Berlin Babylon
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Berlin Babylon is a 2001 documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 directed by Hubertus Siegert with industrial music performed by Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...

. The film's main focus is on the extensive rebuilding projects in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 after the fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...

. It features internationally acclaimed architects including Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano and I.M. Pei.

Some sequences are characterized by time-lapse
Time-lapse
Time-lapse photography is a cinematography technique whereby the frequency at which film frames are captured is much lower than that which will be used to play the sequence back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing...

 photography along with the narration of Der Engel der Geschichte (the Angel of History). The documentary also contains stock footage
Stock footage
Stock footage, and similarly, archive footage, library pictures and file footage are film or video footage that may or may not be custom shot for use in a specific film or television program. Stock footage is of beneficial use to filmmakers as it is sometimes less expensive than shooting new...

 of demolitions of the buildings which were left to stand in ruins after the second world war.

Music

Soundtrack to the film is composed and performed by Einstürzende Neubauten, and released in 2001.
  1. "Berlin Babylon" (Title) - 4:20
  2. "Godzilla in Mitte" - 2:22
  3. "Overtüre mit Helikoptern" - 1:05
  4. "Walkie Talkie Babylon" - 2:07
  5. "Trauermarsch" - 2:12
  6. "Glas 1" (Sony-Center
    Sony Center
    The Sony Center is a Sony-sponsored building complex located at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany. It opened in 2000.-History:The site was originally a bustling city centre in the early 20th century. Most of the buildings were destroyed or damaged during World War II...

    ) - 2:03
  7. "Befindlichkeit" (Baustellenversion) - 4:50
  8. "Der Engel der Geschichte" - 1:24
  9. "Beauty" (Tiergartentunnel) - 2:50
  10. "Glas 2" (Richtfest) - 2:03
  11. "Architektur ist Geiselnahme" - 3:05
  12. "Gästeliste" - 3:42
  13. "Die Befindlichkeit des Landes" - 5:31

  • "Berlin Babylon (Titel)", "Walkie talkie Babylon" and "Befindlichkeit (Baustellenversion)" are instrumental variations of the song "Die Befindlichkeit des Landes".

  • "Godzilla in Mitte" is an instrumental version of "Architektur ist Geiselnahme".

  • "Beauty (Tiergartentunnel)" is an instrumental version of the song Beauty. It was later released with vocals on Silence is Sexy
    Silence Is Sexy
    Silence Is Sexy is the eighth full length studio album from the German experimental band Einstürzende Neubauten and was released in 2000. It is often considered one of the band's major works.- Track listing :# “Sabrina” # “Silence Is sexy”...

    .

  • "Trauermarsch" is an orchestral score: Symphony No.3, Opus 55
    Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)
    Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major , also known as the Eroica , is a landmark musical work marking the full arrival of the composer's "middle-period," a series of unprecedented large scale works of emotional depth and structural rigor.The symphony is widely regarded as a mature...

    , 2nd movement (Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

    ), recorded in 1934. Hans Knappertsbusch
    Hans Knappertsbusch
    Hans Knappertsbusch was a German conductor, best known for his performances of the music of Richard Wagner, Anton Bruckner and Richard Strauss....

     conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
    Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
    The Berlin Philharmonic, German: , formerly Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester , is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In 2006, a group of ten European media outlets voted the Berlin Philharmonic number three on a list of "top ten European Orchestras", after the Vienna Philharmonic and the...

    .
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