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Fantômas: The Director’s Cut

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On July 9, 2001, “Ipecac” label released “The Director’s Cut”, the second Fantômas studio album. It was recorded in January 2011, and was produced by Mike Patton.

Personnel:

  • Mike Patton – vocals
  • Buzz Osborne – guitar
  • Trevor Dunn – bass
  • Dave Lombardo – drums

Track listing:

  1. The Godfather – Nino Rota
  2. Der Golem – Karl Ernst Sasse
  3. Experiment in Terror – Henry Mancini
  4. One Step Beyond – Harry Lubin
  5. Night of the Hunter (remix) – Walter Schumann
  6. Cape Fear – Barnard Hermann
  7. Rosemary’s Baby – Krystsztof Komeda
  8. The Devil Rides Out (remix) – James Bernard
  9. Spider Baby – Ronald Stein
  10. The Omen (Ave Satani) – Jerry Goldsmith
  11. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – Robert McNaughton
  12. Vendetta – John Barry
  13. Untitled
  14. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion – Ennio Morricone
  15. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me – Angelo Badalamenti
  16. Charade – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer

Fantômas: The Director’s Cut

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On July 9, 2001, “Ipecac” label released “The Director’s Cut”, the second Fantômas studio album. It was recorded in January 2001, and was produced by Mike Patton.

Personnel:

  • Mike Patton – vocals, keyboards, melodica, arrangements, artwork
  • Buzz Osborne – guitar
  • Trevor Dunn – bass guitar
  • Dave Lombardo – drums
  • S. Husky Höskul – engineer
  • Magnum D. I. – engineer assistant
  • Toji-Division – engineer assistant
  • Desmond Shea – engineer assistant
  • DJ Klinger and Radar – engineer assistant
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Martin Kvamme – artwork
  • Kai Myhre – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Godfather – Nino Rota
  2. Der Golem – Karl Ernst Sasse
  3. Experiment in Terror – Henry Mancini
  4. One Step Beyond – Harry Lubin
  5. Night of the Hunter (remix) – Walter Schumann
  6. Cape Fear – Bernard Herrmann
  7. Rosemary’s Baby – Krzysztof Komeda
  8. The Devil Rides Out (remix) – James Bernard
  9. Spider Baby – Ronald Stein
  10. The Omen (Ave Satani) – Jerry Goldsmith
  11. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – Robert McNaughton
  12. Vendetta – John Barry
  13. Untitled
  14. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion – Ennio Morricone
  15. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me – Angelo Badalamenti
  16. Charade – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer

Thomas Tedesco

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On November 10, 1997, Thomas J. Tedesco died aged 67. He was a musician (guitar), part of the loose collective of Los Angeles area’s session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew. As he played on hundreds studio recordings, “Guitar Player” magazine described him as “the most recorded guitarist in music history”. He recorded with the Beach Boys, Chet Baker, the Mamas & the Papas, the Everly Brothers, the Association, Bobby Darrin, Barbra Streisand, Jan and Dean, the 5th Dimension, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Zappa, Ricky Nelson, Cher, Neil Diamond, Van Dyke Parks, Michael Franks, Nancy and Frank Sinatra, Richard Harris, Peggy Lee, Johnny Rivers, Al Kooper, Michael Nesmith, Paul Anka, Don Ellis, Minnie Riperton, Maria Muldaur, Leon Russell, Aretha Franklin, Art Garfunkel, J.J. Cale, Quincy Jones, Stephen Bishop, Kenny Loggins, Jack Nitzsche, Sarah Vaughan, Lalo Schifrin, Randy Newman, Hugh Masakela, and Joan Baez. Tedesco performed on soundtracks including The French Connection, Jaws, The Godfather, Field of Dreams, and The Deer Hunter. As a leader he released ten albums.

Scott Walker: The Moviegoer

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In October 1972, “Philips” label released “The Moviegoer”, the seventh Scott Walker studio album. It was recorded in 1972, and was produced by Johnny Franz.

Personnel:

  • Scott Walker– vocals
  • Peter J. Olliff – engineer
  • Robert Cornford – orchestra director

Track listing:

  1. This Way Mary (Theme from Mary, Queen of Scots) – John Barry, Don Black
  2. Speak Softly Love (Love theme from The Godfather) – Nino Rota
  3. Glory Road (Theme from U.S.A.) – Neil Diamond
  4. That Night (Theme from The Fox) – Lalo Schifrin, Norman Gimbel
  5. The Summer Knows” (Theme from Summer of ’42) – Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
  6. The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti (Here’s to You) (Theme from Sacco and Vanzetti) – Joan Baez, Ennio Morricone
  7. A Face in the Crowd – (Theme from Le Mans) – Bergman, Michel Legrand
  8. Joe Hill (Theme from The Ballad of Joe Hill) – Stefan Grossman
  9. Loss Of Love (Theme from Sunflower) – Henry Mancini, Bob Merrill
  10. All His Children (Theme from Never Give an Inch) – Henry Mancini, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
  11. Come Saturday Morning (Theme from Pookie) – Fred Karlin, Dory Previn
  12. Easy Come Easy Go (Theme from They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?) – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman

Nino Rota

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On April 10, 1979, Giovanni “Nino” Rota died aged 68. He was musician (piano), composer, conductor and academic, best known for his film scores. He has wrote more than 150 music scores and has composed music for the films of some of the world best known movie directors, among the others for Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Franco Zeffirelli and Francis Ford Coppola.  In 1974 he won the “Academy Award for Best Original Score” for Francis Ford Coppola movie “The Godfather Part II”. Rota is also known for his music for theatre productions by Luchino Visconti, Eduardo De Filippo and Franco Zeffirelli.