Four Film Scores, by Blake Leyh

Four Film Scores

by Blake Leyh

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1.	The Serpent's Tale 02:41	buy track
2.	Haldun's Story 02:46	buy track
3.	Driving 01:33	buy track
4.	Ring of Fire 04:35	buy track
5.	Cannons 01:32	buy track
6.	The Serpent's Tale End Titles 02:53	buy track
7.	The Kaleidoscope 01:08	buy track
8.	The New World 03:08	buy track
9.	Odile Floating 01:28	buy track
10.	Chinese Food 02:32	buy track
11.	The Cemetery 03:09	buy track
12.	The Edge of The World 05:56	buy track
13.	Odile & Yvette End Titles 02:37	buy track
14.	2nd Cousin Once Removed - Main Title Pt.1 01:04	buy track
15.	2nd Cousin Once Removed - Main Title Pt. 2 01:24	buy track
16.	Question Marks 01:25	buy track
17.	Double Cross 04:05	buy track
18.	Laura's Video 01:07	buy track
19.	Heartburn 03:33	buy track
20.	Clyde & Natalie 00:56	buy track
21.	Losers 01:44	buy track
22.	Clyde is A Winner 00:53	buy track
23.	Star Time Main Title 02:19	buy track
24.	Star Time 03:10	buy track
25.	Henry Follows Sam 00:54	buy track
26.	Ballet Mécanique 01:46	buy track
27.	The Guignol Studios 01:30	buy track
28.	Bad Love 02:33	buy track
29.	A Dream Come True 01:38	buy track
30.	Star Time - The Song 03:49	buy track

about

Blake Leyh's CD Four Film Scores is a compilation of music from the period 1991 to 1993. The range of musical styles on the CD is as wide as the diversity of the films themselves.

The Serpent's Tale is a Turkish film which uses non-narrative structures to weave a complex story of vampirism and the destruction of language. It's score uses prepared piano and percussive strings to create a dissonant but seductive blend which at times almost disintegrates into chaos.

Odile & Yvette at the Edge of the World tells the story of two teenage girls who have a mystical adventure in the forest. The music uses bells, clay flutes, and bird calls to create a dream-like mood of yearning and mystery. The Boston Herald wrote "the real star may be Blake Leyh, who creatively sustains the other-worldly mood that totally hooks you."

Second Cousin, Once Removed follows Clyde Belmondo, an advertising hack from Chicago who gets lost in the dark fringes of Hollywood on a ridiculous search for his missing cousin. The film's ironic humor is highlighted by a score which uses electric guitar, accordion, strings and saxophones to create the atmosphere of grunge-noir.

Star Time is the provocative story of Henry Pinkle, a tragic anti-hero overwhelmed by the media age. The music ranges from ethereal glass harmonica solos, to frenetic percussion soundscapes, to the deranged big-band anthem of the title song. Leonard Maltin's review of the film says "Blake Leyh's excellent score uplifts this otherwise murky outing."

Leyh plays many of the instruments himself, including upright bass, fretless electric bass, guitars, saxophones, pan pipes, accordion, keyboards and various exotic percussion. The title song for Star Time includes a frenzied sax solo by the film's director Alexander Cassini, and backing vocals by Leyh's longtime collaborator Amanda Kramer, best known for her work with the Golden Palominos.

credits

released August 10, 1993

All music composed, performed, and produced by Blake Leyh.

Dane Davis - Clarinet on The Serpent’s Tale End Titles
Amanda Kramer - Backing Vocals on “Star Time: The Song”
Alexander Cassini - Tenor Sax Solo on “Star Time: The Song”

Graphics by Dale Strumpell & Blake Leyh • Photography by Susan Pollack

Thanks to:
Aqaba, Kutlug Ataman, Andre Burke, Alexander Cassini, Boaz Davidson, Dane Davis, John DiMinico, Dody Dorn, Chris Douridas, Jill Fido, Rick Frystack, Amanda Kramer, John McColpin, Chuck Michael, Bridget Murnane, Susan Pollack, Bob Randles, Stan Salfas, John Shorney, Sonic Kitchen, Spike, Dale Strumpell, and Walt Vincent.

A Film by Kutlug Ataman / The Serpent’s Tale / with Gonen Bozbey / Metin Uygun / Daniel Chace / Semiha Berksoy / Production Designer: John DiMinico / Music: Blake Leyh / Cinematography: Chris Squires / Editor: Annabel Ware / Executive Producer: Halil Ataman / Directed, Written, and Produced by Kutlug Ataman

Bam Productions Presents / A Film by Andre Burke / Odile & Yvette at the Edge of the World / with Karen Skloss / Heather Roheim / Noah Fisher / Editor: Michael Solinger / Production Designer: John DiMinico / Music: Blake Leyh / Cinematography: Chris Squires / Associate Producer: Elvent Ataman / Produced by Bridget Murnane / Written and Directed by Andre Burke

A Shornry/McColpin Picture / Second Cousin, Once Removed / with Peter Ellis / Robin Sands / Herb Shorney / Kim Little / Kevin Kildow / rock ‘n’ roll by Thelonious Monster / score by Blake Leyh / photography by Roger Dean / Production Design by Helmut Dusek / Sound Design by Chuck Michael / Executive Producers George and Nancy Shorney, Andrew and Mary Louise McColpin, Tom Rogers and The Intrepid Ventures Group / Produced by John McColpin / Directed by John Shorney

A Film by Alexander Cassini / Star Time / with Michael St. Gerard / John P. Ryan / Maureen Teefy / Production Design: Carey Meyer and David Jensen / Music by Blake Leyh / Director of Photography: Fernando Arruelles / Associate Producer and Editor: Stan Salfas / co-producer: Megan Barnett / Line Producer: Reza Mizbani / Produced, Written & Directed by Alexander Cassini

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Blake Leyh New York, New York

Composer, Music Supervisor (The Wire, Treme, Plot Against America), Sound Design, Music Producer, Bass/Guitar/Cello. Co-founder of N to The Power.

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