Hi everyone, I bought Zorn’s “Filmworks XII” a couple of days ago and I’m really enjoying it. Maybe it’s not specially surprising or groundbreaking, but the music in there is absolutely beautiful. The resources that Zorn has used here are still reminiscent of what he has been doing lately, at times reminding me of his work in “IAO” (Saft’s wurlitzer might have a lot do to with this), at others the score for “In the Mirror of Maya Deren” and above all, “Filmworks VIII”, in which he already used Min-Xiao Feng’s pipa as a representation of the East-West link. So, in conclusion, the results are not that innovative, but certainly a good example of this newfound “soft” side. The groups that he has assembled for this outing are really engaging. As someone said before, Ribot’s playing on acoustic guitar in conjunction with the pipa is just superb. Maybe not “the best Ribot” but there’s still some good soloing. Baptista just does his thing but he starts sounding a bit predictable to me (did I say “a bit”?). The highlight of the album is, imho, the Shaolin documentary by far. There are some Morricone echoes (track- #7), a Chinese flavour throughout (pretty obvious, sorry) and at least three diferrent takes of a bossa theme that really grabbed my attention. I was actually expecting more of that cello/voice score that closes the album. Of course, Friedlander is as good as usual. And I would have never related the first 6 tracks (corresponding to the dance score) to the minimalistic aesthetics, to tell you the truth. I’d suggest you to think of “Filmworks X” to get a more similar picture. Maybe no one will tear their hair at this, but I found it a great manifestation of this more “easyly recognizable” Zorn side. Best, Efrén del Valle _______________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Nueva versión: Webcam, voz, y mucho más ¡Gratis! Descárgalo ya desde http://messenger.yahoo.es