The Director's Cut

The Director's Cut
Studio album by Fantômas
Released	July 9, 2001
Recorded	January 2001
Genre	Avant-garde Metal, doom metal, noise
Length	39:02
Label	Ipecac Recordings (IPC17)
Producer	Mike Patton
Fantômas chronology
Fantômas (aka Amenaza al Mundo) (1998) The Director's Cut (2001) Millennium Monsterwork 2000 (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Drowned in Sound	(9/10)
NME	(8/10)
Pitchfork Media	(8.4/10)

The Director's Cut is an album by Mike Patton's supergroup Fantômas. All the songs are more or less recognizable cover versions of popular movie themes. This album has many more occasions of Patton using traditional vocals than Fantomas's other albums.

Track listing

All songs arranged by M. Patton.

1. "The Godfather" (Nino Rota) – 2:45
2. "Der Golem" (Karl Ernst Sasse) – 2:38
3. "Experiment in Terror" (Henry Mancini) – 2:40
4. "One Step Beyond" (Harry Lubin) – 2:57
5. "Night of the Hunter (Remix)" (Walter Schumann) – 0:58
6. "Cape Fear" (Bernard Herrmann) – 1:49
7. "Rosemary's Baby" (Krzysztof Komeda) – 3:20
8. "The Devil Rides Out (Remix)" (James Bernard) – 1:37
9. "Spider Baby" (Ronald Stein) – 2:25
10. "The Omen (Ave Satani)" (Jerry Goldsmith) – 1:49
11. "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" (Robert McNaughton) – 3:07
12. "Vendetta" (John Barry) – 2:03
13. Untitled – 0:05
14. "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" (Ennio Morricone) – 4:00
15. "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" (Angelo Badalamenti) – 3:28
16. "Charade" (Henry Mancini) – 3:04

• Set to include in the album was a rendition of the song 'Flashdance...What A Feeling' which was performed by the band at live shows. The band was forced to remove the cover from the album due to legal technicalities. The band is now not even permitted to perform the song live.^{[citation needed]}

In an interview: Interviewer: What was the problem with calling the track on the new Fantomas album "What A Feeling" (from Flashdance)? Mike Patton: That was a rumor. We never recorded that silly song.

http://www.hybridmagazine.com/music/1001/patton.shtml

Personnel

Band members

• Mike Patton - vocals, keyboards, melodica, producer, arrangement, artwork
• Dave Lombardo - drums
• Buzz Osborne - guitar
• Trevor Dunn - bass guitar

Assistance

• S. Husky Höskul - Engineer
• Magnum D.I. - assistant engineer
• Toji-Division - assistant engineer
• Desmond Shea - assistant engineer
• DJ Klinger and Radar - assistant engineer
• George Horn - mastering
• Martin Kvamme - artwork
• Kai Myhre - photography
• Ido Moshe - pickles

Chart performance

Chart	Peak
Australian Album Chart	18
U.S. Independent Albums	30