Rivers and Tides (soundtrack)

Rivers and Tides
Soundtrack album by Fred Frith
Released	2003 (2003)
Recorded	2002, Germany
Genre	Chamber music experimental music
Length	40:51
Label	Winter & Winter (Germany)
Producer	Fred Frith
Fred Frith chronology
Prints (2002) Rivers and Tides (2003) Eye to Ear II (2004)

Rivers and Tides: Working with Time is a soundtrack by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith, of the 2001 Anglo-German documentary film, Rivers and Tides by Thomas Riedelsheimer^[1] about the British landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.^[2]

Frith composed all the music for the soundtrack^[3] and incorporated sound clips of water from the film in the final mix.^[4] The music has been described as chamber^[4] and features Frith and a German trio of Karoline Höfler, Bernd Settelmeyer and Wolfgang Stryi.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]

In a review of the album, AllMusic had this to say of Frith: "Rivers and Tides demonstrates that Frith is not only a skewed pop genius and fearless improviser, but a remarkably empathetic soundtrack composer as well."^[5]

Track listing

1. "Part I" (Frith) – 10:08
2. "Part II" (Frith) – 3:10
3. "Part III" (Frith) – 2:22
4. "Part IV" (Frith) – 1:25
5. "Part V" (Frith) – 4:40
6. "Part VI" (Frith) – 4:15
7. "Part VII" (Frith) – 11:31
8. "Part VIII" (Frith) – 3:20

Personnel

• Fred Frith – guitar, samples, violin, piano, berimbao
• Karoline Höfler – double bass
• Bernd Settelmeyer – percussion
• Wolfgang Stryi – soprano saxophone, bass clarinet

Sound and art work

• Digitally recorded and mixed at Jankowski Tonstudio, Esslingen, Germany, 8–9 July 2002
  • Engineered by Peter Hardt
• Digital re-mixing and mastering at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany, 30–31 January 2003
  • Engineered by Adrian von Ripka with Stefan Winter
• Art and photography by Andy Goldsworthy
• Prints by Peter Postel

References

• Frith, Fred. (2003). Rivers and Tides [CD]. Winter & Winter Records.