Music for the Films of Buster Keaton: Go West is the sixth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1995 and features performances by Frisell, bassist Kermit Driscoll and drummer Joey Baron. The album is designed as accompaniment to the Buster Keaton's silent film classic, Go West (1925), and was released at the same time as another album of Keaton soundtracks by Frisell, The High Sign/One Week (1995).

Reception

The AllMusic review by JT Griffith stated:

Go West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Frisell. "Down on Luck" – 4:11 "Box Car" – 0:57 "Busy Street Scene" – 0:44 "Go West" – 1:00 "Train" – 3:06 "Brown Eyes" – 4:21 "Saddle Up!" – 2:41 "First Aid" – 0:51 "Bullfight" – 2:25 "Wolves" – 3:14 "New Day" – 5:27 "Branded" – 1:20 "Eats" – 1:13 "Splinter Scene" – 2:33 "Cattle Drive" – 4:36 "Card Game" – 5:03 "Ambush" – 4:02 "Passing Through Pasadena" – 1:52 "To The Streets" – 3:11 "Tap Dancer and Confusion" – 6:42 "Devil Suit" – 2:08 "Cops and Fireman" – 3:58 "That a Boy" – 1:31 "I Want Her" – 2:13

Go West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton

Personnel

Bill Frisell – acoustic and electric guitars

Kermit Driscoll – acoustic and electric basses

Joey Baron – drums and percussion

References

1995 albums

Bill Frisell albums

Nonesuch Records albums

Cultural depictions of Buster Keaton

Alternative versions of soundtracks

Go West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton