- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- September 2, 1953
- Place of Birth
- Manhattan, New York, USA
John Zorn
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and improvised music. He incorporates diverse styles in his compositions, which he identifies as avant-garde or experimental. Zorn was described by Down Beat as "one of our most important composers". Zorn established himself within the New York City downtown music movement in the mid-1970s, performing with musicians across the sonic spectrum and developing experimental methods of composing new music. After releasing albums on several independent US and European labels, Zorn signed with Elektra Nonesuch and received wide acclaim with the release of The Big Gundown, an album reworking the composi…
Filmography
movieZorn III (2018 – 2022)
2024 · Self
movieZorn I (2010 – 2016)
2023 · Himself
movieJohn Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels
2022 · Himself
movieGeneració Kibbutz
2020 · Music
movieZorn II (2016 – 2018)
2018 · Himself
movieThe Viking of Sixth Avenue
2015 · Self
movieLa ronde
2014 · Music
movieAstros em Rotação
2013 · Music
movieWell Then There Now
2011 · Writer
movie15 Scenes: 254 Shots
2011 · Writer
movieBare Room
2011 · Writer
movieKiyaKiya
2011 · Music
movieArcana
2010 · Music
movieSchmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags
2009 · Music
movieRay Bandar: A Life With Skulls
2009 · Music
movieKikoe
2009
movieThe Last Supper
2009 · Music
movieBelle de Nature
2009 · Music
movieAstronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)
2009 · Music
movieBoy
2008 · Music
movie365 Day Project
2007 · Self
movieBhima Swarga: The Journey of the Soul from Hell to Heaven
2007 · Executive Producer
movieFriday May 4, 2007: John Zorn – Cobra Part Two
2007 · Self (prompter)
movieThe Treatment
2007 · Original Music Composer
movieMonday April 16, 2007
2007 · Self (prompter)
movieJack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007 · Self
Notes on Marie Menken
movieNotes on Marie Menken
2006 · Music
movieWorkingman's Death
2005 · Original Music Composer
movieCelestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise
2005 · Music
movieInvitation to a Suicide
2005 · Original Music Composer
movieMasada: Live at Tonic 1999
2004 · Himself - Alto Saxophone, Music, Executive Producer
movieBetween Science and Garbage
2004 · Executive Producer
movieShaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America
2003 · Music
Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII
movieSecret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII
2002 · Music
movieA Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn
2002 · Self, Original Music Composer
movieDespite Treblinka
2002 · Music
movieIn the Mirror of Maya Deren
2002 · Music
Nightwindows
movieNightwindows
2001 · Music
movieSabbath in Paradise
2000 · Himself, Music
movieThe eye
1999 · Music
movieThe Port of Last Resort
1998 · Musical
movieLatin Boys Go to Hell
1997 · Original Music Composer
Anton, Mailman
movieAnton, Mailman
1997 · Music
movieMechanics Of The Brain
1997 · Music
movieThe Black Glove
1996 · Music
Hollywood Hotel
movieHollywood Hotel
1995 · Music
movieTears of Ecstasy
1995 · Music
movieZigrail
1995 · Original Music Composer
movieCredits Included: A Video In Red And Green
1995 · Music
movieThe Elegant Spanking
1995 · Music
movieDie Kunst des Erinnerns – Simon Wiesenthal
1994 · Music
movieA Lot of Fun for the Evil One
1994 · Music
movieLittle Lieutenant
1994 · Musician, Conductor, Music Arranger
movieThieves Quartet
1993 · Music
movieMaohgai
1993 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Revenge of the Dead Indians
1993 · Himself
movieJohn Zorn's Naked City
1992 · Musician
movieThe Golden Boat
1991 · Original Music Composer
movieStep Across the Border
1990 · Self
movieGotham
1990 · Music
movieNeo-Geo: An American Purchase
1989 · Music
movieCynical Hysterie Hour
1988 · Music
moviePut More Blood Into the Music
1988 · Himself
Le deuxième jour
movieLe deuxième jour
1988 · Music
movieShe Must Be Seeing Things
1987 · Music
White and Lazy
movieWhite and Lazy
1986 · Music
movieRising Tones Cross
1985 · Himself
Money
movieMoney
1985 · Himself
John Zorn's Naked City: Montreux Jazz Festival 1990
movieJohn Zorn's Naked City: Montreux Jazz Festival 1990
— · Himself