Film Music About John Zorn:

Zorn has written music for documentaries, underground films, television commercials and cartoons are described in the Filmworks albums on the label Tzadik. Some films are influenced by jazz and other classical and most feature ensembles consisting of rotating combinations of center musicians. Zorn has often used his cinematic and television commissions to experiment with line boxes and forms, which become more developed part of his musical canon.

Zorn stated that "After my record The Big Gundown came out I was convinced that many of the soundtrack of my work is the way".  While the Hollywood recognition did not follow it attracted the attention of many independent filmmakers. First Director-up to rob him Schwebber for 1986 short white and Lazy followed his work Sheila McLaughlin of the film, he would see the things (1986). In 1990, he composed the soundtrack for Raoul Ruiz film The Golden Boat. All these collections have appeared on Filmworks 1986-1990 along with the 64 - second interpretation of the theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which featured future members of Naked City.

Zorn second Filmworks release documented his music for the film Untitled Walter Hill (1996), in which it was written for the film trespass (1992), but replace the points, Ry Cooder from Filmworks  1990-1995 (1997) showed the first writing by one of Masada for Joe Chappelle Thieves Quartet (1993) with the early projects for cynical project time Hysterie, a duet with Marc Ribot which featured in Mei Chen-Juin Hollywood Hotel (1994), as well as a number of commercial soundtracks for the advertising firm Weiden and Kennedy , including one directed by Jean-Luc Godard - a long-term Zorn inspiration  Filmworks IV. S & M + More (1997) and Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy (1996) and include music written for a film dealing with BDSM [39] Filmworks VI: 1996 contains the soundtracks to three underground films produced in 1996: Dina Waxman Anton, Mailman, the mechanics of the brain, Henry Hills', and Maria Beatty black glove.

Filmworks VII: Time Hysterie cynical reissued that Zorn produced for a Japanese cartoon, which was previously only available in limited release in Japan. Zorn restore write access, trade orders for textile factory in Sony executives [40] Filmworks VIII: 1997 features music for the documentary Port Of Last Resort (1998), which details the experience of Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai in the years before the Second World War, and the soundtrack to the underground film Latin boys go to hell (1997).
Zorn next soundtrack work did not appear until 2000 with Filmworks IX: concussion before Gd with the music for the award winning documentary about gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews trying to reconcile their sexuality with their faith directed by Sandi Simcha DuBowski [43] The following year Filmworks. X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2001) showed the music for a documentary film by Martin Kudlacek life and work of underground filmaker Maya Deren
2002 was a productive one for Zorn's cinematic evaluation. Filmworks XI: Secret of Life (2002) showed the Masada String Trio performing music for Aviva Slesin documentary about Jewish children hidden from the Nazis [45] Filmworks XII (2002) offers music for three documentaries; homecoming:. Celebrating Twenty Years of Dance at PS 122, Shaolin Ulysses found a film about Shaolin monk in America, and variations on the theme of family, a documentary on outsider artist Morton Bartlett. [46] [47] [48] Zorn released his third soundtrack collection of 2002 with Filmworks XIII: Invitation suicide written for a black comedy about a man selling tickets to his suicide to save the life of his father. [49]

Zorns be placed in the next two Filmworks production of a documentary study of Jewish identity and anti-Semitism. Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking (2003) provided the soundtrack of a documentary about an Orthodox Jewish father tries to warn his sons risk creating barriers between themselves and those outside of their faith [50] Filmworks XV. Protocols of the Elders of Zion (2005) features music for a documentary about the revival of anti-Semitism in the United States as a result of the September 11 attacks. [51]

Filmworks XVI: Show Desktop death (2005) the theme for a documentary depicting a dangerous occupation conducted in Ukraine, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and China.
Filmworks XVII (2006) showed for the music notes Martina documentary on Marie Menken Kudlacek of intertwined with Zorn impact assessment Beth Cataldo portrait Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls [53] [54] Filmworks XVIII. Treatment (2006) found music for Oren Rudavsky romantic comedy based on the tango music of Astor Piazzolla.

Filmworks XIX: Rain Horse (2008) written for the animated children's short film by Russian director Dimitri Gellar. Also released in 2008 Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem containing music for a documentary on the Jewish writer Sholem Aleichem, Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature / New Rijksmuseum featuring soundtracks for another of Maria Beatty film and a documentary about recovery Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, and Filmworks XXII: The Last Supper