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It was just a matter of time before the Cinematic Orchestra received a commission for a film score, but this 2003 release actually dates from 1999. The genesis of Man With a Movie Camera lies in the selection committee of a Portuguese film festival, which asked Cinematic Orchestra to score their re-airing of Dziga Vertov's 1929 film of the same name, a silent Soviet documentary focused on a day in the life of an average worker. Performed live by the orchestra, Man With a Movie Camera doesn't allow J Swinscoe to indulge in his usual post-production magic, but it is a surprisingly adept score, with occasional bursts of on-the-one jazz-funk wailing to break it up
Tracklist
1 The Projectionist
2 Melody
3 Dawn
4 The Awakening of a Woman (Burnout)
5 Reel Life (Evolution II)
6 Postlude
7 Evolution (Sao Portuense)
8 Work It! (Man With The Movie Camera)
9 Voyage
10 Odessa
11 Theme De Yoyo
12 The Magician
13 Theme Reprise
14 Yoyo Waltz
15 Drunken Tune
16 The Animated Tripod
17 All Things