Bill Frisell - All Hat

Title: All Hat Artist: Bill Frisell Release Date: 2008 Re-Released On: 5/12/2009 Label: Emarcy Album Type(s): soundtrack UPCs: 602517687004, 0602517687004 Genre: Soundtrack Styles: Soundtracks, Original Score Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Cerebral, Freewheeling, Laid-Back/Mellow, Playful, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Searching, Ambitious, Complex, Dramatic, Earnest, Elaborate, Hypnotic, Literate, Meandering, Passionate, Plaintive, Precious, Provocative, Sentimental, Sophisticated, Spacey, Stately, Uncompromising, Witty, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. John Hardy :: Bill Frisell
2. Opening Theme :: Bill Frisell
3. Meet the Stantons :: Bill Frisell
4. Chrissies Fall :: Bill Frisell
5. Peckerwood :: Bill Frisell
6. Hardy Race :: Bill Frisell
7. Empty Barn :: Bill Frisell
8. Stable Scene :: Bill Frisell
9. Sting :: Bill Frisell
10. Etta Interlude :: Bill Frisell
11. Theme Version 2 :: Bill Frisell
12. Chrissies Theme :: Bill Frisell
13. Theme Version 3 :: Bill Frisell
14. Empty Barn, Pt. 2 :: Bill Frisell
15. Stanton Theme :: Bill Frisell
16. Interlude, Pt. 2 :: Bill Frisell
17. John Hardy/Ray Returns to Etta :: Bill Frisell
18. Ray Driving :: Bill Frisell
19. Empty Barn, Pt. 3 :: Bill Frisell
20. Theme (Part 4) :: Bill Frisell
21. Ray and Etta :: Bill Frisell
22. Jackson's Epiphany :: Bill Frisell
23. Hardy Bar Song :: Bill Frisell
24. Theme, Pt. 5/Waltz :: Bill Frisell
25. Interlude, Pt. 3 :: Bill Frisell
26. Hardy Duet :: Bill Frisell
27. Chrissie in the Meadow :: Bill Frisell
28. Sonny's Losing Montage :: Bill Frisell
29. Last Race :: Bill Frisell
30. Etta's Theme :: Bill Frisell
31. End Credits :: Bill Frisell

Year Type Label Catalog # 2009 CD Emarcy 001291402

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All Hat is the soundtrack to the 2007 Leonard Fahrlinger film of the same name. Based on the brilliant novel by Brad Smith (who also wrote the screenplay), Fahrlinger's film is set in Ontario and involves an ex-baseball playing ex-con, a transplanted Texas cowboy who farms and raises losing race horses, a gambling addict and tycoon who wants to take over the town's farms to build a casino and hotel. Inserted into this is Frisell's score, built on his rootsy Americana side of fully fleshed out on his classic Nashville album with some of the same players: Viktor Krauss is here, as is Greg Leisz, and so are violinist Jenny Scheinman, drummer Scott Amendola, and Mark Graham on harmonica. Even though the score commences with Frisell's own interpretation of country, bluegrass, and folk and rock, it feels more like his impersonation -- with his signature sound of course -- of a Ry Cooder film score. This may not be an entirely fair characterization because Cooder as a guitarist set a new standard and created a new way to score movies in the modern era. It's also not a criticism. Frisell's cues range from basic instrumentation to some distorted guitar loops to some beautifully reverb-laden playing with gorgeous lap, pedal, and National steel guitars from Leisz. Krauss, a bluegrass player by nature, is the most rocksteady rhythm-nator around. Scheinman gets to gloss things over with her newfound hard-edged country and blues playing -- check "Stable Scene" and the funky "Sting." Characters are given their own themes, and in Frisell's soundworld this becomes an effective narrative flow when it comes to the film's images. The music here does tend to go by in a blur if you're not paying attention, but that's because of its crystalline character and tasteful subtlety. There's a lot going on here all the time. It's beautiful throughout and highly recommended for fans of Frisell's more americana related material. It's a wonder that EmArcy didn't give this more of a push when it was released. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Austin Sousa Audio Engineer Bill Frisell Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic), Loops, Composer Cameron Nicklaus Audio Engineer Cathy Ferrante Audio Engineer Greg Leisz Guitar (Steel), Mandolin Gregg Calbi Audio Engineer Jenny Scheinman Violin Lee Townsend Audio Production Mark Graham Harmonica Matt Wilenchik Audio Engineer Scott Amendola Percussion, Drums Shawn Pierce Audio Engineer