Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ
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| Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ | ||
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| Soundtrack by Peter Gabriel | ||
| Released | June 5, 1989 | |
| Recorded | 1989 | |
| Genre | World Music | |
| Length | 67:03 | |
| Label | Geffen Records | |
| Producer(s) | Peter Gabriel | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Peter Gabriel chronology | ||
| So (1986) |
Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ (1989) |
Shaking the Tree (1990) |
Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ is a musical album released in 1989 by Peter Gabriel. It is his second soundtrack and eighth album overall. It was originally composed as the soundtrack for the film The Last Temptation of Christ, but Gabriel spent several months after the film's release further developing the music, finally releasing it as a full-fledged album instead of a "movie soundtrack". It is seen as a landmark in the popularization of world music. It was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalog in 2002.
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[edit] Overview
While music from lands far from the corporation-controlled music industry of the United States and England has certainly flourished, little of it has been heard in the Western world. Passion introduced many listeners to such world-renowned talents as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Youssou N'Dour, L. Shankar, and Baaba Maal, paving the way for these and other musicians to find audiences in America.
As a soundtrack for the film, Gabriel used the resources of the organization he founded, WOMAD, to bring together musicians from the Middle East and Africa. He worked with them to create a soundtrack meant to enhance the mood of the movie, based upon the actual music played during the time of Jesus. However, he added a modern ambient musical touch to the original pieces, producing a musical work that has influenced many musicians in the years since its release.
The album has received near-universal praise from audiences around the world. Many have called it Gabriel's finest work, and some have said that his later albums (which have all had similarities to Passion) seem muddled in comparison.
Amazon.com promotes the album by noting its influence on the popularization of world music by stating: "To call Passion a pivotal recording in the development of world music would be a significant understatement."
Later in the year came a companion album, Passion - Sources, featuring additional songs on which Gabriel does not perform. Gabriel described this album as "a selection of some of the traditional music, sources of inspiration, and location recordings."
The cover art Drawing study for Self Image II (1987) is a mixed media composition by the artist Julian Grater. [1]
[edit] Track listing
All compositions written by Peter Gabriel except as indicated in the Personnel section below.
- "The Feeling Begins" – 4:00
- "Gethsemane" – 1:26
- "Of These, Hope" – 3:55
- "Lazarus Raised" – 1:26
- "Of These, Hope - Reprise" – 2:44
- "In Doubt" – 1:33
- "A Different Drum" – 4:40
- "Zaar" – 4:53
- "Troubled" – 2:55
- "Open" – 3:27
- "Before Night Falls" – 2:18
- "With This Love" – 3:40
- "Sandstorm" – 3:02
- "Stigmata" – 2:28
- "Passion" – 7:38
- "With This Love - Choir" – 3:20
- "Wall Of Breath" – 2:29
- "The Promise of Shadows" – 2:13
- "Disturbed" – 3:35
- "It Is Accomplished" – 2:55
- "Bread and Wine" – 2:21
[edit] Personnel
Compositions by Peter Gabriel, with the exception of "Open" (based on an improvisation by L. Shankar and Gabriel) and "Stigmata" (based on improvisation by Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh and Gabriel). "Zaar" was written around a traditional Egyptian rhythm which is performed to fend off evil spirits.
- The Feeling Begins
- Manny Elias - octabans, surdo, skins
- Hossam Ramzy - finger cymbals, tabla, dufs
- Peter Gabriel - synthesizers, shakers, skins, surdo
- David Bottrill - drone mix
- David Rhodes - guitar
- Shankar - double violin
- Vatche Housepian - Armenian doudouk
- Antranik Askarian - Armenian doudouk
- The doudouk is playing an Armenian melody, "The Wind Subsides". (Armenian doudouks recorded for Ocora Records under the direction of Robert Ataian.)
- Gethsemane
- Peter Gabriel - flute samples, flute, voices
- Of These, Hope
- Massamba Dlop - talking drum
- Peter Gabriel - bass, percussion, flute whistle, Prophet 5
- Shankar - double violin
- David Rhodes - guitar
- Mustafa Abdel Aziz - arghul drone
- Lazarus Raised
- (Players unknown) - Kurdish duduk & tenbur
- David Rhodes - guitars
- Peter Gabriel - piano, Akai S900
- Of These, Hope - Reprise
- Massamba Dlop - talking drum
- Peter Gabriel - bass, percussion, flute whistle, Prophet 5
- Shankar - double violin
- David Rhodes - guitar
- Mustafa Abdel Aziz - arghul drone
- Baaba Maal - vocals
- Fatala - additional percussion
- In Doubt
- Peter Gabriel - Audioframe, Fairlight samples, vocals
- Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh - kementché
- A Different Drum
- Doudou N'Daiye Rose - percussion loop (four bars)
- Fatala - percussion loop (three bars)
- Peter Gabriel - surdo, percussion, Audioframe, Prophet 5, voice
- Shankar - double violin
- Youssou N'Dour - voice
- David Sancious - backing vocals
- Zaar
- Hossam Ramzy - tambourines, dufs, tabla, finger cymbals, triangle
- Peter Gabriel - surdo, additional percussion, Audioframe, Akai S900, voice
- Nathan East - bass
- David Rhodes - guitar
- Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh - kementché
- Shankar - double violin
- Troubled
- Bill Cobham - drums, percussion
- Hossam Ramzy - finger cymbals
- Peter Gabriel - percussion, Fairlight, Emulator, backing vocals
- David Sancious - backing vocals
- Open
- Peter Gabriel - Prophet 5, Akai S900, vocals
- Shankar - double violin, vocals
- Before Night Falls
- Hossam Ramzy - finger cymbals, tabla, dufs
- Kudsi Erguner - ney flute (playing a traditional Armenian melody)
- Shankar - double violin
- The Ney flute is playing a traditional Armenian melody.
- With This Love
- Robin Canter - oboe, cor anglais
- Shankar - double violin
- David Sancious - Akai S900, synthesizer arrangement
- Peter Gabriel - Audioframe, Fairlight, piano, Prophet 5, synthesizer arrangement
- Sandstorm
- Location Recording - Moroccan percussion & vocals
- Hossam Ramzy - surdo, tabla, tambourine dufs, mazhar
- Manu Katché - additional percussion
- Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh - kementché
- Shankar - double violin
- Peter Gabriel - Fairlight
- Stigmata
- Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh - kementché
- Peter Gabriel - Prophet 5, voice
- Based on an improvisation by Mahmoud and Peter Gabriel
- Passion
- Djalma Correa - Brazilian percussion
- Jon Hassell - trumpet
- Peter Gabriel - Prophet 5, Akai S900, Fairlight, voice
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Qawwali voice
- Shankar - double violin
- Youssou N'Dour - voice
- Julian Wilkins - choirboy
- With This Love - choir
- Robin Canter - cor anglais
- Richard Evans - choir recording
- Wall Of Breath
- Kudsi Erguner - Turkish ney flute
- Shankar - double violin
- Musicians Du Nil - arghul
- David Rhodes - Ebow guitar
- Peter Gabriel - synthesizers
- The Promise Of Shadows
- Bill Cobham - drum kit
- David Bottrill - lead tambourine
- Peter Gabriel - Emulator, Prophet 5, Audioframe, additional percussion
- David Rhodes - guitar
- Disturbed
- Hossam Ramzy - surdo, tabla
- Mustafa Abdel Aziz - percussion loop
- Said Mohammad Aly - percussion loop
- Fatala - African percussion
- Shankar - double violin
- Peter Gabriel - Fairlight, Prophet 5
- It Is Accomplished
- Bill Cobham - drums, tambourine
- David Bottrill - tambourine 2, distorted slide
- Nathan East - bass
- Mustafa Abdel Aziz - arghul drone
- David Sancious - Hammond organ
- David Rhodes - Steinberger guitar
- Peter Gabriel - doholla, additional percussion, Roland D-50, piano, Prophet 5, voice
- Bread And Wine
- Peter Gabriel - contrabass, Prophet 5, voice
- David Rhodes - Ebow guitar
- Richard Evans - tin whistle
- Shankar - double violin
