A Zed & Two Noughts - Soundtrack

Soundtrack

A Zed & Two Noughts

Original UK cover
Soundtrack album by Michael Nyman
Released 1985
Genre Contemporary classical music, film scores, minimalism
Length 41:25
Label TER (UK)
Virgin Venture, Caroline (USA)
Producer David Cunningham
Michael Nyman chronology
The Kiss and Other Movements
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
And Do They Do/Zoo Caprices
1986
A Zed And Two Noughts
Copyright 1990 Virgin Venture

Elements of Michael Nyman's score invoke the "Dies Irae" section from Heinrich Ignaz Biber's Requiem ex F con terza minore. The Angelfish Decay/Swan Rot/L'Escargot theme was originally written for Childs Play, a dance work commissioned by Lucinda Childs. Performance of the soundtrack is credited to Nyman, Alexander Balanescu, Elisabeth Perry, Sarah Leonard, and "The Zoo Orchestra". While the score is in the Michael Nyman Band's repertoire, particularly "Time Lapse" and "Prawn Watching", they do not perform on the soundtrack.

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