Music for Imaginary Films

Arling & Cameron, Arling And Cameron | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 8, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Emperor Norton
• ASIN: B00003OP8E
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299,667 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This ain't house music brainiac..., February 8, 2000

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[e-mail] (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music for Imaginary Films (Audio CD)

I just got this CD and was surprised to see the above review which calls it "exhilerating, irresistable house electronica!". There are in fact strains of electronica here, but that is only a small part of the menagarie of styles coming together here. Furthermore, it is quite definitely not house music. This is not a dance album. Its a laid back Jet-Set style lava lamp music album. I really like it, but don't buy it if what you are looking for is an album that "uplifts and maintains a tight beat at the same time!" The album is a delicately crafted post-modern exploration of music and cinema; each song explores the depth (or sometimes, lack thereof) of movie music by creating soundtracks for movies that don't exist. Every song corresponds to a fictional movie poster in the liner notes and is meant to forces you to question just what is it about cinema that evokes so many emmotions and what role the vehicle of music plays in that evocation. "Very creative" - yes; "very dancable" - no, my friend. You are mistaken, this is in fact NOT "a must for house lovers!".

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you liked All-In, you should buy this one too..., February 9, 2000

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W. van Schaik - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music for Imaginary Films (Audio CD)

The second full-length CD (after All-In) of Dutch duo Arling & Cameron is filled with songs from imaginary film-scores. Ranging from a French policier to German existentialist drama and 70's sci-fi picture, this CD brings you the best songs from movies that never existed. This quite ambitious project is to a certain extent extremely succesful: some of the songs (most notably Le Flic et la Fille, Spacebeach and Shiva's Daughters) succeed in conjuring up a complete picture. The question is: when will someone actually make these pictures! The most audience-friendly song on this CD is Let's get higher: Dutch Daft Punk and a potential (minor or major) hit. However, some tracks are considerably weaker: New Day, W.E.E.K.E.N.D. and Zona Sul sound like The Carpenters with a rather tedious and repetitive sounding drum 'n' bass beat. But the major point of criticism must be the liner notes in the booklet. All the tracks are accompanied by a very nice-looking poster of the imaginary film (or tv-pilot) but also with some painfully unfunny comments about the movie which the songs are supposed to be part of. So, just look at the booklet (but don't read it) and enjoy the many excellent tracks on this CD (and skip the few bombs), although I think Arling & Cameron are capable of much more

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is that you, Antoine?, March 2, 2000

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Mink Waterdale (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music for Imaginary Films (Audio CD)

This is the perfect album for those times when you're so frustrated about what to listen and can only settle on a couple of songs from one artist and maybe a couple from another. Covering a wide breadth of cinematic scoring, Arling and Cameron have crafted a a perfect tribute to soundtrack legends like Bernard Herrmann and Angelo Badalamenti. Haunting, lush, dark, airy-no base is left untouched in this record.