Passion

Artists

Album Info

Labels: Virgin, Real World Records

Issued with clear tray and twelve page booklet containing credits, lyrics and photos.
A clear sticker with silver letters is applied to the front:
"peter gabriel Music from ‚The last Temptation OF Christ’
PASSION Remastered ICPN 07243 811746 2 1"

[Back]
Music for the last Temptation of Christ
A film by Martin Scorsese
℗ 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd © 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd.
The copyright in this recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd and licensed exclusively to Virgin Records Ltd.

[Back & CD]
Made in the EU. ['Virgin' logo] ['REALWORLD' logo]

[Booklet]
'PASSION' Recorded between February 1985 and March 1989 at Real World Studios, Box, England, Passion was originally released on 5th June 1989

I have put together two albums around the music of The Last Temptation of Christ. This album is my work; the other, Passion Sources, represents a selection of some of the traditional music, sources of inspiration and location recordings. I was excited to be asked to work on the music. When I first discussed the project with Martin Scorsese in 1983 I wanted to find out how he was intending to film this controversial novel. He wanted to present the struggle between the humanity and the divinity of Christ in a powerful and original way, and I was convinced by his commitment to the spiritual content and message. He is an excellent and very musical director and working with him has been a great experience.
After we finished mixing the film there were some unfinished ideas that needed developing and I took some extra time to complete this record. There are several pieces that were not able to be included in the film and I felt that the record should be able to stand as a separate body of work. I chose the working title for the film - Passion.
We recorded some of the finest singers and soloists in the field of world music and we set the score on a backdrop of traditional North African rhythms and sounds. It was a wonderful experience working with such different and idiosyncratic musicians. They came from Pakistan, Turkey, India, Ivory Coast, Bahrain, Egypt, New Guinea, Morocco, Senegal and Ghana. For many of them working with this material was something quite new and they were very enthusiastic. The soundtrack is full of the spirit of their performances. Peter Gabriel

Please note: …
The following tracks contain selections from existing recordings of traditional music.
Track 1 - The Doudouks are playing an Armenian melody 'The Wind Subsides', recorded for Ocora Records under the direction of Robert Ataian.
Track 4 - Incorporates a traditional melody from Kurdistan. Kurdish Duduks are from UNESCO Collection - A Musical Anthology of the Orient, General Editor Alain Danielou for Musicaphon Records.
Track 8 - Written around a traditional Egyptian rhythm which is performed to fend off evil spirits.
Track 10 - Based on an improvisation by Shankar and Peter Gabriel.
Track 11 - The Ney Flute is playing a traditional Armenian melody.
Track 14 - Based on an improvisation by Mahmoud and Peter Gabriel.

Mastered at Town House Cutting Room
Recorded at Real World Studios

Special Thanks to: Lucy Duran and The National Sound Archive for recommending andintroducing me to much wonderful music and Cathy Oudemans for help with clearances. Thanks to Pierre Toureille and Ocora Records for their support and help. Thanks also to Barbara De Fina, Brian Eddolls, Tom Fleischman, Julia Judge, Todd Kasow, avid Leonard, Skio Lievsay, Betsy Marino, Geraldine Peroni, Thelma Schoonmaker, and to Universal Films: Burt Berman and Tom Pollock.

Remastered at Metropolis
Engineer at Real World Studios

Special Thanks to: Bastiaan Kiujt, Leendert van Zanten and David Walstra at Sony Music, Crispin Murray at Metropolis, Richard Chappell, Jon Webster, Mike Large, Annie Parsons, Michael Thomas, Julie Merrifield, Claire Yates, Mic Smith and Mary Lane

℗ & © 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd licensed exclusively to Virgin Records Ltd 7243 8 11787 2 0

[CD]
℗ & © 2002 Peter Gabriel Ltd. The copyright in this recording is owned by Peter Gabriel Ltd and licensed exclusively to Virgin Records Ltd.
7243 8 11786 2 1

Hint:
This is the version of this release which is a repress Glass Mastered at EMI Uden and Pressed by Mediamotion, very similar to non-repress version Peter Gabriel - Passion which is Glass Mastered and Pressed at EMI Uden.