Map Of The World Soundtrack CD

Guitarist Pat Metheny's exceptional compositional skills reached another plateau with the beautiful score for the film A MAP OF THE WORLD. Here, with a full orchestral accompaniment, Metheny explores the pastoral sound of the acoustic guitar and coaxes from it some of the most emotionally rich music he has ever composed. Those looking for the guitarist's signature modern Brazilian-flavored electric style will not find it here, nor are there any strains of Metheny's traditional jazz leanings as he fully develops a new side to his already plentiful musical gifts. Ranging from deeply moving solo lines with impressionistic shadings to sweeping pastoral jaunts that build to tremendous heights of grandeur, Metheny captures the spirit of the rural setting of the film, drawing on the sounds of his childhood. On its own, the music emphasizes the exceptional care with which Metheny undertakes his art, gently caressing the music from the instrument until it reaches its full potential.

Original score composed by Pat Metheny.

Recorded in February 1999.

Personnel includes: Pat Metheny (piano, keyboards, acoustic guitar); Gil Goldstein (organ); Steve Rodby (acoustic bass); David Samuels (percussion).

Personnel: Pat Metheny (acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards); Sara Cutler, Victoria Drake (harp); Marilyn Reynolds, Rob Shaw, Curtis Macomber, Natasha Lipkina, Mara Milkis, Bruno Eicher, Rebecca Muir, Robin Bushman, Masako Yanagita, Anca Nicolau, Sara Schwartz, Fritz Krakowski, Mayuki Fukuhara, Krista Bennion Feeney, Gregor Kitzis, Mineko Yajima (violin); Alexander Rees, Ron Lawrence , Louise Schulman, Ann Roggen, David Cerutti, Jill Jaffe, Lois Martin, Liuh-Wen Ting (viola); Eric Gaenslen, Karl Bennion, Myron Lutzke, Peter Sanders, Jonas Tauber, Richard Locker (cello); Sheryl Henze, Elizabeth Mann (flute); Paul Garment, Steve Hartman, Willie Blount, John Moses (clarinet); Virgil Blackwell (bass clarinet); Melanie Feld (English horn); Scott Temple, David Wakefield, Joe Anderer, Robert Carlisle, Stewart Rose (horns); Steve Rodby (organ, acoustic bass); Gil Goldstein (organ); David Samuels (percussion).

Audio Mixer: Rob Eaton.

Recording information: Right Track Studios, New York, NY (02/1999).

Photographer: Seamus McGarvey.

Unknown Contributor Roles: Mitsuru Tsubota; Nicole Brockman; Ronald Carbone.

Arranger: Pat Metheny.Q (1/00, p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The tonal palette is...so lovely....gently evocative and quietly imprints itself on the memory..."
JazzTimes (4/00, p.107) - "...Metheny at his most unabashedly romantic and most redeemably beautiful....it's an essay in musical sweetness and melancholy..."