Caldera Records proudly presents Ernst Reijseger’s scores for Werner Herzog’s Family Romance, LLC, Fireball, and Nomad.

Family Romance, LLC is like a summation of Ernst Reijseger and Werner Herzog’s work: it was recorded by the composer’s beloved ensemble featuring pianist Harmen Fraanje and vocalist Mola Sylla with Reijseger on the cello. It includes one of Herzog’s favorite pieces of music, Notturno by Franz Schubert, with Reijseger improvising an extra voice. A Gaga Muen Bwebwe had been written originally for the director’s documentary, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, before it was recorded live in a concert in Krakow and subsequently used by Herzog in his new feature. The piece opens the film.

For Herzog’s subsequent film, Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin, Reijseger exclusively wrote new pieces. The heart of Reijseger’s work is undeniably Ombra, a piece inspired by his previous recording Shadow. Reijseger took the same chords and the same rhythm but arranged it for a large ensemble: piano, four cellos, two violins, two recorders, and two voices (Mola Sylla and Monica Akihari).

Fireball, a documentary about meteors and comets, was a project Reijseger was particularly passionate about and started developing, writing and even recording the music before the film was finished.

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