Songlines (Alphaville video)
Songlines is a video released by the German band Alphaville in 1989, created during the production of Alphaville's 1989 album The Breathtaking Blue. Nine acclaimed directors (or directing teams) were given a different track from The Breathtaking Blue and asked to make a short movie inspired by the song (the tenth track, "Anyway", is played over the closing credits).
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| Released | 22 September 1989[1] | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, new wave | |||
| Label | WEA | |||
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Christoph & Wolfgang Lauenstein's video for "Middle of the Riddle" was later retitled Balance and won in 1990 the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (albeit with different music).[2]
Track listing
- "For a Million" - 9:21 (directed by Alexander Kaidanovsky, U.S.S.R.)
- "Romeos" - 4:58 (directed by Ian Pringle, Australia)
- "Middle of the Riddle" - 5:00 (directed by Christoph & Wolfgang Lauenstein, F.R.G.)
- "Heaven or Hell" - 3:38 (directed by Slobodan Pesic, Yugoslavia)
- "Ariana" - 3:49 (directed by Ricky Echolette & Olaf Bessenbacher, West Berlin)
- "She Fades Away" - 5:02 (directed by Mao Kawaguchi, Japan)
- "Summer Rain" - 4:14 (directed by Susanne Bier, Denmark)
- "Mysteries of Love" - 5:02 (directed by Alex Proyas, Australia)
- "Patricia's Park" - 4:19 (directed by Godfrey Reggio, U.S.A.)
- "Anyway" - 2:56
References
- "Alphaville Songlines". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- Olivier Cotte (2007) Secrets of Oscar-winning animation: Behind the scenes of 13 classic short animations. (Making of '"Balance") Focal Press. ISBN 978-0-240-52070-4
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