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Rivers and Tides (soundtrack)

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Released
  
2003 (2003)

Length
  
40:51

Release date
  
2003

Recorded
  
2002, Germany

Artist
  
Fred Frith

Producer
  
Fred Frith

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Label
  
Winter & Winter (Germany)

Movie
  
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time

Genres
  
Experimental music, Chamber music

Similar
  
Fred Frith albums, Experimental music albums

Rivers and Tides: Working with Time is a soundtrack by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, of the 2001 Anglo-German documentary film, Rivers and Tides by Thomas Riedelsheimer about the British landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.

Contents

Frith composed all the music for the soundtrack and incorporated sound clips of water from the film in the final mix. The music has been described as chamber and features Frith and a German trio of Karoline Höfler, Bernd Settelmeyer and Wolfgang Stryi.

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Reception

In a review of the album, AllMusic had this to say of Frith: "Rivers and Tides demonstrates that Frith is not only a skewed pop genius and fearless improviser, but a remarkably empathetic soundtrack composer as well."

Track listing

  1. "Part I" (Frith) – 10:08
  2. "Part II" (Frith) – 3:10
  3. "Part III" (Frith) – 2:22
  4. "Part IV" (Frith) – 1:25
  5. "Part V" (Frith) – 4:40
  6. "Part VI" (Frith) – 4:15
  7. "Part VII" (Frith) – 11:31
  8. "Part VIII" (Frith) – 3:20

Personnel

  • Fred Frith – guitar, samples, violin, piano, berimbao
  • Karoline Höfler – double bass
  • Bernd Settelmeyer – percussion
  • Wolfgang Stryi – soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Sound and art work

  • Digitally recorded and mixed at Jankowski Tonstudio, Esslingen, Germany, 8–9 July 2002
  • Engineered by Peter Hardt
  • Digital re-mixing and mastering at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany, 30–31 January 2003
  • Engineered by Adrian von Ripka with Stefan Winter
  • Art and photography by Andy Goldsworthy
  • Prints by Peter Postel
  • Songs

    1Rivers and Tides: Part I —10:10
    2Rivers and Tides: Part II —3:14
    3Rivers and Tides: Part III —2:23

    References

    Rivers and Tides (soundtrack) Wikipedia


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