John Zorn
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, klezmer, soundtrack, ambient and improvised music. He incorporates diverse styles in his compositions which he identifies as avant-garde or experimental. Zorn was described by Down Beat as "one of our most important composers".
Zorn established himself within the New York City downtown music movement in the mid-1970s performing with musicians across the sonic spectrum and developing experimental methods of composing new music. After releasing albums on several independent US and European labels, Zorn signed with Elektra Nonesuch and received wide acclaim with the release of The Big Gundown, an album reworking the compositions of Ennio Morricone. He attracted further attention worldwide with the release of Spillane in 1987, and Naked City in 1989. After spending almost a decade travelling between Japan and the US he made New York his permanent base and established his own record label, Tzadik, in the mid-1990s.
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- The Last Judgment released: 2014
- Transmigration of the Magus released: 2014
- The Dream Membrane released: 2014
- Valentine's Day released: 2014
- The Testament of Solomon: Music From the Sefer Shirim Shel Shir Hashirim released: 2014
- Sonic Rivers released: 2014
- Myth and Mythopoeia released: 2014
- On Leaves of Grass released: 2014
- On Leaves of Grass released: 2014
- In the Hall of Mirrors released: 2014
- Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections released: 2014
- The Alchemist released: 2014
- Psychomagia released: 2014
- The Hermetic Organ, Volume 2: St. Paul's Chapel, NYC released: 2014
- In Lambeth: Visions From the Walled Garden of William Blake released: 2013
- Shir Hashirim released: 2013
- On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits released: 2013
- "@" released: 2013
- Dreamachines released: 2013
- The Mysteries released: 2013
- Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter / Schmatta / Beyond the Infinite released: 2013
- Lemma released: 2013
- The Concealed released: 2012
- Music and Its Double released: 2012
- Templars: In Sacred Blood released: 2012
- A Vision in Blakelight released: 2012
- Rimbaud released: 2012
- The Hermetic Organ: St. Paul's Chapel, NYC released: 2012
- Nosferatu released: 2012
- Mount Analogue released: 2012
- The Gnostic Preludes: Music of Splendor released: 2012
- The Satyr's Play / Cerberus released: 2011
- A Dreamer's Christmas released: 2011
- At the Gates of Paradise released: 2011
- Enigmata released: 2011
- Nova Express released: 2011
- Interzone released: 2010
- What Thou Wilt released: 2010
- Ipsissimus released: 2010
- Filmworks XXIV: The Nobel Prizewinner released: 2010
- Dictée / Liber Novus released: 2010
- The Goddess: Music for the Ancient of Days released: 2010
- Late Works released: 2010
- In Search of the Miraculous released: 2010
- Femina released: 2009
- O'o released: 2009
- Alhambra Love Songs released: 2009
- Filmworks XXIII: el General released: 2009
- Filmworks XXII: The Last Supper released: 2008
- The Crucible released: 2008
- Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature / The New Rijksmuseum released: 2008
- Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem released: 2008
- The Dreamers released: 2008
- Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse released: 2008
- From Silence to Sorcery released: 2007
- Six Litanies for Heliogabalus released: 2007
- The Art Of Memory II released: 2006
- Filmworks XVII released: 2006
- Astronome released: 2006
- Moonchild: Songs Without Words released: 2006
- Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment released: 2006
- The Stone: Issue One released: 2005
- Filmworks Anthology: 20 Years of Soundtrack Music released: 2005
- Mysterium released: 2005
- Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion released: 2005
- Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death released: 2005
- Rituals released: 2005
- 50th Birthday Celebration, Volume 9: The Classic Guide to Strategy, Volume 3: The Fire Book released: 2004
- 50th Birthday Celebration, Volume 8 released: 2004
- 50th Birthday Celebration, Volume 2 released: 2004
- Masada Anniversary Edition, Volume 4: Masada Recital released: 2004
- Magick released: 2004
- 50th Birthday Celebration, Volume 5 released: 2004
- Voices in the Wilderness released: 2003
- Filmworks X: In The Mirror of Maya Deren released: 2001
- Cartoon S/M released: 2000
- The String Quartets released: 1999
- 1977-1981 released: 1998
- Aporias: Requia for Piano & Orchestra released: 1998
- Downtown Lullaby released: 1998
- The Parachute Years: 1977-1980 released: 1997
- Euclid's Nightmare released: 1997
- The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volumes One & Two released: 1996
- John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 released: 1995
- First Recordings 1973 released: 1995
- Harras released: 1995
- Improvised Music New York 1981 released: 1992
- The Classic Guide To Strategy - Volume Two released: 1986
- Ganryu Island released: 1985
- The Classic Guide To Strategy - Volume One released: 1983
- Yankees released: 1982
- Archery released: 1981
- Hockey released: 1980
- Pool released: 1980
- School released: 1978
- Lacrosse released: 1977
- 1998-09-15: Live in San Francisco, CA, USA released:
- Lacrosse released:
- In Memory of Nikki Arane released:
- 50th Birthday Celebration, Volume 10 released:
Filmworks Anthology: 20 Years of Soundtrack Music
Released 2005- She Must Be Seeing Things: Main Title
- White and Lazy: End Titles
- Cynical Hysterie Hour: Yakisoba
- Cynical Hysterie Hour: Punk Rock Hero
- Cynical Hysterie Hour: Through the Night
- Cynical Hysterie Hour: Surfing Samba
- The Golden Boy: Fanfare/Theme
- Weiden and Kennedy Nike Spot: France
- Weiden and Kennedy Nike Spot: Sweden
- Looters (Tresspass): Arsenal (dance mix)
- Hollywood Hotel: Main Title
- Weiden and Kennedy Commerical Spot: Wheelchair Racers
- Rose Hobart: Pueblo
- Tears of Ecstasy: Lituus
- Mechanics of the Brain: Fireworks
- Anton, Mailman: End Titles
- Latin Boys Go to Hell: Deseo
- Port of Last Resort: Shanghai
- Trembling Before G-D: Trembling Before G-D
- In the Mirror of Maya Deren: Filming
- Secret Lives: Shabbos Noir
- Homecoming: Chippy Charm
- Homecoming: Vocal Phase
- Shaolin Ulysses: Shaolin Spirit
- Invitation to a Suicide: Main Title
- Hiding and Seeking: Sekhel (vocal version)
- Protocols of Zion: Protocols of Zion
- Workingman's Death: Indonesia
50th Birthday Celebration, Volume 9: The Classic Guide to Strategy, Volume 3: The Fire Book
Released 2004The String Quartets
Released 1999- Cat o' Nine Tails
- The Dead Man: I. Variations
- The Dead Man: II. Sonatas
- The Dead Man: III. Manifesto
- The Dead Man: IV. Fanfare
- The Dead Man: V. Meditation
- The Dead Man: VI. Rondo
- The Dead Man: VII. Romance
- The Dead Man: VIII. Blossoms
- The Dead Man: IX. Fantasy
- The Dead Man: X. Folio
- The Dead Man: XI. Nocturne
- The Dead Man: XII. Etude
- The Dead Man: XIII. Prelude
- Memento Mori
- Kol Nidre
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by John Zorn
The Ballad Of Hank Mccain
by: John ZornNo one knows better than the king
Life's a filthy dirty game
Very very hard to win
No one knows better than the king
How to disregard the pain
Never, never let it in
No one knows better than the king
That an angry man goes blind
Knocks his head against the wall
No one knows better than the king
How it hurts a man to fight
That he's human after all
No one knows better than the king
What a desperate man may do
When it gets too hard to bear
No one knows better than the king
How to spit on the taboos
As they thought he'd never dare
No one knew better than the king
How to care for number one
How to take and never give
No one knew better than the king
That when all is said and done
That's the only way to live
No one knew better than the king
Just how angry you can be
When they cage you in with laws
No one knew better than the king
That a man who thinks he's free
knocks his head against a wall
No one knew better than the king
Just how bitter it would be
To be beaten after all
No one knew better than the king
They're the ones who fix the game
They're the ones with loaded dice
No one knew better than the king
That they'd get him all the same
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