If there is any name that needs no introduction to lovers of this genre it is Hearts of Space. The Austin Chronicle wrote: 'Of course Waits fans might chafe at the Crystal clarity of the country music siren's ringing cry, but like the last and best duet on the soundtrack explains, 'This One's From the Heart'.Fans of ambient music rejoice! The ultimate event commemorating all things ambient is at hand, and that includes a mix of electronic, world, new age, classical, and experimental music. It was a great ride.' Critical reception It was time for him to find another producer. I said I don't want to be the reason that an artist can't create. Howe recounts how Waits broke the news to him: 'He called me up and said 'Can we have a drink?' He told me he realised one night that as he was writing a song, he found himself asking 'If I write this, will Bones like it?' I said to him that we were getting to be kind of like an old married couple.

The album was the last in an almost decade-long collaboration between Waits and producer Bones Howe. The movie was re-released on DVD on January 27, 2004, and the DVD contains remixed and remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound of the soundtrack from Waits' original studio sessions, a documentary on the making of the soundtrack, as well as previously unreleased demo recordings and alternate takes. The soundtrack was nominated for an Academy Award for Original Music Score. Ĭrystal Gayle sings on the record, performing either solo or in duets with Waits. While the film was released in February, the soundtrack album release was delayed until October of 1982 due to a dispute between Columbia Records and Coppola's Zoetrope Studios. It was during this period that Waits met his wife Kathleen Brennan, an employee at the studio where it was recorded.

It was recorded from October 1980 to September 1981. One from the Heart is a soundtrack album of Tom Waits compositions for the Francis Ford Coppola film of the same name.

Music from the hearts of space