- ambient
- 41 min
- 18 tracks
- E’G
Music for Films is a solo studio album by the British musician and composer Brian Eno. It was released in September 1978 through EG Records. It is a conceptual work intended as a soundtrack for imaginary films, although many of the pieces had already appeared in actual films. It charted at #55 in the UK.
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Character
Contemplative, character-led, grave and spare.
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.8/10
- Q4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10
- Tom Hull – on the WebB
- Uncut4/5 ★
- The Village VoiceB+
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Tracks
- 1Aragon1:38
- 2From the Same Hill2:59
- 3Inland Sea1:25
- 4Two Rapid Formations3:23
- 5Slow Water3:17
- 6Sparrowfall (1)1:11
- 7Sparrowfall (2)1:44
- 8Sparrowfall (3)1:24
- 9Alternative 33:13
- 10Quartz2:03
- 11Events in Dense Fog3:44
- 12‘There Is Nobody’1:45
- 13Patrolling Wire Borders1:44
- 14A Measured Room1:03
- 15Task Force1:23
- 16M3862:50
- 17Strange Light2:10
- 18Final Sunset4:11
18 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Brian Eno
- Label
- E’G
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
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