You Have Already Gone to the Other World is A Hawk and a Hacksaw's sixth studio album with the subtitle "Music inspired by Paradjanov's Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors". It is a concept album which is written as a retrospective soundtrack for the 1964 movie Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Sergei Parajanov.
Background The album is a concept album, it is arranged as a soundtrack for an already existing movie. Eight tracks are Eastern Europe folk songs from Hungary, Ukraine and Romania which are partly sampled from the movie and newly interpreted and arranged by Barnes and Trost. They also composed new music for the movie and played live along the movie in cinemas and theatres in 2012.
Track listing
Personnel Jeremy Barnes - accordion Heather Trost - violin John Dieterich - featuring on tracks 2,5 and 7 John Dieterich, Griffin Rodriguez and Jeremy Barnes - recording Billy Joe Miller - album photography
Samples All traditional songs arranged by Barnes and Trost Samples from Sergei Parajanov's Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors on tracks 1, 2, 4, 10 and 15: (1) Open It, Rose (Hungary) sample at 01:16 in the movie (2) You Have Already Gone to the Other World (4) Wedding Theme (Ukraine) sample at 52:33 in the movie (10) Horses of Fire Rachenitsa (15) Ivan and Marichka / The Sorcerer sample at 46:15 in the movie An unknown Hungarian on track 14 "Oh, Lord, Saint George, Bewitch Ivan, Make Him Mine"
Notes
External links The album - You Have Already Gone to the Other World A Hawk And A Hacksaw The movie - Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors at the Internet Movie Database Parajanov.com News Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors at Parajanov.com Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors on YouTube (full length)
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