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Released on Nonesuch, also Lonely Boy (The Black Keys), Cosmogony (Björk) and Moon (Björk)
Written by John Adams, also Two Fanfares: 2. Short Ride in a Fast Machine (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra), The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) and Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me (Michael Collins)
Part of City Noir, also Saxophone Concerto: II. Molto vivo (a hard driving pulse), City Noir: III. Boulevard Night (Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra) and City Noir: II. The Song is for You (Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
John Adams wrote 101 songs on fono
John Adams’s most frequent co-writer is Alice Goodman (3 songs together)
John Adams first appears on fono in 1984, 30 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- John Adams
- Performed by
- Timothy McAllister
- Part of
- City Noir
- Released on
- Nonesuch
- Written by
- John Adams
- Performed by
- Timothy McAllister
- Part of
- City Noir
- Released on
- Nonesuch
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: John Adams
Same label: Nonesuch
Same release: City Noir
Same writer: John Adams
Same label: Nonesuch
Same release: City Noir
Same writer: John Adams
Same label: Nonesuch
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato was performed by Timothy McAllister
Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato was performed by Timothy McAllister
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato was written by John Adams
Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato was written by John Adams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato is part of the release City Noir
Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato is part of the release City Noir
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Nonesuch is the label of the song Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato
Nonesuch is the label of the song Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato was released on 2014-05-06
Saxophone Concerto: I. Animato was released on 2014-05-06
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026