Music for Films

Music for Films (1978) is one of Brian Eno's ambient albums. It is a conceptual work intended as a soundtrack for imaginary films. Originally released as a limited-edition (500 copies) LP in 1976 which was sent to a selection of filmmakers for possible inclusion in their work 1, the commercial Music for Films release was expanded to include a number of pieces for, as Eno put it, "possible use as soundtracks to ‘imaginary’ films". In fact, excerpt... more

Music for Films (1978) is one of Brian Eno's ambient albums. It is a conceptual work intended as a soundtrack for imaginary films. Originally released as a limited-edition (500 copies) LP in 1976 which was sent to a selection of filmmakers for possible inclusion in their work 1, the commercial Music for Films release was expanded to include a number of pieces for, as Eno put it, "possible use as soundtracks to ‘imaginary’ films". In fact, excerpts from the album did appear in at least two films, Sparrowfall (1) in John Woo's A Better Tomorrow and Slow Water in Derek Jarman's Jubilee. The album is a loose compilation of material from the period 1975 to 1978, composed of short tracks ranging from one-and-a-half minutes to just over four, making it the antithesis of the long, sprawling, ambient pieces he later became known for. The compositional styles and equipment used also carried over onto Eno's work on some of David Bowie's 1977 album Low. Unlike Eno’s later ambient works, Music for... less