Middle of the Moment (soundtrack)
Middle of the Moment is a soundtrack by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, of the 1995 documentary film, Middle of the Moment by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel.
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | Early 1990s, North Africa and Europe | |||
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| Length | 60:40 | |||
| Label | RecRec (Switzerland) | |||
| Producer | Fred Frith | |||
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The film was made over a period of three years in the early 1990s, following the tuareg in North Africa and an avant garde circus troupe, Cirque O in Europe. The music comprises Frith compositions and sound collages drawn from field recordings of ambient sounds, conversations and indigenous music.
Frith describes how he created the soundtrack:[2]
I 'travelled' through this material, formed my impressions, and created a 'sound-movie' from them, using a process analogous to that of editing a film. [...] My idea is more to create a parallel narrative, free to draw on music that wasn't in the film but was part of the process of making it.
Track listing
All music is composed by Fred Frith.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Le Jour Se Leve" | 6:26 |
| 2. | "Moving" | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Digging For Water" | 2:34 |
| 4. | "Portrait I" / "Tam-Tam in Timia" | 3:28 |
| 5. | "Le Cirque" | 7:10 |
| 6. | "Robert Lax Is" | 0:58 |
| 7. | "Gnawa Express Tanger" | 3:01 |
| 8. | "Bell Song" | 2:37 |
| 9. | "Portrait II" | 1:44 |
| 10. | "Ghost Stories" | 6:50 |
| 11. | "Portes Ouvertes" | 3:43 |
| 12. | "Le Cirque-Oh!" / "Ghost Dance" / "Portrait III" | 10:43 |
| 13. | "Le Jour S'Arrache" | 2:59 |
| 14. | "Middle of the Moment (title theme)" | 4:32 |
| Total length: | 60:40 | |
Personnel
- Fred Frith – guitar, bass, violin, keyboards, percussion
- Fabrizio Appelius – accordion
- Mikaela Dietl – accordion
- Tim Hodgkinson – clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
- Robert Lax – voice
- Sandra M'Bow – voice
Tuareg
- Idaman walat Akhmudan – voice
- Tshanak ag Abalbal – voice
- women from the Kel Iforas tribe – vocals, drumming
Cirque O
- Josefina Lehmann – violin
- Johann le Guillerm – accordion, voice
- Bertrand Duva – Tibetan rattles
- Attila Zombori – drums, percussion, guimbarde
Production
- Peter Hardt – engineer
Re-issues
- In 2004 Fred Records issued a remastered version of the soundtrack.
References
- Olewnick, Brian. "Middle of the Moment". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
- "Middle of the Moment". ReR USA. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
External links
- artfilm.ch. Middle of the Moment
