the of mirror eye

Hey all. It seems that I’m having a bad couple days with my hosting service. I don’t know what gremlins they used to “fix” my database, but it seems that they misplaced my last post and comments. As I won’t be home ’til later, I’ll repost it then. Hopefully the gemlins have left the system and we can get back to normal business.

-cb

John Zorn: The Big Gundown (10.0 mb) | Poverty (Once Upon A Time In America) (4.5 mb) | Battle Of Algiers (5.0 mb)
From The Big Gundown (15th Anniversary Edition) : Tzadik : 7328

As noted above, for some reason, my host decided to “fix” something that wasn’t broken to begin with and lost this particular post as well as some comments. So, this is a repost of this magnificent tribute to Ennio Morricone. As noted in the BBC Radio 3 documentary, Mr. Zorn was hesitant to do this tribute because he thought the music was already fantastic. But at the same time, he wanted to get back in the studio, and this particular project would allow him to do that. Luckily, he agreed and recorded this amazing album. The great thing about this album is that he doesn’t just copy what Morricone did, he reimagines and reinvents the music.

This is a record that has fresh, good and intelligent ideas. It is realization on a high level, a work done by a maestro with great science-fantasy and creativity. At times my works have been varied from but it doesn’t change anything because the pieces are still recognizable. My ideas have been realized not in a passive manner, but in an active manner which has recreated and re-invented what I have done previously for films. Many people have done versions of my pieces, but no one has done them like this. (Ennio Morricone)

At any rate, hopefully y’all enjoy this as much as I do. And hopefully this is the last time I have to write this post!

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