A Map of the World (album)
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A Map of the World is the soundtrack of the movie A Map of the World
A Map of the World (film)
A Map Of The World is a drama released in the year 1999, based on the novel of the same name by Jane Hamilton. It was directed by Scott Eliott. The movie stars Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, and Chloe Sevigny...

 released in 1999 starring Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition .Other notable roles include Dana...

, which in turn was based on the book A Map of the World
A Map of the World
A Map of the World is a novel by Jane Hamilton. It was the Oprah's Book Club selection for December 1999. It was made into a movie released in 1999 starring Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, Chloë Sevigny, Louise Fletcher and Marc Donato with a soundtrack by Pat Metheny.- Plot...

 by Jane Hamilton
Jane Hamilton
Jane Hamilton is an American novelist.Hamilton lives in Rochester, Wisconsin. She grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, the youngest of five children. She graduated from Carleton College in 1979 as an English major. Her first published works were short stories, "My Own Earth" and "Aunt Marj's Happy...

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Track listing

All songs were composed and performed by Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...

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  1. "A Map of the World" – 5:38
  2. "Family" – 2:09
  3. "North" – 4:19
  4. "Home" – 0:42
  5. "Sisters" – 4:08
  6. "Childhood" – 1:26
  7. "Fall from Grace" – 2:37
  8. "Memory" – 0:55
  9. "Gone" – 6:31
  10. "Flight" – 0:54
  11. "Alone" – 1:22
  12. "Outcasts" – 1:30
  13. "Sunday" – 1:38
  14. "Discovery" – 2:34
  15. "Acceptance" – 1:15
  16. "Realization" – 1:23
  17. "Soliloquy" – 2:52
  18. "Night" – 2:00
  19. "Sunrise" – 0:51
  20. "Resolution" – 3:46
  21. "Pictures" – 0:21
  22. "Patience" – 1:22
  23. "Transition" – 0:52
  24. "Reunion" – 1:17
  25. "Renewal" – 1:53
  26. "Homecoming" – 3:25
  27. "Forgiving" – 4:36
  28. "Holding Us" – 4:09

Personnel

  • Pat Metheny
    Pat Metheny
    Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...

     (Piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , Keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , Acoustic guitar
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

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  • Gil Goldstein
    Gil Goldstein
    Gil Goldstein is American jazz pianist and synthesizer player who started on the accordion.He began studying accordion at age 5, but later moved on to cello and piano. He studied at the Berklee College of Music and by 1973 was working with Pat Martino, Lee Konitz, and others. He started with the...

     (Organ
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

    )
  • Steve Rodby
    Steve Rodby
    Steve Rodby is an American bassist.He joined the Pat Metheny Group in 1981. Prior to joining Metheny, he was a member of the Simon-Bard Group and the Fred Simon ensemble. Rodby continues to collaborate with Simon .Rodby studied bass at Northwestern University, a student of Warren Benfield of the...

     (Acoustic bass
    Acoustic bass guitar
    The acoustic bass guitar is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually somewhat larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar...

    )
  • David Samuels (Percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

    )

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