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Music by David Lang ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Music by David Lang THE VILLAGE DETECTIVE a song cycle a Bill Morrison film ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Music by David Lang THE VILLAGE DETECTIVE a song cycle a Bill Morrison film FRODE ANDERSEN – accordion SHARA NOVA – voice words and music by David Lang David Lang’s music for The Village Detective © 2021 by Red Poppy (ASCAP) Administered worldwide by Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP) Recorded by Frode Andersen in Copenhagen, Denmark Mixed and mastered by Nick Lloyd in New Haven, CT 01 ask (1:20) 02 I cross the field (instrumental) (4:06) 03 rambling canister (1:34) 04 mz 1915 (1:35) 05 fall of the romanoffs (2:18) 06 darker village (1:29) 07 slow loop (2:49) 08 continuous fall (10:36) 09 simple tune (4:04) 10 simple tune slow (3:53) 11 epiphany (4:22) 12 the fragile eternal (3:13) 13 the fragile eternal low octave (3:12) 14 continuous present (4:55) 15 I cross the field (4:13) In July of 2016 I got an email from the Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhanns- film. He proposed writing a soundtrack for percussion instruments, which I son, telling me about how a commercial fisherman in Iceland had found four found somewhat curious, but I thought well, maybe he knew something that reels of a Soviet film in his net. I didn’t. The reels were recovered 20 miles off the west coast of Iceland: at the bottom, Tragically Jóhann died in February 2018 at the age of 48. I began to think and in the middle of, the Atlantic Ocean, not far from where the continental that the film I was making was about mortality. About what you leave be- plates meet, meaning they were found just at the geological division between hind, and what can be discovered. About what makes up a life, and the ves- East and West. sels that carry it. The film, Derevensky Detektiv (1969), was not a lost, rare, or even a par- To write the score, I turned to an absolute hero of Jóhann’s, and a long- ticularly good film. It is well-known to Russians of a certain age, and it is time friend and collaborator of mine, David Lang. Over the past 20 years, still shown on television in Russia with some regularity. I noted that its star, David and I have collaborated on a number of theatrical and music proj- Mikhail Zharov (1899-1981), had had an extraordinarily long and productive ects for which I had made films for projects where his music had already career in both film and in theater. been written, including Carbon Copy Building (1999), Shelter (2005), As I often make new films out of disused old films, I was interested in learn- How To Pray (2005), The Difficulty of Crossing A Field (2006), Back to ing more. The next year I traveled to Iceland and to Moscow to interview the the Soil (2014) and Anatomy Theater (2016). But we had never worked in fishermen and archivists alike. I saw the recovered film and eventually had the traditional way between director and soundtrack composer, where the a high-resolution scan made of it. I was struck by the abstract beauty the film drives the music, and suggests cues to be written. ocean had randomly imprinted on the film. David was, thankfully, enthusiastic about the project from the outset. He I also began collecting clips from Zharov’s lengthy filmography from dif- was excited by the fact that this film had sat on the bottom of the ocean for ferent archives, dating back to his first role in Tsarist Russia. Eventually a 50 years, and that it now had new stories to tell. Also, thankfully, he didn’t portrait of him, and of the Soviet century, emerged through his work. hear percussion, which was a big relief to me, because frankly neither did I. The story told in the sunken film involves a stolen accordion. The club man- Instead, we talked about a choir singing the libretto of the film. But ultimate- ager arrives at the district police officer Fyodor Ivanovich Aniskin’s office to ly we arrived at what I feel was the best choice all along: a soundtrack played report the theft: by a single accordion, a single set of lungs diving into the ocean to retrieve “Of course Cinema has the most mass reach compared to the other arts” he this story. And the extraordinary music David wrote perfectly captured this, begins. “But Music is meant to educate men, not only aesthetically, but also, and the beautiful, tragic, and inexorable drift of time. if it’s possible to say so, politically as well. Song helps us build and work. The David had three collaborators in mind from the beginning: the accordionist accordion was stolen.” Frode Andersen, the singer Shara Nova, and the music engineer Nick Lloyd. I started to think about the accordion as an instrument. It is a set of lungs I want to thank all four of these amazing artists for so generously breathing that is found in the folk music of people all across the globe. I thought about life into my film. how music could breathe life back into this archaic film from another world. I had, of course, originally spoken to Jóhann about writing music for the Bill Morrison, September 2020 In memory of Jóhann Jóhannsson Special thanks David Lang would like to thank Bill Morrison for the invitation, Frode Andersen and Shara Nova for their great performances, Nick Lloyd, Denise Burt, Amanda Ameer, James Egelhofer, Colin Manjoney, Kenny Savelson, Philippa Thompson, Tim Thomas, Sruly Lazaros, Mike McCurdy, Brian Petuch, Bill Murphy, Adam Cuthbert, Cassie Wieland, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe and Suzanne Bocanegra. Executive producers: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Kenny Savelson and Julia Wolfe Label manager: Bill Murphy Sales & licensing: Adam Cuthbert Label assistant: Cassie Wieland Art direction and graphic design: Denise Burt Photography: Still images from the film The Village Detective by Bill Morrison For more about everything you hear on this recording, visit cantaloupemusic.com, billmorrisonfilm.com and davidlangmusic. com. To get specially priced advance copies of all our new releases, as well as catalog discounts and other perks, sign up for the Cantaloupe Club or our digital subscription service at cantaloupemusic.com/fans. Cantaloupe Music is from the creators of Bang on a Can. ℗ & © 2021 Cantaloupe Music, LLC. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws Cantaloupe Music, 80 Hanson Place, Suite 301, Brooklyn, NY 11217 www.cantaloupemusic.com | CA21164 UPC/EAN: 713746316426.
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