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Tristram Cary

It's Time for Tristram Cary: Works for Film, Television, Exhibition & Sculpture

(Trunk Records, JBH035CD) (UK) (CD)

  1. Music for Light (Red/White) (4:10)
  2. Music for Light (Short Orange) (1:08)
  3. Music for Light (Red/Green/White dubbing track) (4:10)
    Composed for the exhibition of a large aluminum sculpture at Olympia, London, in 1968; electronic music realized at the Fressingfield studio

  4. Visible Manifestations (E1 A-D) (1:10)
  5. Visible Manifestations (F31) (0:37)
  6. Visible Manifestations (E11, E12, E13, E14 A-E) (0:46)
    Composed as the soundtrack for an animated industrial film circa 1968

  7. A Hill, Some Sheep and a Living (1M 1 take 2) (1:51)
  8. Hill, Some Sheep and a Living (1M 2A) (0:58)
  9. A Hill, Some Sheep and a Living (M6 take 3) (1:02)
    Instrumental ensemble composed for a TV documentary, 1967

  10. Opus (M1 - electronic titles, montage of metal sounds) (2:56)
  11. Opus (house sequence/cocktail party montage) (1:18)
  12. Opus (house sequence continued) (1:49)
  13. Opus (M6 A take 3) (2:13)
  14. Opus (Green, drum track with reverb) (0:50)
    Composed as the score to a film publicizing British achievement in the arts, etc., 1966

  15. Tests, for Casino Royale (opening section) (0:23)
  16. Tests, for Casino Royale (torture SFX part 1 - persuasion by pain) (0:49)
  17. Tests, for Casino Royale (torture SFX part 2) (1:17)
  18. Tests, for Casino Royale (further SFX) (0:41)

  19. Centre Music (4:14)
  20. Escalator Music (0:39)
    Electronic music for an exhibition for Expo 67

  21. Shaped for Living (1M1, 7 sounds) (0:46)
  22. Shaped for Living (1M5, 8 sounds) (1:19)
  23. Shaped for Living (1M6 sounds 5 - 9) (0:42)
  24. Shaped for Living (1M7, 18 sounds) (0:49)
  25. Shaped for Living (2M8, 5 sounds) (0:59)
  26. Shaped for Living (mixed track) (4:36)
    Soundtrack to a film on production design, premiered at Expo 70

  27. The Curious History of Money (effects part 11) (0:44)
  28. The Curious History of Money (M12) (1:02)
    Electronic score for an animated corporate film commissioned in 1969

  29. Divertimento (start) (3:36)
  30. Divertimento (performance tape section 2) (4:08)
    Commissioned by the office machine company Olivetti for a film shown at the opening of their training center in 1973; features the sounds of machine noises, a chorus, and a jazz drummer
    The Ambrosian Singers: chorus
    Chris Karan: drums

  31. 3 4 5 - A Study on Limited Resources (6:54)
    Originally released in 1970 on Galliard Records (Gal 4006)

  32. Narcissus (7:59)
    Originally released in 1970 on Galliard Records (Gal 4007) with the title "Narcissus for One Flute and Two Tape Recorders"
    Douglas Whittaker: flute

All music by Tristram Cary

Produced by Jonny Trunk
Artwork by Paul Flack
Remastered by Jon Brooks at NewYattSounds
Includes an 8-page booklet with a biography of Tristram Cary, track notes, and a text by John Cary (all in English); and a black and white photo

Released in 2010