Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls

Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls features scores by John Zorn for two documentary films. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2006 and contains music that Zorn wrote and recorded for, Notes on Marie Menken (2006), directed by Martina Kudláček and a percussion score for Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls directed by Beth Cataldo.

Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls
Soundtrack album by John Zorn
Released	2006
Genre	avant-garde, jazz, classical
Length	57:18
Label	Tzadik TZ 7535
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn's Filmworks chronology
Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death (2005) Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls (2006) Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment (2006)
John Zorn chronology
Malphas: Book of Angels Volume 3 (2006) Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls (2005) Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment (2006)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "it goes through a whirling, dizzying, surreal journey in adventure, exotica, and interior travel. Highly recommended".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

1. "Menken" - 5:26
2. "Skull I" - 4:04
3. "Glimpses" - 6:37
4. "Mood Mondrian" - 4:31
5. "Skull II" - 3:31
6. "Gogogo" - 8:14
7. "Moonplay" - 4:42
8. "Skull III" - 3:02
9. "Tango Exotique" -5:04
10. "Zenscapes" - 1:09
11. "Skull IV" - 1:41
12. "Arabesque" - 5:10
13. "Skull V" - 2:23
14. "Bolex Dancing" - 1:37

All music by John Zorn

• Produced by John Zorn.

Personnel

• John Zorn - Wurlitzer piano, African thumb pianos, alto sax (track 6)
• Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz - bass
• Jon Madof - guitar
• Cyro Baptista - percussion
• Kenny Wollesen - drums, percussion