Track Listing
1. Aragon
2. From the Same Hill
3. Inland Sea
4. Two rapid formations
5. Slow Water
6. Sparrowfall: Sparrowfall (1)
7. Sparrowfall: Sparrowfall (2)
8. Sparrowfall: Sparrowfall (3)
9. Alternative
10. Quartz
11. Events in Dense Fog
12. There is Nobody
13. Patrolling Wire Borders
14. Measured Room, A
15. Task Force
16. M386
17. Strange Light
18. Final Sunset
| Details | | Playing Time: | 40 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Fred Frith, John Cale, Percy Jones, Phil Collins, Rhett Davies, Robert Fripp | | Producer: | Brian Eno | | Distributor: | Caroline Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes
Personnel: Brian Eno (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Brian Eno; Roderick Melvin (electric piano, keyboards); Robert Fripp, Fred Frith (guitar, electric guitar); Paul Rudolph (guitar); John Cale (viola); Rhett Davies (trumpet); Rod Melvin (electric piano); Percy Jones, Bill MacCormick (bass guitar); Dave Mattacks, Phil Collins (percussion).
Liner Note Author: Brian Eno.
Author: Brian Eno.
Photographer: Ritva Saarikko.
Arrangers: Brian Eno; Fred Frith; Percy Jones.
Because it was released between 1975's proto-ambient DISCREET MUSIC and 1979's similarly-titled AMBIENT 1: MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS, 1978's MUSIC FOR FILMS is often mistakenly lumped in with Brian Eno's ambient releases. However, while MUSIC FOR FILMS shares some of the facets of Eno's ambient music, particularly in the lack of vocals, the structure of the album precludes its description as an ambient release. While Eno's definition of ambient music focuses on the extended length of pieces and their meditative content, the 18 tracks on MUSIC FOR FILM are very brief--only one reaches four minutes and half are under two--and they cover an appropriately cinematic range of moods, from tranquility to fear. At times, Eno and his collaborators, including Fred Frith, Phil Collins, and John Cale, recall such soundtrack composers as Bernard Herrmann and Nino Rota, but MUSIC FOR FILMS is quintessential Eno.
Editorial Reviews
4 Stars - Excellent - ...has always stood out for its melancholy and, perhaps, the brevity of its tracks....there scarcely seems a wasted moment on it...
Q (05/01/1993)
4 stars out of 5 - [A] vital reference point for modern studio-dwellers.
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