Tuesday, September 7, 2004

Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun - Mark Ryden: Blood

I have movie soundtracks, TV show soundtracks, original cast recordings, a radio show soundtrack, and LPs that have dialog from movies and TV shows (there was an era before you could rent and buy videos for your home, you know). Now, with Mark Ryden: Blood, I have the soundtrack to an art show. Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun have created music to go with each of the paintings for a 2003 installation of Mark Ryden's works at the Earl McGrath Gallery in New York. It has a real soundtrack feel to it, too, rather than just being a collection of fluffy ambient tracks. The pieces seem to work well with the paintings, though to get the full experience one probably needed to actually be at the gallery. However, the music does stand on its own, as Rose and Entrance demonstrate.

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