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- Artist: John Zorn
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- Release Date: August 19, 1997
- Total Time: 25:08
- Type: Avant-garde, Soundtrack
- Genre: Avant-Garde
Review
Cynical Hysterie Hour is John Zorn's music for four animated shorts by Japanese cartoonist Kiriko Kubo. Bursts of TV rock, synth whistles & barks, banjo licks, and sound effects intensify the caffeinated jumping through genre hoops of this slick and cinematically silly music. Clocking in at 25 minutes, this CD's value lies in that (1) it is Zorn's first venture into cartoon music, which he has long revered, and (2) it was in print on Sony for merely months in 1990, before being yanked out of print, making it the most sought-after rarity of Zorn's recordings. In late 1996, Zorn finally attained the rights for his music, and remastered and rereleased the album on his own label, Tzadik. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Hysteric Logo | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:24) |
| Walk to Park | John Zorn | John Zorn | (2:10) |
| Coaster 2 | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:47) |
| Fighting Pirates | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:26) |
| Yakisoba | John Zorn | John Zorn | (1:14) |
| Coaster Trip | John Zorn | John Zorn | (1:39) |
| 1st Hit/2nd Hit | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:27) |
| Punk Rock Hero | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:56) |
| Abacus Waltz | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:38) |
| Punk Rebel/Tsunta's Theme | John Zorn | John Zorn | (3:36) |
| End Title | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:13) |
| Through the Night | John Zorn | John Zorn | (1:30) |
| Home Sweet Home | John Zorn | John Zorn | (1:43) |
| Making Ramen at Midnight | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:32) |
| Scary Moonlight | John Zorn | John Zorn | (1:55) |
| My Favorite Things | John Zorn | John Zorn | (2:18) |
| Omelet Punk | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:20) |
| Classical | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:16) |
| Stink of an Onion | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:34) |
| Onion Samba | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:59) |
| Omelet Punk 2 | John Zorn | John Zorn | (:16) |
| Me and My Hamburger/Final Samba | John Zorn | John Zorn | (1:05) |
| Surfing Samba | John Zorn | John Zorn | (1:10) |
