Originally released in 1993
01. Opening Credits SIMPLE MEN
02. Walk Away TRUST
03. Opening Credits THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH
04. Always Something SIMPLE MEN
05. Cue #32 SIMPLE MEN
06. Good Intentions THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH
07. Cue #16 TRUST
08. Rue Des Jours SURVIVING DESIRE
09. Gonna Miss You SURVIVING DESIRE
10. Closing Credits THEORY OF ACHIEVEMENT
11. Some Kinda Fatigue SIMPLE MEN
12. Cue # 53/62 SIMPLE MEN
13. Mess With Me / End Credits TRUST
14. End Credits SIMPLE MEN
Walk Away, Gonna Miss You, & Mess With Me
Written by Hub Moore
Performed by The Great Outdoors
Always Something, Some Kinda Fatigue
Written by Georgia Hubley & Ira Kaplan
Performed by Yo La Tengo
Produced by Gene Holder
Courtesy Alias Records, Inc.
Good Intentions
Written by Bob and Greg Kendall
Performed by The Brothers Kendall
Produced by Joe Harvard
Published by Skegsongs 1989, BMI
Rue Des Jours
Written & Performed by Ether
Opening Credits The Unbelievable Truth
Written & Performed by James Coleman (aka Phylr)
Published by Cat & Mouse Music/Polygram, BMI
All other music written and performed by Hal Hartley (aka Ned Rifle) and produced by Jeffrey Taylor.
Recorded and engineered by Baird Winham.
I remember perfectly a musician friend (who had a few tunes in my earliest movies) telling me I should make CDs of the music from my films. I remember replying: "who would anyone be interested in that?"
I was so happy to be busy making films that I didn't think a lot about these things. Eventually, it became impossible to ignore and my various distributors in different countries were insisting on an album to help promote the films. A few weeks later True Fiction Pictures was made in a studio in upstate New York with my friend and music producer, Jeffrey Taylor.
I was introduced to Yo La Tengo, Hub Moore, and the Brothers Kendall by my friend, the filmmaker, Kelly Reichardt. And for those 36 months of insane productivity (October 1989 to October 1991) I sort of lived and worked in the cadence of their songs. Rue Des Jours by Ether was found on a cassette tape delivered by my new assistant editor's friend, Barry Greenhut, and Jim Coleman (Unbelievable Truth) had been a friend and collaborator since college, always there to consult for music ideas.
I thank them all. And, also, the musicians who contributed songs to those early films but are not included here: Sonic Youth, Wild Blue Yonder, Bob Jewett, Cathy Crane, Kings Of Wyoming, Los Euclids, and Das Damen.
Listening now to this collection brings a pleasant sensation of the excitement, terror, and fun of those early years of my filmmaking.
Hal
January, 2010
01. Opening Credits SIMPLE MEN
02. Walk Away TRUST
03. Opening Credits THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH
04. Always Something SIMPLE MEN
05. Cue #32 SIMPLE MEN
06. Good Intentions THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH
07. Cue #16 TRUST
08. Rue Des Jours SURVIVING DESIRE
09. Gonna Miss You SURVIVING DESIRE
10. Closing Credits THEORY OF ACHIEVEMENT
11. Some Kinda Fatigue SIMPLE MEN
12. Cue # 53/62 SIMPLE MEN
13. Mess With Me / End Credits TRUST
14. End Credits SIMPLE MEN
Walk Away, Gonna Miss You, & Mess With Me
Written by Hub Moore
Performed by The Great Outdoors
Always Something, Some Kinda Fatigue
Written by Georgia Hubley & Ira Kaplan
Performed by Yo La Tengo
Produced by Gene Holder
Courtesy Alias Records, Inc.
Good Intentions
Written by Bob and Greg Kendall
Performed by The Brothers Kendall
Produced by Joe Harvard
Published by Skegsongs 1989, BMI
Rue Des Jours
Written & Performed by Ether
Opening Credits The Unbelievable Truth
Written & Performed by James Coleman (aka Phylr)
Published by Cat & Mouse Music/Polygram, BMI
All other music written and performed by Hal Hartley (aka Ned Rifle) and produced by Jeffrey Taylor.
Recorded and engineered by Baird Winham.
I remember perfectly a musician friend (who had a few tunes in my earliest movies) telling me I should make CDs of the music from my films. I remember replying: "who would anyone be interested in that?"
I was so happy to be busy making films that I didn't think a lot about these things. Eventually, it became impossible to ignore and my various distributors in different countries were insisting on an album to help promote the films. A few weeks later True Fiction Pictures was made in a studio in upstate New York with my friend and music producer, Jeffrey Taylor.
I was introduced to Yo La Tengo, Hub Moore, and the Brothers Kendall by my friend, the filmmaker, Kelly Reichardt. And for those 36 months of insane productivity (October 1989 to October 1991) I sort of lived and worked in the cadence of their songs. Rue Des Jours by Ether was found on a cassette tape delivered by my new assistant editor's friend, Barry Greenhut, and Jim Coleman (Unbelievable Truth) had been a friend and collaborator since college, always there to consult for music ideas.
I thank them all. And, also, the musicians who contributed songs to those early films but are not included here: Sonic Youth, Wild Blue Yonder, Bob Jewett, Cathy Crane, Kings Of Wyoming, Los Euclids, and Das Damen.
Listening now to this collection brings a pleasant sensation of the excitement, terror, and fun of those early years of my filmmaking.
Hal
January, 2010
