The Short Cuts Soundtrack was released in 1993 as the

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album for the film ''

Short Cuts ''Short Cuts'' is a 1993 American comedy-drama film, directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver. The film is set in Los Angeles, in contr ...

''. The album was released by the

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Recording Company. Several well-known musicians provided material for this album, including

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and

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from U2,

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and

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from

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makes a guest vocal appearance on one track. Most of the songs are performed by

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singer Annie Ross, who appears in the film. Actress Lori Singer performs

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on three classical compositions.

Track listing

#Open on Helicopters (sound effect) (0:50) # Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Conversation on a Barstool" (5:46) (Bono/The Edge) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "To Hell With Love" (6:25) (

Doc Pomus Jerome Solon Felder (June 27, 1925 – March 14, 1991), known professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hal ...

/ Dr. John) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Punishing Kiss" (3:16) (Elvis Costello/ Cait O'Riordan) #

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predec ...

: Cello Concerto in B Minor ( Lori Singer and the Trout Quartet) (5:16) (arr. Ladd McIntosh) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Blue" (4:47) ( Jon Hendricks/ Gildo Mahones) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Evil California (These Blues)" (3:48) ( Terry Adams/Iggy Pop) #

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...

: ''Berceuse'' from ''

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'' (Lori Singer) (2:50) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "A Thousand Years" (4:26) (

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/ Maurice Seezer) #

Victor Herbert Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an American composer, Cello, cellist and conducting, conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and co ...

: Cello Concerto No. 2, op. 30 (Lori Singer and the Trout Quartet) (5:04) (arranged by Bruce Fowler) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Imitation of a Kiss" (4:37) ( Roy Nathanson/ David Cale/

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) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Full Moon" (3:59) (Doc Pomus/Dr. John) #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet with Lori Singer - "I Don't Know You" (6:08) (Doc Pomus/Dr. John) #The Low Note Quintet-"Nothing Can Stop Me Now" (4:33) (

Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sch ...

) #Earthquake into Low Note - sound effect #Annie Ross and the Low Note Quintet - "Prisoner of Life" (Doc Pomus/Dr. John)/"I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" (

Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local r ...

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D ...

) (6:50) # Thomas Tree and Cory J. Coppage - "How Does She Do It So Quickly?" (0:50) (Tree/Coppage) The Low Note Quintet consisted of Bruce Fowler on trombone, Terry Adams on piano, Gene Estes on the vibes, Greg Cohen on bass, and Bobby Previte on drums. The Trout Quartet consisted of Stuart Kanin on violin, Anatoly Rosinsky on violin, Roland Kato on viola, and Armen Guzelimian on piano. Other musicians: *Iggy Pop: vocals on "Evil California" *Michael Stipe: vocals on "Full Moon" * Steven Bernstein: trumpet on "To Hell With Love" and "Full Moon" * David Tronzo: slide guitar on "To Hell With Love", "Full Moon" and "I Don't Know You" * Anthony Coleman: clavinet on "Evil California" * Lenny Pickett: woodwinds on "Prisoner Of Life/I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" Produced by Hal Willner. Recorded and mixed by Eric Liljestrand, except the Dvořák and Herbert tracks (mixed by Tom Lazarus), "Evil California" (mixed by Kevin Killen), Stravinsky's "Berceuse" (recorded and mixed by Tom Lazarus), "So Quickly" (produced by Thomas Tree, Cory Coppage and Michael Pfeiffer; recorded and mixed by Michael Pfeiffer) and "Full Moon" (recorded by John Keane).

References

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