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| 1. Black Spider |
| 2. Terrific Speech 2 |
| 3. Wake Up And Go Berserk |
| 4. Terrific Speech |
| 5. 7:25 |
| 6. Half Time |
| 7. I Do Have Weapons |
| 8. Time And A Half |
| 9. It Would Have Happened Anyway |
| 10. Black Spider 2 |
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Mogwai's slow-shifting, meteoric post-rock might have never earnt them a place on the back-of-the-nets montage on Match Of The Day, but their soundtrack to Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait suggests that for this band, football boasts a deeper emotional palette than the Lightning Seeds could ever hope to evoke. Truthfully, it beggars belief it's taken Mogwai so long to reach the rarefied sphere of movie soundtracker; their gleaming, glittering instrumentals are big and beautiful, like a glacier or a blue whale. But supplying the score to Turner Prize artist Douglas Gordon's match-long portrait of French footballer Zinédine Zidane, is probably a subject somewhat closer to their hearts. Lilting and ponderous, it boasts little of the fireworks that this band have been known for: far from the anger its name suggests, "Wake Up and Go Berserk" is a neat excursion into serene ambience, all finger-picked semi-acoustic guitars and padded sticks, while "It Would Have Happened Anyway" adds that crucial tension, perhaps a product of the pre-penalty kick. Mogwai's spirit has soften in recent years, but with Zidane, the boys done good: call it a "Nessun Dorma" for the experimental rock set. --Louis Pattison
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MOGWAI Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2006 UK 10-track CD album all songs were written and produced especially for the soundtrack of the film of the same name finds Mogwai in a more contemplative mode than normal!)
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
21st century soundtrack!,
By Boctok "Box Top" (Brighton,UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Zidane: A 21st Century Portait (Audio CD)
Recently purchased this after seeing the film 'Zidane' by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, that this album is soundtracked to. I was blown away by this music watching the film in the cinema and can happily say that this album stands up to repeated listening on its own. Having never heard any Mogwai before, tracks like 'Black Spider', 'Terrific Speech', 'Half Time' & 'I Do Have Weapons' really stick in the mind and are strong enough to take you off to other places away from the context of the film. Have this on continued play since I got it and now plan to check out other Mogwai releases. Great album if you were a fan of the film, great album if you like modern instrumental indie/rock music.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Actually, it's gorgeous.,
This review is from: Zidane: A 21st Century Portait (Audio CD)
I am amazed and confounded by some of the poor reviews that this album is receiving from fans. I consider 'Zidane:...' to be a return to form for Mogwai after a few albums that fell slightly short of the high standard set on 'Young Team' and 'Come On Die Young', as well as probably my favourite album of last year. At last Mogwai have produced something of the epic proportions of their early albums.
The possibilities, limitations and conventions of soundtrack writing are very good for Mogwai. The fact that the music was written as a soundtrack means that the album posesses an intense unity and strength in structure which only 'CODY' comes close to matching. There are themes, effects and ideas that appear and reappear throughout the album, giving the sense of one huge work unfurling over the ten tracks. The album has the feel of a Mogwai track magnified - the first two thirds or so is slow and contemplative, but quietly seething and subtly majestic. Feedback and delay combine with drones to provide backdrops for simple guitar or piano melodies with drums that rumble gently, but threateningly at the same time. These melodic themes are interspersed with improvised sounding passages of quiet noise that assist in the build of tension through the album. The music becomes more and more aggrevated over the first 40 or so minutes of the album - the dynamic variation, the build and release familiar to Mogwai's music is present but in a more subtle guise than on past releases. There are moments of sublime beauty and of understated (but no less effective for it) tension, and it is all released in the last 20 minutes of 'Black Spider 2', following four or five minutes silence. These final 20 minutes have the feel of an enormous, slow explosion. A drone is built upon with feedback, organ, drums and synth in a painfully gradual manner to a long passage of controlled chaos that burns out just as gradually to be replaced by slow metal guitars that spiral into oblivion. There are no 'rock-out' moments on this album, but if that's what you're after then you can quite easily listen to anything else that Mogwai have produced. Don't bother buying it if that's all you want. This album is for if you ever want to quietly disappear into your own world and think your thoughts for an hour and a bit. It is beautiful and it is excellent and I consider it one of Mogwai's two greatest albums, alongside 'Come On Die Young'.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Close up and personal,
By colin sharp "csharp53" (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Zidane: A 21st Century Portait (Audio CD)
Like the film this is so close to the subject, so intimate in it's instrumentaion and design.
It is very controlled like Zidane's playing with the odd unexpected violent breakout and change in pace and dynamic. At times it is almost claustrophobic. This is the mighty Mogs at their most controlled and complex, only occasionally going for sonic goal or polyphonic penalty. Delivered by the lords on the post rock non dance. The playing is tight and ensemble and works like a well drilled team with solo sparks. Enough of the football analogies, a great work of post rock soundtracking
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