The BQE (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1	Prelude On The Esplanade
2	Introductory Fanfare For The Hooper Heroes
3	Movement I: In The Countenance Of Kings
4	Movement II: Sleeping Invader
5	Interlude I: Dream Sequence In Subi Circumnavigation
6	Movement III: Linear Tableau With Intersecting Surprise
7	Movement IV: Traffic Shock
8	Movement V: Self-Organizing Emergent Patterns
9	Interlude II: Subi Power Waltz
10	Interlude III: Invisible Accidents
11	Movement VI: Isorhythmic Night Dance With Interchanges
12	Movement VII (Finale): The Emperor Of Centrifuge
13	Postlude: Critical Mass
The Original Cinematic Suite In Widescreen Triptych Diplay
DVD	The BQE Film Director – Sufjan Stevens

Credits

• Bass Clarinet, Clarinet – Jay Hassler
• Bass, Other [Beats] – Yuuki Matthews
• Bassoon – Damian Primis
• Cello – Jody Redhage, Maria Bella Jeffers
• Clarinet – Hideaki Aomori
• Composed By [Music Composed By] – Sufjan Stevens
• Conductor – Michael Atkinson
• Double Bass [Upright] – Alan Hampton, Mat Fieldes
• Drums, Percussion – Matt Moran
• Drums, Percussion, Programmed By, Sequenced By, Synthesizer, Effects [Sound] – James McAlister
• Electric Guitar – Casey Foubert
• Flute, Flute [Alto], Piccolo Flute – Alex Sopp
• Flute, Piccolo Flute – Sato Moughalian
• French Horn – Theo Primis
• Liner Notes – Sufjan Stevens
• Mixed By – Sufjan Stevens
• Oboe – Arthur Sato
• Performer [Everything Else] – Sufjan Stevens
• Photography By – Denny Renshaw
• Photography By [Amateur] – Sufjan Stevens
• Recorded By [Additional] – Casey Foubert, James McAlister, Sufjan Stevens
• Recorded By [Assistant] – Jeff Kirby , Tyler Van Dalen
• Recorded By [Live] – Alejandro Venguer
• Trombone – Ben Lanz, Tim Albright
• Trumpet – Josh Frank, Kyle Resnick
• Viola – Beth Meyers, Marla Hansen
• Violin – Amie Weiss, Hiroko Taguchi, Olivier Manchon, Rob Moose
• Vocals – Marla Hansen

Notes

The BQE is a cinematic suite inspired by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Hula-Hoop. It was commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music and was originally performed in the Howard Gilman Opera House in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Next Wave Festival in October of 2007.

The double disc album comes in a gatefold sleeve with the original "BQE" soundtrack on state-of-the-art compact disc, the original "BQE" film on DVD in wide-screen triptych display, a 40-page booklet with scenic and psychedelic photos of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, foolhardy existential road trip liner notes by Sufjan Stevens, a Hooper Heroes® stereo-scopic 3-D View-Master® reel and illegible futuristic graffiti.

Licensed to Rough Trade Records by Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AKR 278, AKR278	Sufjan Stevens	The BQE (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ‎(CD, Album + DVD-V)	Asthmatic Kitty Records, Asthmatic Kitty Records	AKR 278, AKR278	US	2009
AKR 278	Sufjan Stevens	The BQE (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album, Ltd)	Asthmatic Kitty Records	AKR 278	US	2009
PCD-26031/2	Sufjan Stevens	The BQE (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ‎(CD, Album + DVD-V)	P-Vine Records	PCD-26031/2	Japan	2009
AKR 278	Sufjan Stevens	The BQE (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ‎(CDr, Promo)	Asthmatic Kitty Records	AKR 278	UK	2009
RTRADLP550	Sufjan Stevens	The BQE (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album, Ltd)	Rough Trade	RTRADLP550	UK & Europe	2009

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