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• Artist: Various Artists
• Album: In Memoriam: Tarkovsky
• Label: IVB
• Year of Release: 2002
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• Reviewed by: patchen on 2005-06-14

Sergei Tarkovsky was one of the greatest film directors in world cinema. Such masterpieces of deep spirituality and creeping violence like Andrei Rublev, Solaris, and The Sacrifice attest to his genuine love for humanity while at the same time holding no illusions as to how hard it is to love. This collection of four ambient compositions are inspired by Tarkovsky's films, and create an uneven yet compelling tribute. Michael Prime's "Across The River" and Stanislav Kreitchi's "Water, water water everywhere" are the most effective, creating emotional colors and depth of sound that Christian Renou ("Tarkovski") and Roger Doyle ("Mr. Foley's final moments") don't quite reach. Ambient, modern composition is an odd choice of sonic tribute to a man whose work was so visceral and moving. Much of this is too understated and hermetic to really do justice to whatever influence Tarkovsky may have had on the composers. Still, a reflective, occasionally surprising ambient piece, that may work better for those who haven't seen the films.

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