Ravenous (soundtrack)
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Ravenous | ||||
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![]() The very subtle difference between the US (top) and UK (bottom) editions' covers. Design by Deborah Norcross. | ||||
Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | March 9, 1999 (United States) September 13, 1999 (UK) | |||
Genre | Minimalist | |||
Length | 74:35 (United States) 75:35 (UK) | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Virgin (United States) EMI (UK) | |||
Producer | Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman William Orbit (UK version tracks 20-22) | |||
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Ravenous is the score for the film of the same name. It was written and performed by Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman (by agreement, Albarn credited first on the album and Nyman credited first on the film credits). The score was actually not a collaboration, according to Nyman: "Ravenous was a joint composition in the sense that Damon Albarn composed 60% of the tracks and I did the rest."[3] It features Nyman's first writing for banjo since his 1981 self-titled album.
The tracks known to be composed/arranged by Nyman include:
- Hail Columbia & Noises Off (actually pre-existing arrangements) and Welcome To Fort Spencer. These were written for and performed by Foster's Social Orchestra, a group of non-musician artists Nyman assembled under the inspiration of the Portsmouth Sinfonia.[4]
- Cannibal Fantasy (on the Ravenous DVD commentary, Albarn attributes Cannibal Fantasy to Nyman).
In addition, the tracks most recognisably in Nyman's (more classical) idiom include:[speculation?]
- The "Ives" tracks (i.e. Stranger At The Window, Ives Returns, and A Game Of Two Shoulders).
- Trek To The Cave.
- Checkmate.
- Ives Torments Boyd And Kills Knox.
While the only tracks clearly known to be composed by Albarn are "Boyd's Journey" and "Colqhoun's Story" per the aforementioned DVD commentary, the following tracks share similar rhythmic and electronic characteristics, based upon looped samples and distortions:[speculation?]
- He Was Licking Me
- Let's Go Kill That Bastard
- The Pit
- Martha And The Horses
- Saveoursoulissa
- Manifest Destiny
The long track, "The Cave," features many characteristics of Albarn's other tracks while also sampling a sting from Nyman's rejected score to the film Practical Magic.[citation needed] The "End Titles" track features alternate recordings of "Boyd's Journey" (Albarn) and "Cannibal Fantasy" (Nyman).
Individual pieces from the score have shown up in two different movies:
- Opening sample of Saveoursoulissa in unaltered form in Magnolia[citation needed]
- Actually, the Magnolia score features the beginning of the main title track from P.T. Anderson's Hard Eight (1996 - also titled Sydney) by Michael Penn.[citation needed]
- Manifest Destiny banjo riff in Hostel[citation needed]
Track listing[]
- "Hail Columbia" 2:42 (Philip Phile, arranged by Michael Nyman)
- "Boyd's Journey" 3:02
- "Welcome to Fort Spencer" 1:41 (Stephen Foster, arranged by Michael Nyman)
- "Noises Off" 1:54 (Stephen Foster, arranged by Michael Nyman)
- "Stranger at the Window" 1:48
- "Colquhoun"'s Story 4:43
- "Weendigo Myth" 1:23 written and sung by
- "Trek to the Cave" 4:24
- "He Was Licking Me" 1:41
- "The Cave" 8:01
- "Run!" 2:10
- "Let's Go Kill that Bastard" 3:51
- "The Pit" 4:37
- "Ives Returns" 0:49
- "Cannibal Fantasy" 2:13
- "A Game of Two Shoulders" 2:25
- "Checkmate" 2:17
- "Martha and the Horses" 3:14
- "Ives Torments Boyd and Kills Knox" 2:16
- "Manifest Destiny" 5:20
- "Saveoursoulissa" 8:40
- "End Titles" 5:01
Personnel[]
The Michael Nyman Orchestra, led by , conducted by Michael Nyman
- , violin
- , guitar, jaw harp
- , banjo
- , squeeze box
- Tracks 3 & 4 performed by
- Voices: , ; London Voices
- Orchestrations by Michael Nyman and Gary Carpenter
- Additional sequenced orchestrations by Damon Albarn
- Programming by and Robert Worby
- Engineered by and Tom Girling
- Mixed by Austin Ince, Tom Girling, and
- Assistant engineers: and Matt Palmer
- Recorded at Air Lyndhurst, London and 13, London
- Produced by Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman
- Design:
- Photography: David Gamble
- Management for Damon Albarn: / from
- Management for Michael Nyman: for www.december.org/NYMAN
- Special thanks to Bunny Andrews, Fred Baron, Antonia Bird, , Niamh Byrne, , , , Adam Fields, , , , Carla Hacken, David Heyman, , Robert Kraft, Elizabeth Lloyd, , , , , , Lisa Otto, , , , , , Jonathan Watkins, , Laura Ziskin
- Music supervised for 20th Century Fox by Matt Walker and .
- Executive in charge of soundtracks for Virgin Records:
British release[]
The British version of the soundtrack album features three tracks remixed by William Orbit, "Boyd's Beauty pt. A", "Screech Jam" (based on "The Cave" and "Ives Returns"), and "The Pit." Due to the length of the album, this necessitated the omission of three tracks: "Ives Returns," "Manifest Destiny," and "End Credits."
Track listing[]
- Hail Columbia 2:42 (Philip Phile, arranged by Michael Nyman)
- Boyd's Journey 3:02
- Welcome to Fort Spencer 1:41 (Stephen Foster, arranged by Michael Nyman)
- Noises Off 1:54 (Stephen Foster, arranged by Michael Nyman)
- Stranger at the Window 1:48
- Colquhoun's Story 4:43
- Weendigo Myth 1:23 written and sung by
- Trek to the Cave 4:24
- "He Was Licking Me" 1:41
- The Cave 8:01
- "Run!" 2:10
- "Let's Go Kill that Bastard" 3:51
- "The Pit" 4:37
- Cannibal Fantasy 2:13
- A Game of Two Shoulders 2:25
- Checkmate 2:17
- Martha and the Horses 3:14
- Ives Torments Boyd and Kills Knox 2:16
- Saveoursoulissa 8:38
- Boyd's Beauty pt. A* 4:21
- Screech Jam* 3:31
- The Pit* 4:40
Additional personnel for EMI release[]
*Additional production and mix by William Orbit
- Recorded and mixed at
- Keyboards and tweaks by William Orbit and
- Pro Tools programming and engineering by
- Head of soundtracks for EMI Records:
References[]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Music from the Movies review Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Industry Central
- ^ Liner notes to Michael Nyman - Live
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