Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ

by Peter Gabriel

Overview

Passion is in actuality Peter Gabriel's soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese film The Last Temptation of Christ, retitled as a result of legal barriers; regardless of its name, however, there's no mistaking the record's stirring power. Like much of Gabriel's solo work, the album is a product of his continuing fascination with world music, which he employs here to create an exceptionally beautiful and atmospheric tapestry of sound perfectly evocative of the film's resonant spiritual drama; inspired by field recordings collected in areas as diverse as Turkey, Senegal, and Egypt, Passion achieves a cumulative effect clearly Middle Eastern in origin, yet its brilliant fusion of ancient and modern musics ultimately transcends both geography and time. Remarkably dramatic, even visual, it is not only Gabriel's best film work but deserving of serious consideration as his finest music of any kind; equally worthwhile is Passion -- Sources, which assembles the original native recordings which served as his creative launching pad. ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	09/28/2010
Label:	Real World Records
UPC:	0180030000604
Rank:	56010

Tracks

1. The Feeling Begins
2. Gethsemane
3. Of These, Hope
4. Lazarus Raised
5. Of These, Hope (Reprise)
6. In Doubt
7. A Different Drum
8. Zaar
9. Troubled
10. Open
11. Before Night Falls
12. With This Love
13. Sandstorm
14. Stigmata
15. Passion
16. With This Love [Choir]
17. Wall of Breath
18. The Promise of Shadows
19. Disturbed
20. It Is Accomplished
21. Bread and Wine

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Peter Gabriel   Primary Artist,Bass,Drums,Flute,Piano,Surdo,Shaker,Vocals,Voices,Emulator,Sampling,Fairlight,Keyboards,Prophet 5,Contrabass,Percussion,Roland D50,Double Bass,Synthesizer,Flute Sample,Vocals (Background),Whistle (Instrument)
David Sancious   Guest Artist,Sampling,Synthesizer,Organ (Hammond),Vocals (Background)
Youssou N'Dour   Guest Artist,Voices,Vocals
Baaba Maal   Guest Artist,Vocals
Shankar   Guest Artist,Vocals,Double Violin
David Rhodes   Guest Artist,E-Bow,Guitar
Billy Cobham   Guest Artist,Drums,Percussion,Tambourine
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan   Guest Artist,Qawwal
Kudsi Erguner   Flute,Ney Flute,Turkish Flute
Fatala   Percussion,African Percussion
Jon Hassell   Trumpet
Doudou N'Diaye Rose   Percussion
Nathan East   Bass
Massamba Diop   Drums,Talking Drum
Antranik Askarian   Duduk,Doudouk
Hossam Ramzy   Surdo,Tabla,Mazhar,Cymbals,Triangle,Tambourine,Finger Cymbals
Richard Evans   Tin Whistle
Manu Katche   Percussion
Manny Elias   Drums,Surdo,Octoban
Lakshminarayana Shankar   Violin
David Bottrill   Drones,Tambourine,Slide Guitar
Vatche Housepian   Duduk,Doudouk
Djalma Correa   Percussion
Mustafa Abdel Aziz   Drones,Arghoul
Tabrizi Mahmoud Zadeh   Kemence
Said Mohammad Aly   Percussion
Julian Wilkins   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Robin Canter   Oboe,Cor Anglais

Technical Credits

Paul Barker   Composer
Norma Bishop   Assistant
David Taraskevics   Studio Manager
Louis Allen   Assistant
Aaron Denson   Assistant
Anne Parsons   Assistant
Mouat   Design
Julian Grater   Cover Art
Steve McLaughlin   Programming,Program Assistant
James Bell   Back Cover
KJ   Composer
Fatala   Percussion Programming
Shankar   Composer
Doudou N'Diaye Rose   Percussion Programming
David Sancious   Arranger,Synthesizer Arrangements
Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh   Composer
Richard Chappell   Engineer,Assistant,Photography
Martin Scorsese   Filmmaker
Ravi Shankar   Composer
Gus Skinas   Audio Frame Systems Operator
Richard Evans   Engineer,Assistant
Tony Cousins   Remastering
Lakshminarayana Shankar   Composer
Dan Roe   Assistant Engineer
Susie Millns   Design Coordinator
Mario Tursi   Photography,Still Pictures
Dan Blore   Sleeve Restoration
Peter Gabriel   Mixing,Doholla,Composer,Producer,Liner Notes,Synthesizer Arrangements,Audio Frame Systems Operator
Al Jourgensen   Composer
Ian Cooper   Mastering
David Bottrill   Mixing,Engineer
Mustafa Abdel Aziz   Percussion Programming
Michael Large   General Manager
Tabrizi Mahmoud Zadeh   Composer
Edel Griffith   Assistant Engineer
Mic Smith   Research
Marc Bessant   Graphic Design
Said Mohammad Aly   Percussion Programming
Julian Wilkins   Choir Boy