{"product_id":"barbara-forever","title":"Barbara Forever","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*This item is a pre-order with an expected shipping date of October, 2026*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn partnership with \u003cstrong\u003eNevermind Pictures\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eKiller Films\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eWaxwork Records\u003c\/strong\u003e is excited to release \u003cstrong\u003eBARBARA FOREVER Original Motion Picture Score by Taul Katz\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Forever\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, directed by \u003cstrong\u003eBrydie O’Connor\u003c\/strong\u003e, explores the films, archive, and ongoing cultural impact of experimental filmmaker \u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Hammer\u003c\/strong\u003e. The biopic reveals her ingenious, lifelong effort to create and record lesbian histories, personal and societal. Through her own images and words, the film centers Hammer as a prism of the cultural ecosystems around her, through the feminist and queer movements in 1970s San Francisco; the male-dominated New York art world of the ‘80s; the New Queer Cinema movement of the ‘90s; and expanded LGBTQIA+ representation in art and culture in the 2000s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDriven by her canon of over eighty films, a vast collection of unreleased archival materials, hundreds of hours of footage, personal photographs and ephemera, and extensive audio interviews, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Forever\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e tells Hammer’s story through her own voice and visual perspective, making her the expert on her life, vision, and motivations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe score, by New York City-based composer, sound designer, and multi-instrumentalist \u003cstrong\u003eTaul Katz\u003c\/strong\u003e, heightens the reverence. “\u003cem\u003eI was able to really experiment in making the Barbara Forever score,”\u003c\/em\u003e they say. \u003cem\u003e“I remember thinking, ‘Oh, I don't think I've ever made something like this before.’ It was a really exciting feeling to be surprised by my own music.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatz\u003c\/strong\u003e built a custom sound library generated from Hammer’s film archive and on the music, they play guitar, bass, and synthesizer, while guiding a band that featured harp, piano, cello, woodwinds, trombone, and drums. Samples from the archive formed the basis for cues, utilized by Katz to create something entirely new. The music is a spellbinding match for the film itself, which tells Hammer’s story through her own voice and visual perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Out of Barbara Hammer’s massive archive, I created a library of sounds to sample within the score. The library was then like a new, filtered archive born from Barbara’s. It was really special to have the trust of the creative team, and The Estate of Barbara Hammer, to really experiment with these fragments to create something new,”\u003c\/em\u003e Katz reflects. The outcome is as groundbreaking as the subject matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-paragraph\"\u003eHammer’s films break taboos around female sexuality, aging, illness, and queer love, often using her own body as a site of exploration and political power. Through the course of the film, she shows us that the personal is not only political, the personal is historical. Looking to Hammer as one of the first filmmakers to put a full lesbian life on screen that wasn’t there before, her work becomes a blueprint for a new generation of queer and radical artists to write their own histories into existence. This exploration of both Hammer’s life, work, archive, and her ongoing legacy provides an urgent, necessary story of queer life, feminist history, and American cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBARBARA FOREVER Original Motion Picture Score Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"text-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Score by Composer Taul Katz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"text-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePurple and Violet Swirl Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"text-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDirector Liner Notes by Brydie O'Connor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"text-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposer Liner Notes by Taul Katz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"text-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinted Inner Sleeves\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"text-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11\"x11\" Full Color Insert\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"text-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLayout and Design by Matt Needle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ciframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7d3H3gEKwHBJepJlC9PinS?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;si=68795489571045fe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Waxwork Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54285363249516,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/4223\/files\/FrontCover.jpg?v=1788536877","url":"https:\/\/waxworkrecords.com\/products\/barbara-forever","provider":"Waxwork Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}