![]() ![]() He started off saying he and the great Phil Schaap would help me curate and choose a set list for the quintet in the club. But his itch to expand and explore through new forms and collaborations has the sincerity and urgency of a true seeker. Which takes me to Wynton: a long essay would be needed to encompass the breadth of this man’s musical prowess, let alone what he has done to solidify jazz as America’s classical music. He added vocal layers and a mellotron and we got our mutual friend Flea to come in and put bass and a beautiful lonely trumpet line on it…but the core of it is the stripped down track I heard that morning, when I’m not sure I’ve ever been made happier by an email.Īlmost as good as that was watching Thom’s face the first time he heard Wynton Marsalis’s jazz arrangement of the song. Less than three minutes later I’m sitting in the dark with tears in my eyes and my mind racing on how to sculpt the film around the song. Very rough, but nicely feeling like its from the past… Not a week later I woke up from an anxious dream before dawn and, in the dark, noticed I had one of his no-caps emails waiting. Friends or not, my brain warned me, “Yeah, you and every other director on earth, get in line.” But I summoned up the courage to send him the script and tried to explain it all without overdoing it, prepared for him to politely demur. These same co-existing paradoxes are what drew me to Lionel Essrog as a character and I knew I wanted Thom to give that character his own sad ballad. No writer of songs from my generation has ever equaled Thom’s capacity for expressing the longing in the heart and the terror in the head at the same time or for creating gorgeous melody within fracture and dissonance. I met Thom over 20 years ago, after seeing Radiohead melt everybody’s minds with an early live performance of “OK Computer” at Irving Plaza in New York. This is the bet I made when it came to dreaming up the music for “Motherless Brooklyn” and what you’ll hear on this record is a mashup of the geniuses I rang up: Thom Yorke, Wynton Marsalis and Daniel Pemberton. And if you’re really lucky…it all goes brilliantly and you make some magic together. But if you’re lucky enough to get to direct your own film, the allure of ringing up people whose work thrills you, well….it’s irresistible. The safer choice is to stay a fan or a friend, protect the mystery of your favorite artists and keep marveling at the magic they make from a seat in the audience. There’s a certain risk entailed in working with people you love and admire because, let’s face it, collaboration can get messy for all kinds of reasons. Motherless Brooklyn Theme – (Wynton Marsalis, Willie Jones III, Philip Norris, Isaiah J. On A Misty Night – (Wynton Marsalis, Joe Farnsworth, Russell Hall, Isaiah J. Thompson & Jerry Weldon)ĭelilah – (Wynton Marsalis, Joe Farnsworth, Russell Hall, Isaiah J. Jump Monk – (Wynton Marsalis, Joe Farnsworth, Russell Hall, Isaiah J. ![]() Thompson & Jerry Weldon)ĭaily Battles – (Wynton Marsalis, Joe Farnsworth, Russell Hall, Isaiah J. ![]() Relaxing With Lee – (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Curly Russell, Buddy Rich)īlues Walk – (Wynton Marsalis, Joe Farnsworth, Russell Hall, Isaiah J. Woman In Blue – (Wynton Marsalis, Willie Jones III, Philip Norris, Isaiah J. Willie Jones III, Ted Nash & Jerry Weldon. Marsalis, along with his hand-picked quintet of heavy-hitting-jazz-stalwarts, delivers an instant jazz standard version of the song that conjures images of the 1950s-era gin-soaked Harlem jazz club seen in the film.Īdditionally, the soundtrack album features several new recordings of jazz classics by Marsalis with master musicians including Joe Farnsworth, Russell Hall, Isaiah J. The second version of “Daily Battles” was arranged and performed by Wynton Marsalis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, nine-time Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpet icon, who has been awarded the National Medal of the Arts and the National Humanities Medal, by two United States presidents. The soundtrack album features two versions the song “Daily Battles” which was written by multiple Grammy Award-winning artist Thom Yorke, who, along with his Atoms For Peace bandmate Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), performs a sparse and emotionally captivating version of the song. Motherless Brooklyn (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ![]()
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