The soundtrack to the documentary Loving Highsmith about thriller novelist Patricia Highsmith, with music composed by Belgium guitarist Noël Akchoté along with pieces by Cole Porter, Mancini, Johnny Mercer, Frank Sinatra, Hildegard von Bingen, Carl Fischer, &c, presented in two CDs, one each of duets between Akchoté and New York guitarists Mary Halvorson and Bill Frisell.
Format: 2 CDs Condition: New Released: 2022 Country: France Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold 3 Panels Recorded at The Rabbitfield, in Hoboken, Belgium, on January 4-5, 2020, and November 26-27, 2019, by Christophe Albertijn; further recordings made in August 2020, at the artist's homes.
"Loving Highsmith is a documentary about the thriller writer Patricia Highsmith, released in January 2022 and directed by Eva Vitija-Scheidegger. Noël Akchoté provided the soundtrack. There are two CDs for two duets, and each CD has the perfect partner: Disc #1 has Mary Halvorson, and Disc #2 has Bill Frisell. The result is as you can expect-excellent!
With a sound as clear, electric, serene, and fully controlled, these masters knit canvases like snapshots, images that accumulate and follow one another as naturally and poetically as a photo album. The music is so simply present that you can imagine turning around and seeing them playing right there, next to you, just for you."-Best of Jazz
All original film music composed by Noël Akchoté except:
#12 by Jim Hall.
15, 17, 22, 24 & 25 by Noël Akchoté & Mary Halvorson (BMI).
14 by Cole Porter.
18 by Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer.
20 by Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer.
23 by John Klenner & Sam M. Lewis.
42 by Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf & Joel Herron.
43 by Carl Fischer & Bill Carey.
44 & 46 by Hildegard von Bingen.
"Death is Only a Dream" written by
A.J. Buchanan & Rev. Charles Walker Ray.
Mary Halvorson sessions recorded January 4-5, 2020 at The Rabbitfield, Antwerp, Belgium, by Christophe Albertijn.
Bill Frisell sessions recorded during August 2020 by Noël Akchoté & Bill Frisell in their respective homes.
Solo takes recorded November 26-27, 2019
by Christophe Albertijn at The Rabbitfield, Antwerp, Belgium.