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Artist:Wim Mertens [ more ]
Song:Close Cover
Album:The Belly of an Architect [ info ]
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Last Played:May 02, 2013 - 14:24
Avg. Rating:7.8  (Total Ratings: 313)
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1 votes: 2 (0.64%)2 votes: 0 (0%)3 votes: 3 (0.96%)4 votes: 6 (1.9%)5 votes: 9 (2.9%)6 votes: 22 (7%)7 votes: 67 (21%)8 votes: 98 (31%)9 votes: 85 (27%)10 votes: 21 (6.7%)
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Rolivas
(Pasco, WA)
Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 08:59 

Close Cover - One of my most favorite piano melodies I hadn't heard for a long time! Thank you so much for including on this cloudy Fri morning. It just imbues hope! 
lily34
(GTFO)
Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 08:58 

 Antigone wrote:

Have to watch it sometime; it's on my list. I like this beautiful song.

 
same.
Antigone
(A house, in a Virginian Valley)
Posted: Nov 13, 2011 - 14:51 

 fuace wrote:
Great movie - forgot about this beautiful music{#Clap}
 
Have to watch it sometime; it's on my list. I like this beautiful song.

Manbird
(Santa Rosa, CA)
Posted: Nov 13, 2011 - 14:50 



bokey
(Left of Centerfield)
Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 01:18 

Simple and sweet.
Pilgrim301
(Edmonton, AB)
Posted: Sep 11, 2011 - 13:00 

Oh my God! I've not heard this for sooooo long. Thanks for bringing one of my former lives back to the forefront of my mind!
slider23
(silent Russia)
Posted: Aug 11, 2011 - 04:01 

Wim Mertens have many things better than Close Cover ..
Burg
(Wageningen)
Posted: Jun 09, 2011 - 03:45 

I heard this (simple) tune too often in the lobby of hotels...
DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Apr 06, 2011 - 21:56 

 kittyhawk wrote:
Nice.....has a George Winston sound to it!
 
Yup.  Matter o' fact  I would really like to hear cuts from 'December' and 'Winter Into Spring'. Those are my 2 faves from GW. How 'bout you?


Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: Mar 06, 2011 - 10:28 

Oh, verrrry nice. We need this every so often.
pinto
(west meade)
Posted: Jan 02, 2011 - 19:21 

 fuace wrote:
Great movie - forgot about this beautiful music{#Clap}
 

Is the entire soundtrack this good?
phlattop
Posted: Jan 02, 2011 - 19:21 

Please play this more often, Bill!

fuace
(on the train)
Posted: May 25, 2010 - 04:20 

Great movie - forgot about this beautiful music{#Clap}
whaze
(Chicago)
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 - 20:26 

Dang! This is nice!
Netto
(Khimki, Russia)
Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 20:49 

over 10 imho

 


ambrebalte
(Beijing)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 10:53 

...and thank you for the sharing JohnBauer (Washington, DC)
I am going to watch some of this youtube video you posted in your text
ambrebalte
(Beijing)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 10:49 

 Alpine wrote:
I just boosted this up to a 10.  They'll play this at my funeral.
 
Is it related to the movie or it's just the mood you are in at the moment?
I don't know as for my funeral I'll be a bit absent. So whatever they want to have a little fun is fine.
But I do like the delicate atmosphere of this piece of music. :)

Alpine
(N39d39mW121d30m)
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 - 13:59 

I just boosted this up to a 10.  They'll play this at my funeral.
mutepoint
(The pies have it)
Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 12:36 

Very nice.  Of course I'm a sucker for that kind of delicate piano playing ...
paulpaar
Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 21:15 

Owh, YEAH! 8
Gartholamundi
(Gainesville, FL)
Posted: Mar 09, 2009 - 06:00 

philinnz wrote:
nice - it was a good movie as well

so glad this song was highlighted this morning. have loved the movie for years, but not paid mindful attention to this score. what a great track!

philinnz
(Wellington, New Zealand)
Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 16:06 

nice - it was a good movie as well
xviti
(espaƱa)
Posted: Jan 05, 2009 - 00:42 

{#Arrowu}


phlattop
Posted: Dec 04, 2008 - 11:04 

That's quite a playlist you've got there. Thanks for sharing it.

 JohnBauer wrote:
Well done, RP! (This makes up for all the Tom Petty, Death Cab for Cutie, Santana, and other rubbish in daily rotation.) Mertens is well-known in Europe, but less so in the US. Normally director Peter Greenaway has minimalist composer Michael Nyman do his soundtracks, but Wim Mertens did the excellent score for Belly of an Architect. Being highly experimental, some of Mertens' work is quite abstract and IMHO thoroughly unlistenable. But Close Cover is considered to be among his best work. (click here) to see Mertens doing this track live. (click here) for another clip, Struggle for Pleasure, from the same film. Anyone who liked this track might enjoy some of my minimalist and other recommendations. (click here) And yes, that is Brian Dennehy as protagonist in the film.
 


DrCyKosis
(~Galveston~)
Posted: Dec 04, 2008 - 10:48 

I know this tune, just cannot place.  I'm wondering if this is off an old Narada label...any ideas?

KevinM
(Long Beach, Ca)
Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 08:15 

JohnBauer wrote:
Well done, RP! (This makes up for all the Tom Petty, Death Cab for Cutie, Santana, and other rubbish in daily rotation.)

I would not go that far. It's nice (maybe a 6)

jeepstir
(on the Potomac)
Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 08:10 

Beautiful

Kittee
(NC- Dreaming of the Mountains)
Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 08:07 

Very, very pretty. {#Curtain}
JohnBauer
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Jul 13, 2008 - 18:21 

Well done, RP! (This makes up for all the Tom Petty, Death Cab for Cutie, Santana, and other rubbish in daily rotation.)

Mertens is well-known in Europe, but less so in the US. Normally director Peter Greenaway has minimalist composer Michael Nyman do his soundtracks, but Wim Mertens did the excellent score for Belly of an Architect. Being highly experimental, some of Mertens' work is quite abstract and IMHO thoroughly unlistenable. But Close Cover is considered to be among his best work.

(click here) to see Mertens doing this track live.

(click here) for another clip, Struggle for Pleasure, from the same film.

Anyone who liked this track might enjoy some of my minimalist and other recommendations. (click here)

And yes, that is Brian Dennehy as protagonist in the film.


Alpine
(N39d39mW121d30m)
Posted: Jun 29, 2008 - 14:14 

A trip to heaven on gossamer wings.
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