Music for Films

Percy Jones (Performer), Brian Eno (Composer), Fred Frith (Performer), Phil Collins (Performer), Rod Melvin (Performer), John Cale (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Percy Jones, Fred Frith, Phil Collins, Rod Melvin, John Cale
• Composer: Brian Eno
• Audio CD (August 31, 1990)
• SPARS Code: AAD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Editions Eg Records
• ASIN: B000003S28
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,131 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Limited Edition Japanese "Mini Vinyl" CD, faithfully reproduced using original LP artwork including the inner sleeve. Features most recently mastered audio including bonus tracks where applicable. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The godfather of ambient :), May 19, 2000

By	stu (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

It's amazing to think that this was recorded in 1978. It sounds timeless. This must have exercised a huge influence on the whole generation of ambient music that appeared in the following two decades, but still sounds more interesting than most.

While sonically similar to Music for Airports, the very brevity of the tracks here works in its favour. None outstay their welcome, whereas with MfA, one's mind pretty quickly wanders (though you might argue that that is precisely the objective -- in his original sleevenotes, Eno suggests that all of the Ambient series be played at barely audible levels.) While MfA is meditative enough for that to work it would be a shame to use this CD in the same way. The structure and space of each piece deserve close attention.

I don't know if any of these tracks made it into films (I wouldn't be surprised) but many of them were staple soundtrack fare for BBC documentaries for many years, as were tracks from Eno's excellent "Apollo" album.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music for Music, February 24, 2001

By	Dima (Montreal, QC, Canada) - See all my reviews

This was a second Eno album I bought and over the years it has become one of my favorites. It's a soundtrack to sentiments of wonder, bliss, melancholy and obliqueness. Although the sequencing of the tracks on the album is something to get used to, once it's under you skin it makes perfect sense. Not Ambient really, I think the tracks are etudes; exercises in harmony, timbre, and in this light Eno is the Great Fisherman who reels you in via intuition. Classical, low key, playful and sad. Thank you, Brian.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Startling Achievement, March 11, 1999

By	P. McGrath "prmcgr" (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Eno accomplished, with this 1978 release, something that few, if any, purported "new age," "instrumental" or "ambient" musicians have done before or since: create a tightly structured soundscape with timeless, melancholy, nearly archetypal themes. The brevity of the tracks is appealing (though on a few one wishes to hear more). The listener passes through movements that are intensely personal - at times melancholy or playful - other times simply profound. The invitation of the title of the album is to imagine the kind(s) of film(s) for which this music would be a good soundrack. Such a film would, by necessity, explore the deepest underlying themes of life - the longing for the eternal, the brevity of biological existence, our essential loneliness, and our relationship with God. This album is not only one of the great ambient works of all time - it may stand one of the greatest of all recordings. Time will tell.