Filmworks IV: S/M + More features film scores by John Zorn. The album was released in Japan on Eva Records in 1996Discogs web page, accessed July 04, 2012 and on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 1997.Tzadik catalogue It features the music that Zorn wrote and recorded for Maria Beatty's The Elegant Spanking, Beatty and M.M. Serra's A Lot of Fun for the Evil One, "Credits Included" written for the film of the same name directed by Jalal Toufic and "Maogai", written for a piano scene in a film by Hiroki Ryuichi.
Reception The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 3 stars noting that "While this album may not contain the precise and complex structures of Zorn's other experimental work, one gets the sense that he gave himself free rein to play a little, and came up with something new".Proefrock, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2011.
Track listing All compositions by John Zorn "Pueblo" - 9:04 "Elegant Spanking" (Suite) - 14:22 "Credits Included" (A Video in Red & Green) a. Politics, b. Asylum - 9:38 "Maogai" (Suite & Variations) - 6:19 "A Lot of Fun for the Evil One" - 17:48 (1-3) recorded at Shelley Palmer Studio, New York City (4) recorded at Romanisches Cafe, Tokyo (5) recorded at Harmonic Ranch, New York City
Personnel
Marc Ribot (1) - guitar Robert Quine (1) - guitar Anthony Coleman (1) - organ Chris Wood (1) - bass Cyro Baptista (1) - percussion Joey Baron (1) - drums Carol Emanuel (2) - harp Jill Jaffee (2) - viola Erik Friedlander (2) - cello Jim Pugliese (2) - vibes, percussion Kuroda Kyoko (4) - piano John Zorn (3,5) - sound design, keyboards
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