''Man with a Movie Camera'' is a 2003

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album by

The Cinematic Orchestra The Cinematic Orchestra is a British nu jazz and downtempo music group created in 1999 by Jason Swinscoe. The group is signed to independent record label Ninja Tune. The Cinematic Orchestra have produced four studio albums, ''Motion'' (1999), ...

, released on 26 May 2003 on

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. The album contains re-workings and thematic reprises of some of the music from the band's previous album, 2002's '' Every Day'', including the track "Man with a Movie Camera" and an instrumental version of " All Things to All Men" entitled "All Things". ''Man with a Movie Camera'' comprises the soundtrack to a re-released version of the then ground-breaking 1929 silent documentary film of the same name from

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director

Dziga Vertov Dziga Vertov (russian: Дзига Вертов, born David Abelevich Kaufman, russian: Дави́д А́белевич Ка́уфман, and also known as Denis Kaufman; – 12 February 1954) was a Soviet Union, Soviet pioneer documentary f ...

Overview

The Cinematic Orchestra were commissioned to record the score to play as the opening event in

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's year as European Capital of Culture in 2001. The first live performance took place in the

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theatre in May 2000 as part of that year's Porto Film Festival, and was met with a standing ovation from the audience of more than 3,500 people. The songs have since been performed at film festivals all over the world. In November 2002, the band, along with a string section and percussionist Milo Fell, recorded the album over a two-day period at Whitfield Street Recording Studio in London. A DVD of the same name was given a limited release in 2003. It included Vertov's original film allied to The Cinematic Orchestra's soundtrack, and a "making of" documentary as well as some live performances and music videos from the band.

Track listing

# "The Projectionist" – 0:06 # "Melody" – 0:20 # "Dawn" – 4:00 # "The Awakening of a Woman (Burnout)" – 10:20 # "Reel Life (Evolution II)" – 6:57 # "Postlude" – 1:45 # "Evolution (Versao Portuense)" – 5:47 # "Work It! (Man with the Movie Camera)" – 8:05 # "Voyage" – 0:22 # "Odessa" – 2:05 # "Theme de Yoyo" – 2:20 # "The Magician" – 2:26 # "Theme Reprise" – 2:53 # "Yoyo Waltz" – 1:17 # "Drunken Tune" – 4:50 # "The Animated Tripod" – 1:12 # " All Things" – 6:06

Samples and inspiration

* The track "Work It! (Man with a Movie Camera)" bears strong thematic similarities to music composed by

Bernard Herrmann Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in composing for films. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. He is widely re ...

for the film ''

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'' (1958), in particular, a scene in which Sinbad arrives in

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. * "Theme de Yoyo" is a cover version of the

Art Ensemble of Chicago The Art Ensemble of Chicago is an avant-garde jazz group that grew out of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ( AACM) in the late 1960s. The ensemble integrates many jazz styles and plays many instruments, including "little ...

track from the film and album ''

Les Stances a Sophie ''Les Stances a Sophie'' is a 1970 soundtrack album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Paris for a French film of the same name directed by Moshé Mizrahi. It was released on the Pathé Marconi label in France and on Nessa Records in the ...

''.

Influence on popular culture

* The song "Awakening of a Woman (Burnout)" appeared on an episode of the first season of the anime series ''

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''.

References

External links

''Man with a Movie Camera (The Cinematic Orchestra album)''
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''Man with a Movie Camera (The Cinematic Orchestra film)''
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''Man with a Movie Camera (alternative soundtracks)''
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