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Man With a Movie Camera
The Cinematic Orchestra
Man With a Movie Camera
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Tracklist
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The Projectionist full track | 0:06 | 2,755 | ||
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Melody full track | 0:20 | 3,742 | ||
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Dawn full track | 4:00 | 78,909 | ||
| 4 |
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The Awakening of a Woman (Burnout) full track | 10:17 | 32,930 | ||
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Reel Life (Evolution II) full track | 6:56 | 65,305 | ||
| 6 |
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Postlude full track | 1:45 | 70,629 | ||
| 7 |
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Evolution (Versao Portuense) full track | 5:46 | 42,360 | ||
| 8 |
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Work It! (Man With the Movie Camera) | 8:04 | 31,463 | ||
| 9 |
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Voyage full track | 0:22 | 2,823 | ||
| 10 |
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Odessa full track | 2:05 | 61,536 | ||
| 11 |
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Theme de Yoyo full track | 2:19 | 65,256 | ||
| 12 |
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The Magician full track | 2:26 | 54,444 | ||
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Theme Reprise full track | 2:52 | 63,137 | ||
| 14 |
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Yoyo Waltz full track | 1:17 | 62,967 | ||
| 15 |
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Drunken Tune full track | 4:49 | 60,044 | ||
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The Animated Tripod full track | 1:12 | 51,642 | ||
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All Things full track | 6:05 | 50,374 |
About this album
In 1929, Russian filmmaker Dziga Vertov made the groundbreaking Man With a Movie Camera documentary—a visual essay on life between the two world wars. Touching on poverty, sport and employment in Russia in the 1920s, Man With a Movie Camera was a masterpiece of silent filmmaking.
There have been numerous soundtracks over the years that have attempted to provide Vertov’s stunning images with the musical accompaniment they deserve, Michael Nyman minimalist take or Biosphere’s electronica reading to name two. The Cinematic Orchestra have been using footage from the film for their live visuals and wrote a piece of the same name for their last album Every Day. They debuted their full soundtrack on the opening night of the Barbican’s Only Connect season, augmenting their line up with a string section.
The Cinematic Orchestra, as their name would suggest, can work detail and development into their compositions that reflect the mood of the film. The addition of a string section compliments the bands music, moving away from the jazz funk of their live sets towards something more powerful. Often fusion between the music and images work so well, you forget that the film remained without this soundtrack for 70-odd years.
There have been numerous soundtracks over the years that have attempted to provide Vertov’s stunning images with the musical accompaniment they deserve, Michael Nyman minimalist take or Biosphere’s electronica reading to name two. The Cinematic Orchestra have been using footage from the film for their live visuals and wrote a piece of the same name for their last album Every Day. They debuted their full soundtrack on the opening night of the Barbican’s Only Connect season, augmenting their line up with a string section.
The Cinematic Orchestra, as their name would suggest, can work detail and development into their compositions that reflect the mood of the film. The addition of a string section compliments the bands music, moving away from the jazz funk of their live sets towards something more powerful. Often fusion between the music and images work so well, you forget that the film remained without this soundtrack for 70-odd years.
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Shouts
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MYJMKRFT wrote:
masterpiece!
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outerspace843 wrote:
this guys continuing the jazz fusion thing with a real way...
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camoril wrote:
Woow! i've just listen to the album while playing the movie ... It's Just Amazing!!!! you have to try it!
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slipknotrox wrote:
amazing album art, amazing music, amazing band
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Pitel wrote:
I just legalized my pirated copy. This album deserves it!
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outloud_tooloud wrote:
lush music!!!
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evelen55 wrote:
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Twisten wrote:
"2008 October – London based Cinematic Orchestra undertook a show featuring a screening of Vertov's film, which preceded the re-issue of the Man With A Movie Camera DVD, in November."
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Twisten wrote:
Ohhh, it's just so beautiful... And you might miss the point, that it's inspirated by the russian film "Man With a Movie Camera" by Dziga Vertov, and the songs are called after the episodes of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_with_a_Movie_Camera
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rabidmonkeys wrote:
epic. 'nuff said.
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geelkuikentje wrote:
Must say that this album is better than the Biosphere album with the same name (comes with Substrata)
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Archearer wrote:
Пожалуй, это их лучший альбом. Я часто засыпаю под него.. Или смотрю в окно. ) Безоговорочный шедевр. Simply the Best album of CO. Love it.
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dsrjarman wrote:
@ihavesoldout: you're not wrong about the film. If you've not caught it, 'Man with a Movie Camera' is an old Russian silent film, to which this is a soundtrack. Give it a go I say!
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geelkuikentje wrote:
Just bought the album, I love it!
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TeaDaze wrote:
this album is just awesome, sо tender sound, strong instrumentation. great, really great!!
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GheP wrote:
Excellent. Love the whole album as a collective, you can really feel the mood change/swing even without the accompaniment of the film.
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ihavesoldout wrote:
i love this film (and album)
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exaveyur wrote:
Their best album.
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Eyrion wrote:
@RMPNG It's low because of incorrect tags probably.
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squigbobble wrote:
the film is great
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Recent Activity
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