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Posted by elektrikal on Feb-19-2009 18:38:

brian eno - an ending (ascent) thread #2496

Regarding the aforementioned song, I have listened to a number of Eno's cds n other works (can't recall any now) but have yet to find a piece that matches the etherreal feeling this song invokes. Has anyone come across his work that does.

Sidenote yet similarly stirring song, took forever but I finally found the version of Moby's God moving over the face of the water that was in the movie Heat, which is quite different from album version, both blissful. The edit wasn't even on Heat soundtrack which I found annoying.


Posted by jupiterone on Feb-19-2009 19:03:

in dark trees

personally i find 'an ending (ascent) to be really over rated, makes me feel like i'm at church, which is not good at all


Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Feb-19-2009 19:08:

Re: brian eno - an ending (ascent) thread #2496

quote:
Originally posted by elektrikal
Regarding the aforementioned song, I have listened to a number of Eno's cds n other works (can't recall any now) but have yet to find a piece that matches the etherreal feeling this song invokes. Has anyone come across his work that does.

Some of the other pieces on Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks have a similar spacey, ethereal vibe to "An Ending," I think. Others are darker and grittier.

It seems like a number of people get to know Eno through "An Ending (Ascent)" and then are frustrated when they find that a lot of his other work is darker and less conventionally structured.

My favorite album of his is probably Ambient 4: On Land.


Posted by SMC on Feb-19-2009 20:07:

Eno's best album is "Before and After Science" (1977).

"An Ending (Ascent)" is a bit sugary, really. It works in the context of the album (Apollo) as a shift in mood and it's a nice little piece of music, but i wouldn't rate it above any other track off that same album. "Under Stars" / "Under Stars II" / "Stars", THAT'S ethereal.

Maybe you should listen to some other Eno albums attentively enough to actually remember what you listened to.


Posted by elektrikal on Feb-19-2009 20:52:

i actually dl that album now that you've mentioned some of the track names. Nice song but was not all that interested in them. Guess it just comes down to taste at some point.

Also, its not that I'm disappointed that I couldn't find other similar material because I think Eno is a top notch producer for the work he does.

Finally, surprised people would find this track sugary. I find it very introspective, but then again I just watched Traffic for the umpteenth time, which finally comes out on blu-ray soon.


Posted by Prototrance on Feb-20-2009 17:03:

Re: brian eno - an ending (ascent) thread #2496

quote:
Originally posted by elektrikal

Sidenote yet similarly stirring song, took forever but I finally found the version of Moby's God moving over the face of the water that was in the movie Heat, which is quite different from album version, both blissful. The edit wasn't even on Heat soundtrack which I found annoying.


Nice. Where did you find this version? I have the Heat soundtrack and it has the original version as you say. The one on the film has some new key changes and a different arrangement. Incidentally that end scene coupled with the music is the finest piece of film making ever.
Check out Eno's 'Plateaux of Mirrors' album. Also Eno & Budd - The Pearl. Not hugely etherela but you will probably like it.


Posted by keithos27 on Feb-20-2009 17:07:

yes do share regarding the moby track


Posted by GrimReaper on Feb-20-2009 17:36:

The actual Heat version of God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters has never been available anywhere else besides in the movie itself.

As said, the version on the Heat soundtrack CD (6:58) is just a slightly shortened version of the original. Another edited version available on various Moby releases, titled misleadingly Heat Mix (5:45) isn't the real Heat version either even if it is does feature minor differences to the original.

There have been some bad quality fanmade bootleg mp3s doing the rounds reconstructed from a clip from the movie soundtrack but that was years and years ago.


Posted by Scolomon on Feb-22-2009 04:08:

Brian Eno is brilliant
Before and after science is great if you like to hear him sing. I also love hear come the warm jets. My life in the bush of ghosts is also really interesting, it's actually a collaboration with David Byrne of th talking heads.

Personally, I am a fan of ending an ascent, but i could see how some would find it boring or uninteresting. I really need to see if he has done anything lately, I know he does music for a lot of art installations but I don't know if these are released or not


Posted by Chimney on Feb-22-2009 13:40:

On which of Eno's albums is this track on?


Posted by SMC on Feb-22-2009 13:58:

quote:
Originally posted by Chimney
On which of Eno's albums is this track on?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo...and_Soundtracks


Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Feb-22-2009 13:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Chimney
On which of Eno's albums is this track on?

Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks. It's also on the Traffic soundtrack (some nice ambient IMO).


Posted by Chimney on Feb-22-2009 14:35:

Thanks.


Posted by creon444 on Feb-22-2009 17:02:

Re: brian eno - an ending (ascent) thread #2496

quote:
Originally posted by elektrikal
Has anyone come across his work that does.



"The Theme From Creation" has a very similar feel to it.


Posted by alister on Feb-22-2009 17:54:

I don't know much about Brian Eno, but I do really like 'On Some Faraway Beach'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K29t_L3CO6A


Posted by elektrikal on Feb-23-2009 09:11:

for the Heat edit of god moving over the face of the water...

Pure Moods 4:Various Artist, you can find the cd on Amazon. You will notice this version of the song is a bit shorter length wise. Quality is good, though the piano does sound a bit more twangy here than normal version.

Personally I dl the track of a p2p just to see if the version was even released. It sounds legit to me, not the bootleg fan made version someone earlier on this thread suggested.


Posted by GrimReaper on Feb-23-2009 09:39:

quote:
Originally posted by elektrikal
for the Heat edit of god moving over the face of the water...

Pure Moods 4: Various Artists, you can find the cd on Amazon. You will notice this version of the song is a bit shorter length wise. Quality is good, though the piano does sound a bit more twangy here than normal version.

Personally I dl the track of a p2p just to see if the version was even released. It sounds legit to me, not the bootleg fan made version someone earlier on this thread suggested.

Yeah the version on Pure Moods IV is the "Heat Mix" i mentioned in my post which is the same version that is available on Moby's single "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" and compilation "I Like To Score". It has minor differences to the original version but it still isn't the exact same version than used in the movie no matter how tried to title it to be so. The real Heat version still remains unreleased so I wish Moby would release it one day, just like the new version of Extreme Ways he did for Bourne Ultimatum was released.

Regarding of cool original score pieces or reworked, remixed or otherwise altered music made for movies... It's always been very common not to release most of the exclusive music in movies in the exact same form anywhere outside the movies but just use the standard versions from singles or albums on the soundtrack CDs.



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