John Zorn
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and improvised music. He incorporates diverse styles in his compositions, which he identifies as avant-garde or experimental. Zorn was described by Down Beat as "one of our most important composers".
Zorn established himself within the New York City downtown music movement in the mid-1970s, performing with musicians across the sonic spectrum and developing experimental methods of composing new music. After releasing albums on several independent US and European labels, Zorn signed with Elektra Nonesuch and received wide acclaim with the release of The Big Gundown, an album reworking the compositions of Ennio Morricone. He attracted further attention worldwide with the release of Spillane in 1987 and Naked City in 1990. After spending almost a decade travelling between Japan and the US, he made New York his permanent base and established his own record label, Tzadik, in the mid-1990s.
Tzadik enabled Zorn to maintain independence from the mainstream music industry and ensured the continued availability of his growing catalog of recordings, allowing him to prolifically record and release new material, issuing several new albums each year, as well as promoting the work of many other musicians. Zorn has led the hardcore bands Naked City and Painkiller, the Jewish music-inspired jazz quartet Masada, composed 613 pieces as part of the three Masada songbooks that have been performed by an array of groups, composed concert music for classical ensembles and orchestras, and produced music for opera, sound installations, film and documentary. Zorn has undertaken many tours of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, often performing at festivals with many other musicians and ensembles that perform his diverse output.
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Films (68)
Zorn III (2018 – 2022)
2024 · Self
Zorn I (2010 – 2016)
2023 · Himself
John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels
2022 · Himself
Generació Kibbutz
2020 · Music
Zorn II (2016 – 2018)
2018 · Himself
La ronde
2014 · Music
Astros em Rotação
2013 · Music
Well Then There Now
2011 · Writer
15 Scenes: 254 Shots
2011 · Writer
Bare Room
2011 · Writer
KiyaKiya
2011 · Music
Arcana
2010 · Music
Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags
2009 · Music
Ray Bandar: A Life With Skulls
2009 · Music
Kikoe
2009
The Last Supper
2009 · Music
Belle de Nature
2009 · Music
Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)
2009 · Music
Boy
2008 · Music
365 Day Project
2007 · Self
Bhima Swarga: The Journey of the Soul from Hell to Heaven
2007 · Executive Producer
Friday May 4, 2007: John Zorn – Cobra Part Two
2007 · Self (prompter)
The Treatment
2007 · Original Music Composer
Monday April 16, 2007
2007 · Self (prompter)
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007 · Self
Notes on Marie Menken
2006 · Music
La Mort du travailleur
2005 · Original Music Composer
Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise
2005 · Music
Invitation to a Suicide
2005 · Original Music Composer
Masada: Live at Tonic 1999
2004 · Himself - Alto Saxophone, Music, Executive Producer
Between Science and Garbage
2004 · Executive Producer
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America
2003 · Music
Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII
2002 · Music
A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn
2002 · Self, Original Music Composer
Despite Treblinka
2002 · Music
Dans le miroir de Maya Deren
2002 · Music
Nightwindows
2001 · Music
The eye
1999 · Music
Sabbath in Paradise
1998 · Himself, Music
The Port of Last Resort
1998 · Musical, Music
Funny Games
1997 · Music
Latin Boys Go to Hell
1997 · Original Music Composer
Anton, Mailman
1997 · Music
Mechanics Of The Brain
1997 · Music
Hollywood Hotel
1995 · Music
Tears of Ecstasy
1995 · Music
Zigrail
1995 · Original Music Composer
The Elegant Spanking
1995 · Music
Credits Included: A Video In Red And Green
1995 · Music
Die Kunst des Erinnerns – Simon Wiesenthal
1994 · Music
Little Lieutenant
1994 · Musician, Conductor, Music Arranger
Thieves Quartet
1993 · Music
Maohgai
1993 · Original Music Composer
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
1993 · Himself
John Zorn's Naked City
1992 · Musician
The Golden Boat
1991 · Original Music Composer
Step Across the Border
1990 · Self
Gotham
1990 · Music
Neo-Geo: An American Purchase
1989 · Music
Cynical Hysterie Hour
1988 · Music
Put More Blood Into the Music
1988 · Himself
She Must Be Seeing Things
1988 · Original Music Composer
Le deuxième jour
1988 · Music
White and Lazy
1986 · Music
Rising Tones Cross
1985 · Himself
Money
1985 · Himself
John Zorn's Naked City: Montreux Jazz Festival 1990
· Himself
The Viking of Sixth Avenue
· Self
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