Middle of the Moment (soundtrack)

Middle of the Moment

Soundtrack album by Fred Frith

Released

1995

Recorded

Early 1990s, North Africa and Europe

Genre

Length

60:40

Label

RecRec (Switzerland)

Producer

Fred Frith

Fred Frith chronology

Quartets
(1994)

Middle of the Moment
(1995)

Allies
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Middle of the Moment is a soundtrack by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, of the 1995 documentary film, Middle of the Moment by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel.

The film was made over a period of three years in the early 1990s, following the tuareg in North Africa and an avant garde circus troupe, Cirque O in Europe. The music comprises Frith compositions and sound collages drawn from field recordings of ambient sounds, conversations and indigenous music.

Frith describes how he created the soundtrack:^[2]

“

I 'travelled' through this material, formed my impressions, and created a 'sound-movie' from them, using a process analogous to that of editing a film. [...] My idea is more to create a parallel narrative, free to draw on music that wasn't in the film but was part of the process of making it.

”

Track listing

All tracks composed by Fred Frith.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Le Jour Se Leve"	6:26
2.	"Moving"	3:55
3.	"Digging For Water"	2:34
4.	"Portrait I" / "Tam-Tam in Timia"	3:28
5.	"Le Cirque"	7:10
6.	"Robert Lax Is"	0:58
7.	"Gnawa Express Tanger"	3:01
8.	"Bell Song"	2:37
9.	"Portrait II"	1:44
10.	"Ghost Stories"	6:50
11.	"Portes Ouvertes"	3:43
12.	"Le Cirque-Oh!" / "Ghost Dance" / "Portrait III"	10:43
13.	"Le Jour S'Arrache"	2:59
14.	"Middle of the Moment (title theme)"	4:32

Personnel

Fred Frith – guitar, bass, violin, keyboards, percussion
Fabrizio Appelius – accordion
Mikaela Dietl – accordion
Tim Hodgkinson – clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
Robert Lax – voice
Sandra M'Bow – voice

Tuareg

Idaman walat Akhmudan – voice
Tshanak ag Abalbal – voice
women from the Kel Iforas tribe – vocals, drumming

Cirque O

Josefina Lehmann – violin
Johann le Guillerm – accordion, voice
Bertrand Duva – Tibetan rattles
Attila Zombori – drums, percussion, guimbarde

Production

Peter Hardt – engineer

Re-issues

In 2004 Fred Records issued a remastered version of the soundtrack.

References

↑ Olewnick, Brian. "Middle of the Moment". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
↑ "Middle of the Moment". ReR USA. Retrieved 2007-01-29.

External links

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