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Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet is a 1971 composition by Gavin Bryars based on a loop of an unknown homeless man singing a brief improvised stanza. [1] [2] The loop was possibly the singer's recollection of the chorus of a gospel hymn, by James M Black, published in 1911.
The Chorus was released on DVD in France (as Les Choristes) on 27 October 2004 by Pathé. [15] On 3 May 2005, Lionsgate released the film on DVD in the United States as The Chorus; [16] on the same day, it was released by Alliance Films in Canada. [17] On 11 July 2005, Pathé released a version with English subtitles in the United Kingdom. [18]
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (for pre-recorded tape and ensemble), 1972; Medea (opera, libretto after Euripides), 1982, revised 1984 and 1995; CIVIL WarS (incomplete opera collaboration with Robert Wilson), 1984. Some sections of the music exist in completed form, as follows: On Photography for Chorus (SATB), harmonium, piano; 2B for ...
The homeless singer may have put two original hymns together "He Never Failed Me Yet" [1] and possibly "The Blood that Jesus once shed for me" [2] as there exists no record of a hymn with the precise phrasing he used. There is a hymn called "He Never Failed Me Yet" composed by the African American Robert J. Ray, composer,composer of Sacred ...
The Chorus is the original soundtrack of the 2004 Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated film The Chorus (original title: Les choristes) starring Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad and Jean-Baptiste Maunier.
But in 1975, buoyed by the success of his solo career, he approached Island Records, who were receptive to the idea. [7] That year Obscure Records was launched with four albums released simultaneously. The album with the catalogue number Obscure no.1 consists of Bryars' The Sinking Of The Titanic and Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet.
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet - Gavin Bryars: 1995: La Belle Et La Bête: 1997: Kundun (Original Soundtrack) 1998: Koyaanisqatsi (New Recording) 2002: A Descent into the Maelström: Early Voice: Naqoyqatsi (Original Soundtrack) The Hours (Original Soundtrack) Piano, Producer 2003: Music from the Thin Blue Line: Conductor, Keyboards, Producer ...
And in a 2006 interview, he even singled out a recording of Waits singing Gavin Bryars' "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" as the one song that "sort of saved me when I had given up [making music]." [10] At his Richmond practice space—located inside an old music club called the Mosque—Linkous met ex-Camper Van Beethoven frontman David ...