Max Richter - Blue Notebooks (2004) (@256)

Waltz With Bashir, (watch the uploaded youtube video in the "Palestinias I" post), is not only a tragically up-to-date movie, but also within the best films of 2008. It is a splendid animation which documents the massacre of the Palestinian refugees in Sabra and Shatila in 1982. The plot is slowly built up through the attempt of director Ari Folman, who was among the Israeli soldiers that witnessed the massacre, to recollect the events of that period.
The soundtrack of the film is equally exceptional. It has been composed by Max Richter who with each new album establishes his position among the pioneer composers of his generation. Richter has "simply" distorted the rules of classical music by fusing modern elements in it, making him a favourite artist for many indie fans.

This new upload, Richter's best album up to now, showcases his characteristic "post-Classical" (as he defines it) style, which combines his classical, electronic and rock influences. It features readings from Franz Kafka's The Blue Octavo Notebooks and Czesław Miłosz's Hymn of the Pearl and Unattainable Earth. Both readings are carried out by the British actress Tilda Swinton.

album review link: here

download link: here