ARTIST: Mogwai
TITLE: Zidane-A 21st Century Portrait
LABEL: PIAS/Wall Of Sound
GENRE: Soundtrack
BITRATE: 196kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 13min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-10-30
RIP DATE: 2006-10-13
Track List
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01. Black Spider 5:04
02. Terrific Speech 2 4:08
03. Wake Up And Go Berserk 4:45
04. Terrific Speech 4:47
05. 7:25 5:13
06. Half Time 6:49
07. I Do Have Weapons 4:16
08. Time And A Half 5:56
09. It Would Have Happened Anyway 2:34
10. Black Spider 2 30:26
Release Notes:
Can't wait to see the movie - fucking French loony that he is.
Mogwai's slow-shifting, meteoric post-rock might have never earnt
them a place on the back-of-the-nets montage on Match Of The Day,
but their soundtrack to Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait suggests
that for this band, football boasts a deeper emotional palette
than the Lightning Seeds could ever hope to evoke. Truthfully, it
beggars belief it's taken Mogwai so long to reach the rarefied
sphere of movie soundtracker; their gleaming, glittering
instrumentals are big and beautiful, like a glacier or a blue
whale. But supplying the score to Turner Prize artist Douglas
Gordon's match-long portrait of French footballer ZinΘdine
Zidane, is probably a subject somewhat closer to their hearts.
Lilting and ponderous, it boasts little of the fireworks that
this band have been known for: far from the anger its name
suggests, "Wake Up and Go Berserk" is a neat excursion into
serene ambience, all finger-picked semi-acoustic guitars and
padded sticks, while "It Would Have Happened Anyway" adds that
crucial tension, perhaps a product of the pre-penalty kick.
Mogwai's spirit has soften in recent years, but with Zidane, the
boys done good: call it a "Nessun Dorma" for the experimental
rock set.