Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour is a 1989 album by John Zorn featuring music written for a series of Japanese animated shorts that were created by Kiriko Kubo. It features Zorn's first music for cartoons and was originally released on the Japanese Sony label in limited numbers. In late 1996 Zorn finally attained the rights for his music and remastered and re-released the album on his own label, Tzadik, in 1997.[2]
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| 1. | "Hysteric Logo" | 0:24 |
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| 2. | "Walk to Park" | 2:10 |
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| 3. | "Coaster 2" | 0:47 |
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| 4. | "Fighting Pirates" | 0:26 |
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| 5. | "Yakisoba" | 1:14 |
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| 6. | "Coaster Trip" | 1:39 |
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| 7. | "1st Hit/2nd Hit" | 0:27 |
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| 8. | "Punk Rock Hero" | 0:56 |
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| 9. | "Abacus Waltz" | 0:38 |
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| 10. | "Punk Rebel/Tsunta's Theme" | 3:36 |
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| 11. | "End Title" | 0:13 |
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| 12. | "Through the Night" | 1:30 |
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| 13. | "Home Sweet Home" | 1:43 |
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| 14. | "Making Ramen at Midnight" | 0:32 |
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| 15. | "Scary Moonlight" | 1:55 |
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| 16. | "My Favorite Things" | 2:18 |
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| 17. | "Omelet Punk" | 0:20 |
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| 18. | "Classical" | 0:16 |
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| 19. | "Stink of an Onion" | 0:34 |
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| 20. | "Onion Samba" | 0:59 |
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| 21. | "Omelet Punk 2" | 0:16 |
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| 22. | "Me and My Hamburger/Final Samba" | 1:05 |
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| 23. | "Surfing Samba" | 1:10 |
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- All compositions by John Zorn
- Tracks 1–6 recorded at Shelly Palmer Studio, New York City in October 1988
- Tracks 7–14 recorded at Shelly Palmer Studio, New York City in October 1988
- Tracks 15–18 recorded at Shelly Palmer Studio, New York City in January 1989
- Marc Ribot - acoustic & electric guitar, banjo
- Carol Emanuel - harp
- Jill Jaffee - violin, viola
- Maxine Neuman - cello
- Peter Scherer - keyboards
- David Hofstra - acoustic & electric bass, tuba
- Cyro Baptista - Brazilian percussion
- Ikue Mori - drum machine
- Tracks 19–26 recorded at Shelly Palmer Studio, New York City in January 1989
