Synopsis
“The Orchestrion Project” was filmed at the former St Elias Church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in November 2010. It features Pat Metheny on guitar performing with the Orchestrion, a vast collection of mechanical instruments that surround Pat Metheny in this atmospheric setting. The focus of the performance is the “Orchestrion Suite”, a work written specifically for this combination and debuted on Pat Metheny’s “Orchestrion” album released earlier in 2010. Added to this are other tracks from across Metheny’s prolific career going right back to “Unity Village” from his debut solo album “Bright Size Life” in 1976 and including other tracks from the seventies, eighties and nineties. This is a unique collaboration between a master guitarist and the pinnacle of mechanical music.
Bonus Features
Disc One – four bonus tracks (listed above)
Disc Two – An additional disc with over an hour of bonus material: (1) The Making Of The Orchestrion Project (2) Interview (3) Original EPK (4) Studio Session: “Orchestrion” (5) Studio Session: “Expansion”
Filmed in high definition 3D and simultaneously released on 3D Blu-ray – DVD is 2D.
Pat Metheny has a very loyal core fanbase.
Totally unique musical project combining guitar and mechanical instruments.
Screen Format: 16:9
Sound Formats: Dolby 7.1, Dolby 5.1, PCM Stereo
Running Time: 172 mins approx
Certificate: E
Subtitles: None
TRACKLISTING:
1) Unity Village
Orchestrion Suite: 2) Orchestrion 3) Entry Point 4) Expansion 5) Soul Search 6) Spirit Of The Air
7) Improvisation #2 8) Sueño con México 9) Stranger In Town
Bonus Tracks: 10) Improvisation #1 11) 80/81 – Broadway Blues 12) Tell Her You Saw Me 13) Antonia