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Release Date
5 June 1989
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Length
21 tracks
Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ is a musical album released in 1989 by Peter Gabriel. It is his second soundtrack and eighth album overall. It was originally composed as the soundtrack for the film The Last Temptation of Christ, but Gabriel spent several months after the film's release further developing the music, finally releasing it as a full-fledged album instead of a "movie soundtrack". It is seen as a landmark in the popularisation of world music, and it won a Grammy in 1990 for Best New Age Album. It was remastered with most of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002.
Overview:
As the soundtrack for the film, Gabriel used the resources of the organisation he founded, WOMAD, to bring together musicians from the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. He worked with them to create music meant to enhance the mood of the film, but also added a modern ambient musical touch to the original pieces, producing a musical work that has influenced many musicians in the years since its release. Passion introduced many listeners to such artists as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Youssou N'Dour, L. Shankar, and Baaba Maal.
Later in the year a companion album was released, Passion - Sources, featuring additional songs on which Gabriel does not perform. Gabriel described this album as "a selection of some of the traditional music, sources of inspiration, and location recordings."
The cover art for the album, Drawing study for Self Image II (1987), is a mixed media composition by the artist Julian Grater.
Track listing:
All compositions written by Peter Gabriel except as indicated in the Personnel section below.
Side One
"The Feeling Begins" – 4:00
"Gethsemane" – 1:26
"Of These, Hope" – 3:55
"Lazarus Raised" – 1:26
"Of These, Hope - Reprise" – 2:44
"In Doubt" – 1:33
"A Different Drum" – 4:40
Side Two
"Zaar" – 4:53
"Troubled" – 2:55
"Open" – 3:27
"Before Night Falls" – 2:18
"With This Love" – 3:40
Side Three
"Sandstorm" – 3:02
"Stigmata" – 2:28
"Passion" – 7:39
"With This Love (Choir)" – 3:20
Side Four
"Wall Of Breath" – 2:29
"The Promise of Shadows" – 2:13
"Disturbed" – 3:35
"It Is Accomplished" – 2:55
"Bread and Wine" – 2:21
Personnel:
Compositions by Peter Gabriel, with the exception of "Open" (based on an improvisation by L. Shankar and Gabriel) and "Stigmata" (based on improvisation by Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh and Gabriel). "Zaar" was written around a traditional Egyptian rhythm which is performed to fend off evil spirits.
The Feeling Begins
Manny Elias - octabans, surdo, skins
Hossam Ramzy - finger cymbals, tabla, dufs
Peter Gabriel - synthesizers, shakers, skins, surdo
David Bottrill - drone mix
David Rhodes - guitar
L. Shankar - double violin
Vatche Housepian - Armenian doudouk
Antranik Askarian - Armenian doudouk
The doudouk is playing an Armenian melody, "The Wind Subsides". (Armenian doudouks recorded for Ocora Records under the direction of Robert Ataian.)
Gethsemane
Peter Gabriel - flute samples, flute, voices
Of These, Hope
Massamba Dlop - talking drum
Peter Gabriel - bass, percussion, flute whistle, Prophet 5
L. Shankar - double violin
David Rhodes - guitar
Mustafa Abdel Aziz - arghul drone
Lazarus Raised
(Players unknown) - Kurdish duduk & tenbur
David Rhodes - guitars
Peter Gabriel - piano, Akai S900
This piece incorporates a traditional melody from Kurdistan telling of the unhappy love of a young girl for Bave Seyro, a legendary warrior. (Kurdish duduks are from UNESCO Collection - A Musical Anthology Of The Orient, general editor Alain Danielou for Musicaphon Records.)
Of These, Hope - Reprise
Massamba Dlop - talking drum
Peter Gabriel - bass, percussion, flute whistle, Prophet 5
L. Shankar - double violin
David Rhodes - guitar
Mustafa Abdel Aziz - arghul drone
Baaba Maal - vocals
Fatala - additional percussion
In Doubt
Peter Gabriel - Audioframe, Fairlight samples, vocals
Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh - kementché
A Different Drum
Doudou N'Diaye Rose - percussion loop (four bars)
Fatala - percussion loop (three bars)
Peter Gabriel - surdo, percussion, Audioframe, Prophet 5, voice
L. Shankar - double violin
Youssou N'Dour - voice
David Sancious - backing vocals
Zaar
Hossam Ramzy - tambourines, dufs, tabla, finger cymbals, triangle
Peter Gabriel - surdo, additional percussion, Audioframe, Akai S900, voice
Nathan East - bass
David Rhodes - guitar
Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh - kementché
L. Shankar - double violin
Troubled
Bill Cobham - drums, percussion
Hossam Ramzy - finger cymbals
Peter Gabriel - percussion, Fairlight, Emulator, backing vocals
David Sancious - backing vocals
Open
Peter Gabriel - Prophet 5, Akai S900, vocals
L. Shankar - double violin, vocals
Before Night Falls
Hossam Ramzy - finger cymbals, tabla, dufs
Kudsi Erguner - ney flute (playing a traditional Armenian melody)
L. Shankar - double violin
The Ney flute is playing a traditional Armenian melody.
With This Love
Robin Canter - oboe, cor anglais
L. Shankar - double violin
David Sancious - Akai S900, synthesizer arrangement
Peter Gabriel - Audioframe, Fairlight, piano, Prophet 5, synthesizer arrangement
Sandstorm
Location Recording - Moroccan percussion & vocals
Hossam Ramzy - surdo, tabla, tambourine dufs, mazhar
Manu Katché - additional percussion
Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh - kementché
L. Shankar - double violin
Peter Gabriel - Fairlight
Stigmata
Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh - kementché
Peter Gabriel - Prophet 5, voice
Based on an improvisation by Mahmoud and Peter Gabriel
Passion
Djalma Correa - Brazilian percussion
Jon Hassell - trumpet
Peter Gabriel - Prophet 5, Akai S900, Fairlight, voice
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Qawwali voice
L. Shankar - double violin
Youssou N'Dour - voice
Julian Wilkins - choirboy
With This Love (Choir)
Robin Canter - cor anglais
Richard Evans - choir recording
Wall Of Breath
Kudsi Erguner - Turkish ney flute
L. Shankar - double violin
Musicians Du Nil - arghul
David Rhodes - Ebow guitar
Peter Gabriel - synthesizers
The Promise Of Shadows
Bill Cobham - drum kit
David Bottrill - lead tambourine
Peter Gabriel - Emulator, Prophet 5, Audioframe, additional percussion
David Rhodes - guitar
Disturbed
Hossam Ramzy - surdo, tabla
Mustafa Abdel Aziz - percussion loop
Said Mohammad Aly - percussion loop
Fatala - African percussion
L. Shankar - double violin
Peter Gabriel - Fairlight, Prophet 5
It Is Accomplished
Bill Cobham - drums, tambourine
David Bottrill - tambourine 2, distorted slide
Nathan East - bass
Mustafa Abdel Aziz - arghul drone
David Sancious - Hammond organ
David Rhodes - Steinberger guitar
Peter Gabriel - doholla, additional percussion, Roland D-50, piano, Prophet 5, voice
Bread And Wine
Peter Gabriel - contrabass, Prophet 5, voice
David Rhodes - Ebow guitar
Richard Evans - tin whistle
L. Shankar - double violin
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