The Forest (album)

The Forest is a mostly instrumental album by David Byrne, released in 1991, inspired by the Epic of Gilgamesh and set during the later Industrial Revolution. Some of the music from this orchestral album was originally used in a Robert Wilson directed theatre piece with the same name. The Forest premiered at the Theater der Freien Volksbühne, West Berlin in 1988.

The Forest
Soundtrack album by David Byrne
Released	June 1991
Recorded	1990–91
Genre	Classical
Length	61:34
Label	Luaka Bop/Warner Bros. Records
David Byrne chronology
Rei Momo (1989) The Forest (1991) Uh-Oh (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
NME	5/10

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Byrne

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ur"	13:08
2.	"Kish"	5:47
3.	"Dura Europus"	3:27
4.	"Samara"	5:40
5.	"Nineveh"	3:34
6.	"Ava"	12:14
7.	"Machu Picchu"	3:14
8.	"Tula"	4:20
9.	"Teotihuacan"	2:37
10.	"Asuka"	7:33

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Worldwide	1991	Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.	LP	7599-26584
			CD	26584
			Cassette tape	4-26584
	2005	Sire	CD	?

"Forestry"

"Forestry" is a maxi-single by David Byrne containing dance and industrial remixes of pieces from The Forest by Jack Dangers, Rudy Tambala, and Anthony Capel.

• Art direction by Robin Lynch and David Byrne.
• Design by Robin Lynch.
• Front cover, "Feed Pump Pipework, Hinkley Point" by Douglass Allen.
• Back cover, "Fodermaschinist" Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum.
• Inside, "The Forest" by David Byrne.

Track listing

1. "Ava" – Nu Wage Remix – Jack Dangers
2. "Nineveh" – Industrial Mix – Jack Dangers
3. "Ava" – Less Space Dance Mix Edit – Rudy Tambala / Anthony Capel
4. "Ava" – Space Dance Mix – Rudy Tambala / Anthony Capel
5. "Machu Picchu" – Album Version