Category Archives: Music

Coffee

By Tal | Published: January 14, 2007

4’10” / Written & performed by Tal Zana

Vocals by Jeanne Gignoux & F. Ousman Glowinski

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Kill the Messenger Soundtrack

By Tal | Published: November 20, 2006

A selection from the music score I wrote for "Kill the Messenger", a 90-minute documentary which I also edited.

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Lollipop

By Tal | Published: February 26, 2006

3’21” / Words & Music by Tal Zana

Written and recorded overnight on February 26th of 2006.

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La fille du juge

By Tal | Published: January 1, 2006

A selection from the music score I wrote for "La fille du juge", a 90-minute docu-fiction directed by William Karel in 2006.

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The Whipped Cream and the Razor

By Tal | Published: November 19, 2005

4’22” / Words & Music by Tal Zana

A short love story told with Rhodes and a synth lead, written and recorded on a November day of 2005.

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December

By Tal | Published: November 19, 2003

4’22” / Words & Music by Tal Zana

Arrangements & Vocals by Jeanne Gignoux

Written and recorded over a period of several weeks in the winter of 2003. This is the only recording where I used a Shure TLM-103 microphone, which worked nicely with Jeanne's crystal-clear vocals.

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La suite du 52

By Tal | Published: August 1, 2003

1’44” / Words ad-libbed by Jeanne Gignoux

Music & Arrangements by Jeanne Gignoux, Tal Zana & Georges Lafitte

Written and recorded in two days in 2003, this was mostly done for fun. We were recording on-the-fly with anything that we found around us: Coca-Cola cans, notebooks, ashtrays, trash cans... Jeanne improvised the crazy and meaningless lyrics in one take.

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Mercedes Benz

By Tal | Published: August 19, 1996

1’03” / Words & Music by Janis Joplin & Bob Newirthw

Arrangements & Vocals by Tal Zana & Ragazzina

This is a rearrangement for six vocals, bass and drums of the wonderful Janis Joplin track of the same name. Composed overnight in a feverish harmonization frenzy, this track features Ragazzina in the lead and both of us in backing vocals. Written and recorded in six hours in 1996.

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