Songlines (Alphaville video)

Songlines is a video released by the German band Alphaville in 1989, created during the production of Alphaville's 1989 album The Breathtaking Blue. Nine acclaimed directors (or directing teams) were given a different track from The Breathtaking Blue and asked to make a short movie inspired by the song (the tenth track, "Anyway", is played over the closing credits).

Songlines
Video by Alphaville
Released	22 September 1989[1]
Genre	Synthpop, new wave
Label	WEA
Alphaville chronology
Songlines (1989) MoonOffice Compilation (1993)

Christoph & Wolfgang Lauenstein's video for "Middle of the Riddle" was later retitled Balance and won in 1990 the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (albeit with different music)[2].

Track listing

1. "For a Million" - 9:21 (directed by Alexander Kaidanovsky, U.S.S.R.)
2. "Romeos" - 4:58 (directed by Ian Pringle, Australia)
3. "Middle of the Riddle" - 5:00 (directed by Christoph & Wolfgang Lauenstein, F.R.G.)
4. "Heaven or Hell" - 3:38 (directed by Slobodan Pesic, Yugoslavia)
5. "Ariana" - 3:49 (directed by Ricky Echolette & Olaf Bessenbacher, West Berlin)
6. "She Fades Away" - 5:02 (directed by Mao Kawaguchi, Japan)
7. "Summer Rain" - 4:14 (directed by Susanne Bier, Denmark)
8. "Mysteries of Love" - 5:02 (directed by Alex Proyas, Australia)
9. "Patricia's Park" - 4:19 (directed by Godfrey Reggio, U.S.A.)
10. "Anyway" - 2:56

References

1. "Alphaville Songlines". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
2. Olivier Cotte (2007) Secrets of Oscar-winning animation: Behind the scenes of 13 classic short animations. (Making of '"Balance") Focal Press. ISBN 978-0-240-52070-4