2:51
10    Horror Organ    1:06
11    Mexico    1:56
12    Mood    3:17
13    Rockabilly    2:01
14    Slow    2:47
15    Jazz Oboes    2:33
16    The Golden Boat (Turntable Mix) 2:58
Mixed By – David Shea
17    End Titles    2:53
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly    
18    The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 1:04
Composed By – Ennio Morricone
She Must Be Seeing Things    
19    Main Title    1:04
20    Swirling Shot    1:20
21    Homecoming    3:22
22    Catalina Flash    0:28
23    Seduction    4:54
24    Sex Shop Boogaloo    2:47
25    Catalina Escapes    1:11
26    Worms    1:04
27    Death Waltz Fantasy    1:24
28    Following Sequence    3:03
29    Movie Set    1:20
30    Climax    2:55
31    Going To Dinner    2:38
32    End Titles    3:27
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – John Zorn (pistas: 7 to 17, 19 to 32)
Arranged By, Producer, Executive-Producer, Liner Notes – John Zorn
Bass – David Hofstra (pistas: 19 to 32), Fred Frith (pistas: 18), Mark Dresser (pistas: 7 to 17), Melvin Gibbs (pistas: 1 to 6)
Bass Clarinet – Ned Rothenberg (pistas: 1 to 6)
Composed By – John Zorn (pistas: 1 to 15, 17, 19 to 32)
Drums – Anton Fier (pistas: 1 to 6), Bobby Previte (pistas: 7 to 32)
French Horn – Tom Varner (pistas: 19 to 32)
Guitar – Bill Frisell (pistas: 18 to 32), Robert Quine (pistas: 1 to 18)
Guitar, Vocals – Arto Lindsay (pistas: 1 to 6)
Harp – Carol Emanuel
Keyboards – Anthony Coleman (pistas: 7 to 17), David Weinstein (pistas: 1 to 6, 18 to 32)
Marimba – Bobby Previte (pistas: 7 to 17)
Oboe – Vicki Bodner (pistas: 7 to 17)
Organ [Hammond] – Wayne Horvitz (pistas: 18 to 32)
Percussion – Cyro Baptista (pistas: 7 to 17), Naná Vasconcelos (pistas: 19 to 32)
Percussion, Vibraphone, Timpani, Bells [Orchestra] – Bobby Previte (pistas: 19 to 32)
Piano – Wayne Horvitz (pistas: 19 to 32)
Piano, Organ, Celesta, Harpsichord – Anthony Coleman (pistas: 19 to 32)
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Marty Ehrlich (pistas: 19 to 32)
Trombone – Jim Staley (pistas: 19 to 32)
Vocals – Bobby Previte (pistas: 18), Shelley Hirsch (pistas: 19 to 32)
Vocals, Turntables – David Shea (pistas: 7 to 17)

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks V : Tears Of Ecstasy (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Forty-eight sound cues for Japan's leading gay porno director, Oki Hioyuki. Featuring Robert Quine, Marc Ribot and Cyro Baptista, John Zorn mixes together world beat, surf music, hard rock, ambient industrial noise, classical, jazz and just about every other genre you can think of in a bizarre sound world for an equally bizarre film. TZADIK
Tracklist :
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
Credits :
Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Piano [Prepared Piano], Sampler [Samples] – John Zorn
Composed By [All Music Composed By], Arranged By [All Music Arranged By], Producer [Produced By] – John Zorn
Guest [Guest Vocal By], Vocals [Guest Vocal By] – Jason Baker (pistas: 44)
Guitar – Marc Ribot, Robert Quine
Liner Notes [Notes (English)] – John Zorn
Percussion – Cyro Baptista

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks VII : Cynical Hysterie Hour (1997) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The holy grail of Zornthologists is finally available in a newly remastered definitive edition.

Released in Japan for only a few short months in 1990, this is the original music Zorn created for a series of four shorts by one of Japan's most endearing cartoonists: Kiriko Kubo.

A long time champion of Warner Bros. cartoon composer Carl Stalling, Zorn considers this to be his finest and most personal take on cartoon music to date, a genre that has influenced him deeply. The all-star band includes Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Arto Lindsay, Robert Quine, Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte and Cyro Baptista. TZADIK
Trip Coaster    
1    Hysteric Logo    0:24
2    Walk To Park    2:10
3    Coaster 2    0:47
4    Fighting Pirates    0:26
5    Yakisoba    1:14
6    Coaster Trip    1:39
Ch Ch Chang    
7    1st Hit / 2nd Hit    0:27
8    Punk Rock Hero    0:56
9    Abacus Waltz    0:38
10    Punk Rebel / Tsunta's Theme    3:36
11    End Title    0:13
Through The Night    
12    Through The Night    1:30
13    Home Sweet Home    1:43
14    Making Ramen At Midnight    0:32
15    Scary Moonlight    1:55
Bubblin' Singin'    
16    My Favorite Things    2:18
17    Omelet Punk    0:20
18    Classical    0:16
19    Stink Of An Onion    0:34
20    Onion Samba    0:59
21    Omelet Punk 2    0:16
22    Me And My Hamburger / Final Samba    1:05
23    Surfing Samba    1:10
Credits :
Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass – David Hofstra (pistas: 7 to 23), Kermit Driscoll (pistas: 1 to 6)
Cello – Maxine Neuman (pistas: 12 to 15)
Composed, Producer, Arranged By – John Zorn
Drum Machine – Ikue Mori (pistas: 12 to 15)
Drums, Percussion – Bobby Previte (pistas: 1 to 11, 16 to 23)
Electric Guitar – Arto Lindsay (pistas: 7 to 11), Robert Quine (pistas: 7 to 11, 16 to 23)
Electric Guitar, Banjo – Bill Frisell (pistas: 1 to 6, 16 to 23), Marc Ribot (pistas: 7 to 15)
Harp – Carol Emanuel
Keyboards – Peter Scherer (pistas: 7 to 23), Wayne Horvitz (pistas: 1 to 6)
Percussion [Brazilian Percussion] – Cyro Baptista
Turntables – Christian Marclay (pistas: 1 to 6)
Violin, Viola – Jill Jaffe (pistas: 12 to 15)
Vocals – Arto Lindsay (pistas: 16 to 23), Kiriko Kubo (pistas: 16 to 23)

JOHN ZORN : The Bribe - Variations And Extensions On Spillane (1998) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Written a few months after the session that created one of Zorn's most influential compositional masterpieces "Spillane," The Bribe is a major new discovery in the Zorn oeuvre. Recorded in the same style as "Spillane," with the same engineer, and very close to the same ensemble, these cues are not unlike an extended version of that classic piece. Created originally for three thirty minutes radio plays produced by Mabou Mines theater company back in 1986, this exciting music features lush moody orchestrations, swinging jazz, hard rock, groovy funk, noise, improvisations, exotic ambience and much, much more. With all the music squeezed onto one extended CD (over 76 minutes), The Bribe is one of Zorn's most eclectic and stimulating releases. TZADIK
Part 1 Sliding On The Ice    
1    Gill's Theme    2:07
2    Hydrant Of The Vogue    0:41
3    The Big Freeze    1:01
4    Meters    2:24
5    The Bridge / Cocktails    4:06
6    The Willies    1:01
7    The Taxman Cometh    1:16
8    Night Walk    1:09
9    Skit Rhesus    2:43
10    The Boxer    0:59
11    Trick Or Treat    3:22
12    The Latin Trip / Gill's Theme    3:30
Part 2 The Arrest    
13    A Taste Of Voodoo    3:20
14    Inhaling The Image    1:49
15    City Chase    3:27
16    Dreams Of The Red Chamber    11:38
17    Rash Acts    1:30
18    Chippewa    1:24
19    The Hour Of Thirteen    0:47
20    Radio Mouth / Gill's Theme    2:57
Part 3 The Art Bar    
21    Midnight Streets    3:58
22    Victoria Lake    3:12
23    Strip Central    5:26
24    Pink Limousine    9:18
25    Skyline    3:19
26    Ordinary Lies / Gill's Theme    2:04
Credits :
Anthony Coleman : Piano
Marty Ehrlich : Reeds
Carol Emanuel : Harp
David Hofstra : Bass
Wayne Horvitz : Organ
Christian Marclay : Turntables
Ikue Mori : Drum Machines
Zeena Parkins : Harp
Bobby Previte : Percussion
Robert Quine : Guitar
Reck : Rhythm Guitar
Jim Staley : Trombone
John Zorn : Alto Sax