Ravenous is the score for the film of the same name. It was written and performed by Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman (by agreement, Albarn credited first on the album and Nyman credited first on the film credits). The score was actually not a collaboration, according to Nyman: "Ravenous was a joint composition in the sense that Damon Albarn composed 60% of the tracks and I did the rest."[3] It features Nyman's first writing for banjo since his 1981 self-titled album.
The tracks known to be composed/arranged by Nyman include:
Hail Columbia & Noises Off (actually pre-existing arrangements) and Welcome To Fort Spencer. These were written for and performed by Foster's Social Orchestra, a group of non-musician artists Nyman assembled under the inspiration of the Portsmouth Sinfonia.[4]
Cannibal Fantasy (on the Ravenous DVD commentary, Albarn attributes Cannibal Fantasy to Nyman).
In addition, the tracks most recognisably in Nyman's (more classical) idiom include:[speculation?]
The "Ives" tracks (i.e. Ives Returns and A Game Of Two Shoulders).
Trek To The Cave.
Checkmate.
Ives Torments Boyd And Kills Knox.
While the only tracks clearly known to be composed by Albarn are "Boyd's Journey" and "Colqhoun's Story" per the aforementioned DVD commentary, the following tracks share similar rhythmic and electronic characteristics, based upon loopedsamples and distortions:[speculation?]
He Was Licking Me
Let's Go Kill That Bastard
The Pit
Martha And The Horses
Saveoursoulissa
Manifest Destiny
The long track, "The Cave," features many characteristics of Albarn's other tracks while also sampling a sting from Nyman's rejected score to the film Practical Magic.[citation needed]
The "End Titles" track features alternate recordings of "Boyd's Journey" (Albarn) and "Cannibal Fantasy" (Nyman).
Individual pieces from the score have shown up in two different movies:
Actually, the Magnolia score features the beginning of the main title track from P.T. Anderson's Hard Eight (1996 - also titled Sydney) by Michael Penn.[citation needed]
Music supervised for 20th Century Fox by Matt Walker and Michael Knobloch.
Executive in charge of soundtracks for Virgin Records: Cynthia Sexton
British release
The British version of the soundtrack album features three tracks remixed by William Orbit, "Boyd's Beauty pt. A", "Screech Jam" (based on "The Cave" and "Ives Returns"), and "The Pit." Due to the length of the album, this necessitated the omission of three tracks: "Ives Returns," "Manifest Destiny," and "End Credits."
Track listing
Hail Columbia 2:42 (Philip Phile, arranged by Michael Nyman)
Boyd's Journey 3:02
Welcome to Fort Spencer 1:41 (Stephen Foster, arranged by Michael Nyman)
Noises Off 1:54 (Stephen Foster, arranged by Michael Nyman)
