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A Zed and Two Noughts [Soundtrack]

~ Zoo Orchestra, Michael Nyman
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (22 Mar 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Venture
  • ASIN: B0001HM4R4
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,639 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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  1. (A) Zed and two noughts
    Composed by Michael Nyman
    Performed by Zoo Orchestra
    with Alexander Balanescu, Elisabeth Perry, Sarah Leonard
    Conducted by Michael Nyman

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest movie soundtracks ever., 9 Oct 2001
By thespaceboy@excite.com (Hamburg, Germany/Smethwick, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Zed & Two Noughts (Audio CD)
The trick with Nyman's music for this movie is that each piece is based around the theme of repetitiveness. All the tracks are very catchy, mainly because each piece consists of the same piece of music over & over again, the only change usually being a key change.
The music on Zed & Two Noughts is, in my opinion, the work of genius - it's my most favourite piece of movie music of all time.
Maybe not everyone will like Nyman's works here, but to anyone who hasn't heard it - I say it's pure brilliance. The best thing of all about the Zed soundtrack is that it really suits the film it was originally made for - "L'Escargot" in particular.
Since the movie is all about decay, the music has a sense of coldness and death. Some tracks sound like a musical description of somebody/something dying, and the titles of the tracks such as "Car Crash", "Swan Rot" and "Angelfish Decay" only go to prove this fact more so - not just because they describe various scenes from the movie but the music here has the power to make oyu imagine such things.
If you doubt how good this music is, it's probably best if you try and see the film first, so you can see how well the music and movie work together...
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Music to watch animals decompose to...!, 25 Jan 2004
By Jonathan James Romley (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zed & Two Noughts (Audio CD)
This is one of Nyman's more enjoyable efforts along the lines of his other Greenaway collaboration The Draughtsman's Contract... before the compositions became more serious and melancholic with work like the Piano and Gattaca. Here the mood is light, with lots of cluttered arrangements, weird instrumentation and an unrivalled sense of imagination. It never really gels as a consistent work, but the dividing factors make for excellent standalone listening.

My favourite pieces on this album are the three opening tracks Angel Fish Decay, Car Crash and (my ultimate favourite) Time Lapse, which capture both the spirit of the CD and the accompanying film perfectly. From this point on, the compositions change, too readily, incorporating instrumentation that seems too obvious when taken out of the context of the film... Unlike the soundtrack to the Cook the Thief his Wife and her Lover, the work here never quite makes it to a unified whole... being both repetitive in their arrangements, though un-repetitive in their greatness. Now this is a novel approach when coupled with the concept of the film (ideas of duality, identity, coupling and the limitations of repetition etc)... which can make the mood of the work a little harder to penetrate.

It's still fun though, and certainly features some marvellous instrumentation-work from the Nyman band... not to mention figuring as evidence of the great-man's genius as one of the most intelligent and imaginative composers of the 20th century. You may enjoy this record, what with its schizophrenic depth and wonderfully varied approach to creating rhythm; though be warned... if you haven't seen the accompanying Greenaway film many of the subtle movements and music reference points may be completely lost on you. A minor quibble admittedly... this is still worth a look for the serious musical devotee.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful variations, 25 May 2004
By J. R. Kerr "raekerr" (Livingston, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zed & Two Noughts (Audio CD)
Maybe it's because this was the first Nyman soundtrack I heard (way back in 1985) that this is the one that always stood out for me. The album is short enough that you can listen to the whole thing in one sitting (being originally a vinyl release), experiencing the extremes of swirling, almost whurlitzer-like interludes between majestic slabs of stately, or melancholic depending on your persuation, minimalism. If you are thinking of trying a Nyman soundtrack, believe me, this is the one.
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Shorter and less varied than the other Greenaway / Nyman collaborations, this is the least interesting, being based around essentially two pieces of music. Read more
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