With
Storyville
,
Robbie Robertson
's music began to directly incorporate more
world music
influences;
Music for the Native Americans
makes that connection more explicit. Most of the album is quite evocative, recalling an American version of
Peter Gabriel
's Mediterranean exploration
Passion
.
Robertson
writes some fully formed songs, but most of the record is devoted to instrumental, incidental
film music
, and that's where he fully explores new musical territory.
is a
soundtrack
, yet contains some of
's most challenging and complex music. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine