Teiji Ito - Music For Maya - Early Film Music Of Teiji Ito

from Tzadik website:

Focusing on his remarkable relationship with the legendary cinematic poet Maya Deren, Tzadik’s third Teiji Ito release highlights his versatile and evocative music for films.
Included are two major Deren scores and recently discovered music for a rare film she scripted alongside pieces written for industrial films, documentaries, dance films and the avant-garde.
Much of this remarkable collection is being released for the first time through the cooperation of the Ito estate.
Includes an extended booklet filled with scores, storyboards, photos, notes and a rare interview Maya Deren conducted with Teiji Ito in the late 1950’s.
A fascinating view into the early groundbreaking work of an American maverick seen through the lens of his muse and wife, filmmaker Maya Deren.

Label: Tzadik
Cat. #: 8038
Format: 2xCD
Release date: 2007

Tracklisting:
1-01 - Lights Along The Way - India (1959) (05:11)
1-02 - Meshes Of The Afternoon (1959) (12:58)
1-03 - Lights Along The Way - Java-Korea (1959) (07:43)
1-04 - The Very Eye Of Night (1952) (13:12)
1-05 - Lights Along The Way-China (1959) (05:59)
1-06 - Maeva (1961) - Search For Love-Rape Scene (08:37)
1-07 - Maeva (1961) - Return To Tahiti (14:14)
1-08 - Maeva (1961) - True Love Found (02:35)
2-01 - Dwightiana (1959) (03:27)
2-02 - Bagatelle For Willard Maas (1961) (05:24)
2-03 - Moonplay (1961) (04:15)
2-04 - Arabesque For Kenneth Anger (1961) (04:53)
2-05 - Operation Hourglass-Diesel Engine (1956) (02:39)
2-06 - Water Music Study (1967) (06:42)
2-07 - Orgia (1967) (11:37)
2-08 - The Language Of Faces (1961) Part 1 (09:38)
2-09 - The Language Of Faces (1961) Part 2 (04:38)
2-10 - Works Of Matisse (1959) (04:59)
2-11 - Handwritten (1959) (02:15)
2-12 - Lifelines (1960) (06:47)

Previous releases on Tzadik:


King Ubu (1998, Tzadik, 7036)







Tenno (2007, Tzadik, 8031)






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