The Short Cuts Soundtrack was released in 1993 as the

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack ...

album for the film ''

Short Cuts ''Short Cuts'' is a 1993 American comedy-drama film, directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver. The film has a Los Angeles setting, whic ...

''. The album was released by the

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Recording Company. Several well-known musicians provided material for this album, including Bono and

The Edge David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge,McCormick (2006), pp. 21, 23–24 is an English-born Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing voca ...

from U2, Elvis Costello and Iggy Pop.

Michael Stipe John Michael Stipe (; born January 4, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of alternative rock band R.E.M. He is known for his vocal quality, poetic lyrics and unique stage presence. Pos ...

from

R.E.M. R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the first alternati ...

makes a guest vocal appearance on one track. Most of the songs are performed by

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

singer

Annie Ross Annabelle McCauley Allan Short (25 July 193021 July 2020), known professionally as Annie Ross, was a British-American singer and actress, best known as a member of the jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Early life Ross was born in Surr ...

, who appears in the film. Actress

Lori Singer Lori Singer (born November 6, 1957) is an American actress and musician. The daughter of conductor Jacques Singer, she was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and raised in Portland, Oregon, where her father served as the lead conductor of the Oreg ...

performs

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

on three classical compositions.

Track listing

#Open on Helicopters (sound effect) (0:50) #

and the Low Note Quintet - "Conversation on a Barstool" (5:46) (Bono/The Edge) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "To Hell With Love" (6:25) (

Doc Pomus Jerome Solon Felder (June 27, 1925 – March 14, 1991), known professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall ...

/ Dr. John) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Punishing Kiss" (3:16) (Elvis Costello/

Cait O'Riordan Caitlín O'Riordan (born 4 January 1965) is a British musician of Irish and Scottish descent. She played bass guitar for the Irish punk/folk band the Pogues from 1983 to 1986. She later played with Elvis Costello (her husband from 1986 to 200 ...

) # Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor (

and the Trout Quartet) (5:16) (arr. Ladd McIntosh) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Blue" (4:47) (

Jon Hendricks John Carl Hendricks (September 16, 1921 – November 22, 2017), known professionally as Jon Hendricks, was an American jazz lyricist and singer. He is one of the originators of vocalese, which adds lyrics to existing instrumental songs and re ...

Gildo Mahones Hermenengildo "Gildo" Mahones (June 2, 1929, New York City – April 27, 2018) was an American jazz pianist. Biography Mahones was born to Puerto Rican parents in East Harlem in New York City. Early in his career, he played with Joe Morris (1948 ...

) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Evil California (These Blues)" (3:48) ( Terry Adams/Iggy Pop) # Igor Stravinsky: ''Berceuse'' from ''

The Firebird ''The Firebird'' (french: L'Oiseau de feu, link=no; russian: Жар-птица, Zhar-ptitsa, link=no) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev' ...

'' (Lori Singer) (2:50) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "A Thousand Years" (4:26) (

Gavin Friday Gavin Friday (born Fionán Martin Hanvey, 8 October 1959) is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter, best known as a founding member of the post-punk group The Virgin Prunes. Early life Friday was born in Dublin and attend ...

Maurice Seezer Maurice Seezer (real name Maurice Roycroft, and previously known as ''The Man Seezer'') is an Irish songwriter, musician, and film music composer. Born in 1960, he grew up in the Dublin suburb of Coolock, in a musical family. Film scores written o ...

) #

Victor Herbert Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an American composer, cellist and conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is bes ...

: Cello Concerto No. 2, op. 30 (Lori Singer and the Trout Quartet) (5:04) (arranged by

Bruce Fowler Bruce Lambourne Fowler (born July 10, 1947) is an American trombonist and composer. He played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart and in the Fowler Brothers Band. He composes and arranges music for movies, ...

) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Imitation of a Kiss" (4:37) (

Roy Nathanson Roy Jay Nathanson (born May 17, 1951) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader, actor and teacher. He became the leader and principal composer of the Jazz Passengers, a six piece group that he founded with Curtis Fowlkes in 1987. They have ...

David Cale David Cale (born David Egleton) is an English-American playwright, actor, and songwriter, best known for his solo performance works. Early life Cale was born in England in 1958 or 1959 and grew up in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire. He faile ...

Marc Ribot Marc Ribot (; born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer. His work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, rock, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notably Tom Wai ...

) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Full Moon" (3:59) (Doc Pomus/Dr. John) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet with Lori Singer - "I Don't Know You" (6:08) (Doc Pomus/Dr. John) #The Low Note Quintet-"Nothing Can Stop Me Now" (4:33) (

Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sc ...

) #Earthquake into Low Note - sound effect #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Prisoner of Life" (Doc Pomus/Dr. John)/"I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" ( Peggy Lee/ Duke Ellington) (6:50) # Thomas Tree and Cory J. Coppage - "How Does She Do It So Quickly?" (0:50) (Tree/Coppage) The Low Note Quintet consisted of Bruce Fowler on trombone, Terry Adams on piano, Gene Estes on the vibes,

Greg Cohen Greg Cohen (born July 13, 1953) is an American jazz bassist who has been a member of John Zorn's Masada quartet and worked with numerous other noted musicians for over four decades. Career Cohen plays traditional jazz and other styles, includin ...

on bass, and

Bobby Previte Bobby Previte (born July 16, 1951 in Niagara Falls, New York) is a drummer, composer, and bandleader. He earned a degree in economics from the University at Buffalo, where he also studied percussion. He moved to New York City in 1979 and began ...

on drums. The Trout Quartet consisted of Stuart Kanin on violin, Anatoly Rosinsky on violin, Roland Kato on viola, and Armen Guzelimian on piano. Other musicians: *Iggy Pop: vocals on "Evil California" *Michael Stipe: vocals on "Full Moon" * Steven Bernstein: trumpet on "To Hell With Love" and "Full Moon" *

David Tronzo David Tronzo (born 1957) is an American guitarist, best known for his innovation of pairing the techniques of electric slide guitar with the genres of bebop, modern jazz, rock, downtown music, and experimental music. He has recorded with former D ...

: slide guitar on "To Hell With Love", "Full Moon" and "I Don't Know You" *

Anthony Coleman Anthony Coleman (born August 30, 1955) is an avant-garde jazz pianist. During the 1980s and 1990s he worked with John Zorn on '' Cobra'', ''Kristallnacht'', '' The Big Gundown'', '' Archery'', and '' Spillane'' and helped push modern Jewish music ...

: clavinet on "Evil California" *

Lenny Pickett Lenny Pickett (born April 10, 1954) is an American saxophonist and musical director of the ''Saturday Night Live'' band. From 1973 to 1981 he was a member of Tower of Power. He is known for his skill in the altissimo register (executed by using ...

: woodwinds on "Prisoner Of Life/I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" Produced by

Hal Willner Hal Willner (April 6, 1956 – April 7, 2020) was an American music producer working in recording, films, television, and live events. He was best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical sty ...

. Recorded and mixed by Eric Liljestrand, except the Dvořák and Herbert tracks (mixed by

Tom Lazarus Tom Lazarus (born 1942) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for writing the 1999 horror film ''Stigmata'', and is the author of the screenwriting manuals, ''Secrets of Film Writing'' (2001, Griffin) and ''The Last ...

), "Evil California" (mixed by

Kevin Killen Kevin Killen (born October 22, 1959) is a music producer, engineer, and mixer. His work has been recognized by multiple awards and nominations, and he has worked with a range of recording artists including Shakira, Peter Gabriel, U2, David Bowie, ...

), Stravinsky's "Berceuse" (recorded and mixed by Tom Lazarus), "So Quickly" (produced by Thomas Tree, Cory Coppage and Michael Pfeiffer; recorded and mixed by Michael Pfeiffer) and "Full Moon" (recorded by John Keane).

References

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