Robert Levon Been - Original Songs From The Card Counter [CD]

Format: CD 
Catalogue No.: EPZTC001CD 
Barcode: 5400863063290
Release Date: 08 Oct 2021
Genre: Psych/Garage Rock

 Composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Robert Levon Been, announces his forthcoming album, ‘Original Songs From The Card Counter’.
 Levon Been composed several original songs as well as a majority of the score for writer and director Paul Schrader’s new film, ‘The Card Counter’, starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe and executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
 “Ironically this entire project began by working the last scene of the film first,” says Levon Been. “Paul had reached out asking if I would write an original song for a very intimate final scene he had been struggling with. As tempting as the concept was, I must admit that kind of composing is also my biggest fear - to write directly to picture with such precision that it takes over the narrative in a substantial way, which I knew Paul never shies away from. It also turned me into a nervous wreck because I know just how easy it is to quickly ruin a movie with merely a single lyric at the wrong time. Thankfully for ‘Mercy Of Man’, I had S.G. Goodman there in NY singing with me to help experiment with how to create a fairly unconventional duet of sorts that is intended to evoke the emotions of the two characters in that final scene.”
 ‘The Card Counter’ marks the fifth collaboration between Schrader and Scorsese, who previously worked together on ‘Taxi Driver’, ‘Raging Bull’, ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’ and ‘Bringing Out the Dead’.
 Robert Levon Been is a producer, composer, singer songwriter and founding member of the band, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, with whom he has released eight albums and toured the world with since 2001. With a dedicated following across Europe, the US, Australia and Asia, their record ‘Howl’ has ranked many top album lists.
 In 2013, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club were featured in Dave Grohl’s Grammy-winning documentary, ‘Sound City’. 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s self-titled first album.
 Robert is currently producing and writing for multiple projects, dividing his time between Los Angeles and Vienna.
 Gatefold LP, with initial copies featuring spot gloss on sleeve. (Once this format has sold out, a standard gatefold sleeve edition - EPZTC001LPR - will be made available.)

Tracklisting:
Rapture
Murder Hum
Mercy Rev
Arise Sun
S.E.R.E.
Adore
Casino Floor 1 (Beta
Testing)
Casino Floor 2 (Stable)
Smoke Ring
Erutpar
Determined Events
OPM
Mercy Of Man (featuring
S.G. Goodman)

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