The Filmworks Challenge

Composer John Zorn has written over twenty albums of music entitled 'Filmworks', followed by a roman numeral denoting which album it is. They are, to say the least, not your average listening material. I in fact wrote a Haiku to illustrate his work:

Juxtaposition-

John Zorn's beautiful sectrets,

Forlorn of harmony.

Not much, as Haikus go, but it sums it up. Zorn uses dissonances and silence, as well as some conventional harmony to portray a different perspective. (Incidentally, the albums are not written for films, they're just called that. Don't know why)

As such, I have given myself this challenge: to listen to every Filmworks album, in order, on Spotify during the Summer holidays. There are two or three albums missing on Spotify, but I've still got a good 14.8 hours of listening time.

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~Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.~