The Quick and the Dead

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Being the king of New York's illbient scene, DJ Spooky brings a theory of musical abstraction to The Quick and The Dead, the first installment of the Meld Series. Scanner's sampled cell-phone conversations seem the perfect complement to this terrestrial soundscape, and together the pair weave a cohesive mix out of scattered, lazy hip-hop beats finished with refreshingly unpolished production. Even the eighth track, "Guanxi," which features Caipirinha recording artist Rachael Finn plucking out the most haunting cello arrangement, never strays too far from the digitized aural skyline. Fans of Spooky's earlier work should delight in the familiar crackle of ham-radio samples and random transmissions that rise to the top of nearly every track. Sparse, off-kilter beats and the occasional scratch-and-rap ties the album together, making its urban collage credible. As the saying goes, "The world is in the mix." --Aaron Kirschnick

The Quick and the Dead,Scanner Vs. DJ Spooky,Sulfur Records,Dance,Dance Music,Electronic,England,Experimental Ambient,Experimental Techno,Pop

Average customer rating: Not My Style Rockin' Western Collection Hard to Find Great Western Themes Western Music A great follow-up

Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Newman | Newman, Alfred | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection Songs Of The West, Vol. 4: Movie & Television Themes From Alamo to El Dorado, Vol. 2 The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection The Greatest Western Movie Themes ASIN: B000060PBU Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

1. The Hallejuah Trail-Overture
2. The Alamo-The Green Leaves Of Summer
3. The Alamo-Davy Crocket
4. The Big Country-The Welcoming/Finale
5. The Big Valley-Main Theme
6. Blazing Saddles-Blazing Saddles
7. Bonaza-Main Theme
8. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid-raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
9. The Comancheros-McBain/Main Title
10. Duel In The Sun-Main Title/The Legend/Orizaba
11. A Fistfull Of Dynamite-Duck You Sucker
12. For A Few Dollars More-Main Theme
13. Friendly Persuasion-Thee I Love
14. Giant-Main Theme
15. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-Main Theme
16. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-The Ecstasy Of Gold
17. Gunfight At The O.K. Corral-Suite
18. Hang 'Em High-Main Theme
19. The Hanging Tree-Main Title

Tracks:

1. High Caparral-Main Theme
2. How The West Was Won-Prelude/The Land
3. High Noon-Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin'
4. The Jayhawkers-The Lynching/Two Brothers/The Hayhawkers
5. The Lone Ranger-William Tell Overture: Finale
6. Nevada Smith-Main Title
7. Old Gringo-Main Themes
8. Once Upon A Time In The West-Man With The Harmonica
9. One Eyed Jacks-Main Title
10. The Proud Rebel-Main Titles
11. The Quick And The Dead-End Titles
12. Quigley Down Under-End Titles
13. Rio Bravo-Rio Bravo/De Guella
14. The Scalphunters-Main Title
15. Shane-Main Theme: The Call Of The Farwaway Hills
16. The Shootist-Main Title
17. The Unforgiven-The Need For Love
18. Viva Zapata-Gathering Forces
19. The Virginian-Main Theme

Customer Reviews:

Not My Style.......2007-05-11

This CD has a lot of good songs on it, but it just too bland for our taste. We prefer Western music to sound as though genuine cowboys are singing it - not a fancy chorus!

Rockin' Western Collection.......2006-08-28

For anyone who likes movie/tv music from westerns should purchase this CD. What a wonderful collection of both film and tv with great renditions of each piece. I'm about to purchase Vol. 1 to complete my collection.

Hard to Find Great Western Themes .......2006-03-16

This CD has a number of great western themes that are not in some of the standard lists. For example it includes "The Hallejuah Trail", "Blazing Saddles", and "Giant". This CD also has what I consider the true theme of "The Comancheros". I have been disappointed with some other CDs I have purchased listing "The Comancheros" which had a song rather than this theme. Many of the tracks on this two disk CD go beyond the main theme music and are actually suites. The "Big Country" and "How the West Was Won" are just a couple of examples. It may be a little more expense than some CDs, but not bad for a two disk set. I am really happy with my purchase.

Western Music.......2005-07-29

I enjoy this CD. It has many familiar melodies. Good background for reading, nice to listen while driving. It is also the only CD I've ever found that has the great theme from the movie "Giant."

A great follow-up.......2003-08-29

This is the second collection by SilvaScreen, who are also responsible for "The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection" (see my review). And it's just as good as the first. There are themes in here that everyone will recognize ("Bonanza," "A Fistful of Dollars"), themes that may not be so familiar ("Duel in the Sun," "The Hanging Tree," the lively "Blazing Saddles"), and even themes you may not associate with Westerns at all ("The Friendly Persuasion"). And no duplication either: when this disc includes a piece from one of the same sources covered in its predecessor, it's a different piece. One great treat: the full lyrics to "Gunfight at OK Corral," which I've never heard outside the soundtrack of the movie itself. The arrangement from "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" includes not only the familiar song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" but an overview of the music--seguing almost seamlessly into Bernstein's magnificent "The Comancheros," a rare find indeed. An expensive item, but if you love Western film music, well worth it.

Average customer rating: Great sounds Aweome One of the Best Silvestri's score

The Quick And The Dead: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Alan Silvestri Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Ghost And The Darkness: Music From The Motion Picture Wyatt Earp Superman Returns ASIN: B0000014WE Release Date: 1995-02-14

Tracks:

1. Redemption
2. Gunfight Montage
3. Couldn't Tell Us Apart
4. John Herod
5. Ellen's First Round
6. Lady's The Winner
7. Dinner Tonight
8. Cort's Story
9. Ellen Vs. Dred
10. Kid Vs. Herod
11. I Don't Wanna Die
12. The Big Day
13. Ellen Returns
14. The Law's Come Back To Town
15. The Quick And The Dead ( End Credits )

Customer Reviews:

Great sounds.......2006-11-05

This is a hard to get CD and you will be lucky if you can get your hands on 1.
This is a blend of classical and western music, well mixed, releasing very beautiful relaxing melodies. I play it every time I meditate or need to concentrate behind my computer.
If you are able to get a copy of this CD, it is well worth the money.

Aweome.......2004-03-05

This is some of Alan Silvestri's best work, and every track is a good blend of Western style music mixed with a bit of the old dramatised cliche's we all know and love. Each track is awesome, and because of the relitive obscurity of this movie, this soundtrack is hard to get....so get it now wile you can

One of the Best Silvestri's score.......1999-12-17

All tracks are very good! It's a preety good variations of western music genre. Alan Silvestri, makes a good score for this movie. This score is one of his best! Buy it today!

Average customer rating: Not as impressed as others with this work... Love it! holy bat guana A really incredible album..... A must buy for fans of the genre.

The Quick and the Dead Scanner Vs. DJ Spooky Manufacturer: Sulfur Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Turntablists | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: File Under Futurism ASIN: B00002EPKN Release Date: 2001-04-17

Tracks:

1. Journey
2. Edison
3. Uncanny
4. Ngugi
5. Dialogic
6. Channel Float
7. Kybernetes
8. Guanxi
9. Synchronism 2
10. Heterotopian
11. Snowshore
12. Synchronism
13. Creaking Door

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Being the king of New York's illbient scene, DJ Spooky brings a theory of musical abstraction to The Quick and The Dead, the first installment of the Meld Series. Scanner's sampled cell-phone conversations seem the perfect complement to this terrestrial soundscape, and together the pair weave a cohesive mix out of scattered, lazy hip-hop beats finished with refreshingly unpolished production. Even the eighth track, "Guanxi," which features Caipirinha recording artist Rachael Finn plucking out the most haunting cello arrangement, never strays too far from the digitized aural skyline. Fans of Spooky's earlier work should delight in the familiar crackle of ham-radio samples and random transmissions that rise to the top of nearly every track. Sparse, off-kilter beats and the occasional scratch-and-rap ties the album together, making its urban collage credible. As the saying goes, "The world is in the mix." --Aaron Kirschnick

Customer Reviews:

Not as impressed as others with this work..........2004-10-22

Do yourself a favor and pick up DJ Spooky's "Confessions of a Dead Dreamer" or "Celestial Mechanix"...both albums are infinitely better and more condusive to repeated listening.

Unfortunately, the Scanner vs. DJ Spooky effort comes off like a trippy new age remix of a Yanni album (minus the overblown choral stuff). There's a paucity of backbeats in this album, as the artists favor a more "etheral" feel with only infrequent jarring mix inclusions. If you want relatively modern trippy wandering noise, then get the album. If you're wanting a little bit more in the way of track structure and backbeats, then look elsewhere.

BTW - trippy noise doesn't get any better than Can's "Tago Mago" tracks 5 and 6 or a late 70s Eno/Fripp album.

JB

Love it!.......2001-11-02

I love this CD...it's haunting, but so dark that it brings me down. I find myself relistening frequently.

holy bat guana.......2001-01-11

Freaking righteous... Buy this CD, no question. I now need to find more of Scanner's stuff. I like what he and That Subliminal Kid have done here. Very minimal beats, noises, freakishness. Parts are almost reminiscent of some of Future Sound of London's better stuff, but not quite as "produced." This makes it all the better, in my opinion.

A really incredible album............2000-10-10

Certainly, this is a great album; in the end, the best that it could do... setting aside that it is a heck of a work unto itself, would be to introduce to a wider audience the strange works of Scanner, who is.... an artist of... uncommon nature....

The bulk of people reading this review, I am assuming, are fans of DJ Spooky: the works of Scanner are just not known. Fans of Spooky shouldn't be disappointed; although this is no where near as accessible as the 'Riddim Warfare' album (which, although pretty artistic... could be listened to by a 'major' audience-- Pharoh Monch, Killah Priest and Kool Keith were all on it...) it is as accesible as the 'Freight Elevator Quartet' album, and, probably, shares the title with it of his most important and brilliant work (though 'Viral Sonata', released as Paul Miller... remains his furthest artistic reach). This is a listenable version of his 'illbent' creation: world-sounds mixed with scratching, noise, and minimalist beats... overwrought with Scanner's work.... who does similar things, adding in captured cell-phone conversations....

This album also can be liked straight off the bat-- it doesn't take four or five listens like some of Spooky's other stuff-- in this way, it's probably more like Scanner's canon, which, although somewhat weird, doesn't require years to get into. I highly recommend this album both to fans of traditional drum n' bass and to fans of more experimental stuff....

A must buy for fans of the genre........2000-05-28

I agree with the other review that you've got to give this CD a chance. From the techno riffs to the haunting, tribal beats later in the CD, Q&D has it all. I am really looking forward to further CDs in the Meld Series. GET THIS CD!

Average customer rating: Jesse Sprinkle or David Edwards? Thoughtful Sadness

Unnoticed Jesse Sprinkle Manufacturer: Blind Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Corner of an Unlit World ASIN: B0007TBFXA Release Date: 2006-05-16

Tracks:

1. Best Friends
2. Rather Be Wrong
3. Commercial Suicide
4. Nagging Optimism
5. Hollywood High
6. Getaway
7. Kicks
8. Disposable Love
9. Tounge Is a Fire
10. Don't Ever Say
11. Not Going to Fall Away
12. Song of Wholeness
13. Part of Yesterday (Unmixed Demo)
14. You Got Me Now (Unmixed Demo)
15. Disposable Love (Unmixed Rough Track)
16. Nagging Optimism (Unmixed Rough Track)
17. Tounge Is a Fire (Unmixed Disco Version)
18. Feeling Part (Live at Greenbelt)
19. Commercial Suicide (Live at Calvary Chapel)
20. Anything But Love
21. Someone to Trust
22. Feeling Part
23. Watch Over Your Heart
24. How Could You Throw It All Away?
25. Break the Big One
26. (I Love It When You) Put Me Down
27. All I Want
28. True Confession
29. Girls Like You
30. Fools Condition
31. Befriended (2 Track Demo)
32. Hope Lies Still (2 Track Demo)
33. Friend of Old (Demo)
34. By Way of the Sea

Product Description

// 1. Listen Closely as the Rivers Rain Down // 2. The Rumor of Happy Living // 3. High Spring Falls // 4. First Summer on Earth // 5. Unnoticed // 6. Only Inside // 7. Mr. Toads Wild Rice // 8. Penny Pretty // 9. Alexandra // 10. Through Blackened Hills // 11. With a Whisper // 12. 7 Miles To Friendship // *********An engaging combination of melodic modern rock and alternative folk-pop. Sprinkle's songs, sport an impressive melodic content and sublime pop sense.************ The Seattle Washington native was thrust into the music industry over a decade ago as the drummer for the legendary underground group Poor Old Lu. And since they disbanded in 1996 he has managed to stay busy as a drummer, songwriter, and recording engineer. Jesse is currently residing in the majestic village of Dansville New York, where he stays active in the realms of studio recording and live performance. These days Jesse is concentrating on the next release from his solo project, The World Inside, and his recording studio, The Illuminata.

Customer Reviews:

Jesse Sprinkle or David Edwards?.......2007-04-28

The name of the cd listing is David Edwards - The Collective Archive. The review and info listed is about Jesse Sprinkle of Poor Old Lu "fame"

Which is this supposed to be? They are not the same person

Thoughtful Sadness.......2005-03-03

"Unnoticed" is a rich textured melodic journey into melancholy and joy, not to far akin from his fellow Seattle native Elliot Smith.
Reminiscent of artist like Michael Penn and the Finn Brothers. This is Jesse's first true Solo project, opting to loose the moniker of "the World Inside" that graced his first two post Poor old Lu recordings "Roobrik and "Untitled".

Jesse, a Seattle Washington native was thrust into the music industry over a decade ago as the drummer for the legendary underground group Poor Old Lu. And since they disbanded in 1996 he has managed to stay busy as a drummer, songwriter, and recording engineer. Jesse is currently residing in the majestic village of Dansville New York, where he stays active in the realms of studio recording and live performance.



Track list:
Listen closely as the rivers rain down 1.
The rumor of happy living 2.
Unnoticed 3.
First summer on earth 4.
High spring halls 5.
Only inside 6.
Mr. Toads wild ride 7.
Alexandra 8.
Penny pretty 9.
Through blackened hills 10.
With a whisper 11.
7 miles to friendship 12.

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Cathedral Anthems By SS Wesley-1 Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002ZOB Release Date: 1993-11-18

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Manufacturer: Deux-Elles ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Finzi, Gerald | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000542IA Release Date: 2003-04-29

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Ulan Bator - ...All the Quick and the Dead - 11 Songs Manufacturer: Albertine Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000TSXEEW

Product Description

Ulan Bator - ...All the Quick and the Dead - 11 Songs: The Real Children (5:15), International Year of the Beast (3:58), Personality Plus (3:23), Thank You, Mr. Jailer (3:57), Women in Uniform (3:51), Strange Infertile Place (5:12), Live! At the Maginot Line (4:49), Written on a Napkin at 35,000 Feet (5:23), How Does It Feel (6:35), Frictionless World (5:06), & The Room in Disarray (6:21). Made in Canada.

Average customer rating: Great! Here's a track listing

...All the Quick and the Dead Ulan Bator ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000NDHJMG

Customer Reviews:

Great! Here's a track listing.......2007-02-15

1. The Real Children 2. International Year of the Beast 3. Personality Plus 4. Thank You, Mr. Jailer 5. Women in Uniform 6. Strange Infertile Place 7. Live! At the Maginot Line 8. Written on a Napkin at 35,000 Feet 9. How Does it Feel 10. Frictionless World 11. THe Room in Disarray

Average customer rating: 5 stars if it was longer

The Quick and the Dead Scanner Vs. DJ Spooky Manufacturer: Sulphur ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004KRYR Release Date: 2000-05-30

Tracks:

1. Journey
2. Edison
3. Uncanny
4. Ngugi
5. Dialogic
6. Channel Float
7. Kybernetes
8. Guanxi
9. Synchronism 2
10. Heterotopian
11. Snowshore
12. Synchronism
13. Creaking Door

Album Details

This 2000 Trip-hop Release Meshes Scanner's Noisy, Ambient Ramblings with Spooky's Grooving Hip-hop Beats. The Result Fits Nicely Into What Sulphur Records USA / UK Defines as the 'meld Series': 'to Explore the Union of One Artist with Another, Breaking the Mould, Dissolving Expectations, in the Hope of Opening a Fresh Wound in the Sound.' Includes Thirteen Tracks in All.

Customer Reviews:

5 stars if it was longer.......2002-08-22

This is Dj Spooky's (aka Paul D. Miller) only joint effort with Scanner (aka Robin Rimbaud). The styles on this disk range widely as they do with the individual albums by these artists. The style is generally "illbient" (meaning a diverse agglomeration of drum'n'bass, ambient and dub).

These are two extremely innovative and talented artists who clearly had no conflict of artistic interests on this collaboration. The only negative aspect of this album is the fact that it is less than 40 minutes in length.

Nevertheless - a must for any serious spooky or scanner fan.

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Quick & Dead ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A27PBA Release Date: 2000-05-30

Album Review:

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9. 76 [Import]
10. A Trick of the Sea

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