Music for Films

by Brian Eno

Music for Films cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1978
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Presenting a collection of short, highly evocative instrumental vignettes originally intended as a soundtrack for imaginary movies, Brian Eno's 'Music for Films' is a cornerstone of minimalist ambient music. The record is profoundly atmospheric and remarkably mysterious, utilizing deeply meditative synthesizer textures to evoke feelings of calm, melancholic isolation.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, minimalistic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. M386
  2. Aragon
  3. From the Same Hill
  4. Inland Sea
  5. Two Rapid Formations
  6. Slow Water
  7. Sparrowfall (1)
  8. Sparrowfall (2)
  9. Sparrowfall (3)
  10. Quartz
  11. Events in Dense Fog
  12. 'There Is Nobody'
  13. A Measured Room
  14. Patrolling Wire Borders
  15. Task Force
  16. Alternative 3
  17. Strange Light
  18. Final Sunset

Credits

  • Brian Eno - primary artist, producer
  • Rhett Davies - engineer
  • John Cale - musician
  • Paul Rudolph - musician
  • Percy Jones - musician
  • Phil Collins - musician
  • Robert Fripp - musician
  • Rod Melvin - musician

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