Shoe String Symphonettes
Shoe String Symphonettes is a 1997 album of film music by Marc Ribot released on Tzadik Records.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Sean Cooper awarded the album 3 stars stating "Symphonettes features some of Ribot's most compelling work to date, both creatively augmenting the originals and sketching out cinematic spaces more or less autonomous from the films they were inspired by".
Track listing
All compositions are by Marc Ribot except where noted.
"Looks Like Hell" – 2:17
"Hitman" – 2:07
"Aelita Suite I: Martian/Lost in Space/More Martians/Harping and Burning/Prepare for Landing" – 6:46
"Montuno" – 3:28
"Bells" (Albert Ayler) – 1:07
"Aelita Suite II: Martian Telescope/Men of Science" – 3:05
"Before the Prison Riot" – 3:28
"You Kill Him" – 5:01
"Surf's Down" – 1:27
"Paul's There" – 2:22
"Did You?" – 2:05
"Aelita Suite III: A Message from Mars/Martian Battle/Avante Popolo" – 6:54
"End Credits (Landlord Blues)" – 2:12
"End Credits (Death By Unnatural Causes)" – 2:54
Tracks 1, 5 and 14 were recorded at Bear Track, New York City for the short film Death By Unnatural Causes (1991).