Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide
Soundtrack album by John Zorn
Released	2002
Genre	Avant-garde, jazz, classical
Length	57:34
Label	Tzadik TZ 7341
Producer	John Zorn
Filmworks chronology
Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries (2002) Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide (2002) Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking (2003)
John Zorn chronology
Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries (2002) Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide (2002) Talisman: Live in Nagoya (2002)

Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide is an album containing a score for film by John Zorn which was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2002 and features music written and recorded for a black comedy directed by Loren Marsh.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars noting that "Invitation to a Suicide, is easily the most profound, musically complex, and emotionally compelling of all of Zorn's soundtrack world... It stands as one of his masterworks in and out of the series, and will hopefully endure as a shining star in his already vast compositional catalog".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

1. "Invitation To A Suicide" - 4:38
2. "Suicide Waltz" - 4:21
3. "Shifting Sands" - 4:12
4. "East Greenpoint Rundown" - 4:08
5. "Time Twist" - 3:39
6. "The Suicide Kid" - 4:08
7. "Billet Doux" - 1:43
8. "Suicide Blues Part 1" - 4:15
9. "Trance Dance" - 3:13
10. "Lonely Are The Dumb" - 2:45
11. "Moon Moods" - 1:58
12. "Bugsy's Jazztet" - 2:12
13. "Suicide Blues Part 2" - 3:44
14. "Roary's Waltz" - 2:56
15. "Getting Suicidal" - 1:39
16. "Final Retribution" - 2:50
17. "Aftermath" - 3:09
18. "Unjust Reward" - 1:36

• Recorded at Frank Booth, Brooklyn (New York) in 2002

Personnel

• Marc Ribot – guitar
• Rob Burger – accordion
• Erik Friedlander – cello
• Trevor Dunn – bass
• Kenny Wollesen – vibes, marimba, drums

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