Mode Records
Killer Instincts
$20.99
Details
- Composer
- VARIOUS
- Artist
- Sun, The Gurks
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Mode Records
- Released
- May 08, 2020
- Catalog #
- MOD-CD-321
- UPC
- 764593032120
About
Sarah Maria Sun's "Killer Instincts" is an incredibly creative and colorful collection of songs about bad people doing bad things. Perhaps no longer "hip" thing to do, it is a concept album - pleasurable journey in bad people's shoes. To assemble the collection, Sarah brought together songs from a wide range of genres - classical art song and melodrama, opera, Broadway, movie soundtracks, and classic rock and pop. How can this work? In these songs, Sarah inhabits a wide range of characters, at the same displaying her amazing abilities in disparate styles. The arrangements, by Max Renne and Sarah, are as clever as the repertoire. Bernstein's virtuoso "Glitter and Be Gay" arranged for an ensemble of banjos and guitar, and his "There's a Law About Men" sung to an electronic background of the orchestral accompaniment chopped and minced with filters. Joe Walsh's rock classic "Life's Been Good" sung accompanied by just bass guitar. Tom Waits' "Just the Right Bullets" in a wild west meets surf music arrangement. Others are sung basically straight: the Schubert melodrama "Abschied von der Erde" and the first recording of Stefan Wolpe's harrowing "Hitler." And on and on. Keep an open mind and enjoy the ride!
Tracklist 15 tracks
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1 The Black Rider: Lucky Day Overture (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble) 02:41
- Track
- 1
- Title
- The Black Rider: Lucky Day Overture (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 02:41
- Composer
- Tom Waits
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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2 O Lucky Man!: Justice (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble) 02:26
- Track
- 2
- Title
- O Lucky Man!: Justice (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 02:26
- Composer
- Alan Price
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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3 Chicago, Act I: When You're Good to Mama (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble) 02:59
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Chicago, Act I: When You're Good to Mama (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 02:59
- Composer
- John Kander
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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4 Der Silbersee, Act I: Was zahlen Sie für einen Rat (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble) 04:42
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Der Silbersee, Act I: Was zahlen Sie für einen Rat (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 04:42
- Composer
- Kurt Weill
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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5 Political Science (Let's Drop the Big One) (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble) 02:20
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Political Science (Let's Drop the Big One) (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 02:20
- Composer
- Randy Newman
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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6 Hitler (arr. M. Renne for voice and piano) 03:08
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Hitler (arr. M. Renne for voice and piano)
- Duration
- 03:08
- Composer
- Stefan Wolpe
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun, Jan Philip Schulze
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7 I Put a Spell on You (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble) 04:43
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I Put a Spell on You (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 04:43
- Composer
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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8 A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder: I Don't Understand the Poor (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble) 04:09
- Track
- 8
- Title
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder: I Don't Understand the Poor (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 04:09
- Composer
- Steven Lutvak
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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9 The Black Rider: Just the Right Bullets (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble) 03:20
- Track
- 9
- Title
- The Black Rider: Just the Right Bullets (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 03:20
- Composer
- Tom Waits
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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10 Trouble in Tahiti: There's a Law About Men (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble) 04:33
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Trouble in Tahiti: There's a Law About Men (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 04:33
- Composer
- Leonard Bernstein
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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11 Life's Been Good (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and bass guitar) 02:23
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Life's Been Good (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and bass guitar)
- Duration
- 02:23
- Composer
- Joe Walsh
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun, Hubert Steiner
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12 Candide, Act I: Glitter and Be Gay (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble) 06:34
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Candide, Act I: Glitter and Be Gay (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 06:34
- Composer
- Leonard Bernstein
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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13 Damn Yankees, Act I: A Little Brains, a Little Talent (arr. M. Renne for voice and ensemble) 03:38
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Damn Yankees, Act I: A Little Brains, a Little Talent (arr. M. Renne for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 03:38
- Composer
- Richard Adler
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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14 Company: The Ladies who Lunch (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble) 04:15
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Company: The Ladies who Lunch (arr. M. Renne and S.M. Sun for voice and ensemble)
- Duration
- 04:15
- Composer
- Stephen Sondheim
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun
- Ensemble
- The Gurks
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15 Abschied (Leb wohl, du schöne Erde), D. 829 03:04
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Abschied (Leb wohl, du schöne Erde), D. 829
- Duration
- 03:04
- Composer
- Franz Schubert
- Performer
- Sarah Maria Sun, Jan Philip Schulze