Gary Pozner's musical career has been a long and interesting one. From his early work with fellow Brooklynites FULL FORCE, producing the seminal rap record Roxanne Roxanne by UTFO to opening for the Grateful Dead and sharing a bill with Keith Richards and U2 as a member of Tom Tom Club. All of it culminating with the formation and signing of his African-Celtic-Gospel Rock Band, EO, with Arista Records. This band included such diverse talent as Eileen Ivers on Fiddle(Riverdance), Trevor Hutchinson on bass(The Waterboys), Tom Goss on drums(Richard Barone, Jack Bruce Band) and Dan Weinkauf on bass(They Might Be Giants), Kimati Dinizulu on percussion, Seamus Egan on Uileen Pipes(Solas) and Erin O'Hara on vocals(Mambo X). Most recently he has concentrated on films and has scored many including his newest, The French Revolution premiering January 17th at 9pm as well as the award winning RUSSIA LAND OF THE TSARS which has also just received an Emmy Award nomination.
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This powerful orchestral score is Pozner’s ambitious follow-up to his original score for the 2003 epic documentary Russia: Land of the Tsars (History Channel), which was nominated for a 2004 News and Documentary Emmy® Award.
Gary Pozner’s rock-n-roll roots (he is a former member of Tom Tom Club, with former Talking Heads) are nowhere to be found in this score. Instead, listeners will be transported in time to medieval England, where sounds of plucked strings are accentuated beautifully by rich brass, driving percussion, and haunting vocals. As an added treat, Pozner makes charming use of the penny whistle and low whistle, played sparingly yet effectively in this recording. Lovers of Celtic music will especially appreciate this soundtrack.
The album opens with "For a Thousand Years," an intense and multi-layered piece which whets the listener’s appetite for the rich melodies to come. The haunting "Prepare for Battle" features the low whistle and simple percussion, with an accelerando that gives the listener a heightened sense of urgency. "Peasant Dance" is a beautifully melodious piece, the many countermelodies of which suggest celebration, joy, suspense, and sorrow all at one time.
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ASIN: B0002KWSG2 Release Date: 2004-07-07 |
Tracks:
- For A Thousand Years
- The Knights
- Welsh Noble Familes
- RighteousAnger
- Ballad of Death
- Barbarian Attack
- Everything Changes
- Lady of the Lake
- Merlin
- Arthurs Father
- Prepare For Battle
- Battle of Badon Hill
- Unholy Lust
- The Chaos
- Peasant Dance
- Time Passes
- Ancient Glory
- The Legend Grows
- Gun Powder
- At The Dawn
- AncientTales
- The Saxons
- Quest for the Holy Grail
- Vortigen
- Camelot
- The Round Table
- At This Point
- Generations Pass
- Marching
- Arthurs Legend
- Years Pass
- Waiting
- The Battle Is On
- Saxons Invade
- The Britons
Album Description
This powerful orchestral score is Pozner's ambitious follow-up to his original score for the 2003 epic documentary Russia: Land of the Tsars (History Channel), which was nominated for a 2004 News and Documentary Emmy® Award.Gary Pozner's rock-n-roll roots (he is a former member of Tom Tom Club, with former Talking Heads) are nowhere to be found in this score. Instead, listeners will be transported in time to medieval England, where sounds of plucked strings are accentuated beautifully by rich brass, driving percussion, and haunting vocals. As an added treat, Pozner makes charming use of the penny whistle and low whistle, played sparingly yet effectively in this recording. Lovers of Celtic music will especially appreciate this soundtrack.
The album opens with "For a Thousand Years," an intense and multi-layered piece which whets the listener's appetite for the rich melodies to come. The haunting "Prepare for Battle" features the low whistle and simple percussion, with an accelerando that gives the listener a heightened sense of urgency. "Peasant Dance" is a beautifully melodious piece, the many countermelodies of which suggest celebration, joy, suspense, and sorrow all at one time.
Customer Reviews:
a marvelous, atmospheric soundtrack.......2004-12-16
The thirty-five tracks often stream one into the other with mellow moods, broken up by masculine rhythms with percussion and brass, like "Barbarian Attack", "Battle of Badon Hill", and the glorious finale of "The Britons".
The instrumentation is lovely, with a Celtic flair. Very effective is the use of voices on many of the tracks, giving the music a dreamy, moonlit quality. Some of my favorite moments are "Ancient Glory", with the strings holding the rhythm while the brass plays the melody, the majestic sound of "Quest for the Holy Grail", and the haunting "Years Pass".
Gary Pozner, an extremely talented and versatile musician and composer who also wrote the excellent score for the History Channel's production of "Russia--Land of the Tsars", has with "The Quest for King Arthur" written a memorable soundtrack that will be enjoyed for years to come.
A delight to listen to and slip into the sensory atmosphere of its sounds, it also makes great background music if you want something dramatic as you work, study or read.
Total playing time is 46'57.
A Television Soundtrack With Motion Picture Qualities.......2004-11-30
The album as a total of 35 tracks, which brings up the difference between a motion picture and a historical documentary. Each track is short, the longest being just over 2 minutes, and the shortest being around 30 seconds. If you've ever seen a piece on the History Channel or Discovery you would know that there is lots of narration, so naturally the score would be more segmented than a motion picture.
What Gary Pozner does here that I like so much is create the authentic feel of the culture and time period. His music is comparable to Hans Zimmer's (my all time favorite composer). I put this King Arthur score versus Hans Zimmer's score for the King Arthur film. Gary Pozner focuses on a not so over the top score and captures the feel of the era. My favorite track here is the "Peasant Dance", which sounds very genuine. Most people can argue that Hans Zimmer's scores all sound the same, which is true and not true. Yes, Hans Zimmer uses similar instruments and synthesizers in his scores, but Hans also incorporates, like Gary Pozner, cultural instruments that are appropriate to the film, just not as much. If Hans Zimmer were to keep a subtle score for King Arthur then it would not possess the "blockbuster" appeal that I'm sure Bruckheimer was aiming for. In Gary Pozner's case, a television piece on the History Channel cannot be too over the top because then it will distract from the information being presented to the audience, which is the entire purpose. What Pozner does is create an exceptional score that brings the feel of the time era that the documentary is focusing on. This is a must for Hans Zimmer fans. Also look for Gary Pozner's work on the Emmy Nominated, Russia: Land of the Tsars. (...)
Very enjoyable.......2004-10-15
The score rests on three pillars: a mystical Celtic voice, percussion-driven battle music and medieval folk. This gives the album the necessary variation. The style of the music somewhat resembles Goldsmith and Zimmer.
If you like medieval film music or documentary music, then this is a great album to have. I still have complaints. I still think there could have been less clip-length tracks on the album and I still think the music is too much of a potpourri of themes and colours. This was my major complaint of his "Russia: Land Of The Tsars."
I hope Mr Pozner continues to develop his music, this album is in many ways better than his former.
This one gets three stars
Bram Janssen,
The Netherlands
A Profound Musical Score.......2004-10-13
With thirty-five tracts this CD offers incredible variety and range, yet several of the cuts are under a minute in length, often just over 30 seconds in length. This proved to be a distraction for me, as I was unable to get into the flow and rhythm of the shorter pieces. Yet the distraction is a minor one; THE QUEST FOR KING ARTHUR aptly demonstrates that Mr. Pozner is a musical force to be reckoned with.
--D. Mikels
This score is stunning! A must for LOTR or Enya fans.......2004-09-27
Pozner draws from Celtic traditional songs and instruments and adds his own mix of film music to create an exciting set of musical segments. As I listened, I wanted to go get the DVD and see what "Quest" was all about--I haven't seen the film but now I really want to. Now, that's one powerful score. This music stands on its own, however, and there's a lot on this CD. My absolute favorite on the CD was "At the Dawn" (track #26) The sense of foreboding and the "sound" of a sunrise were wonderful. Track #8 "The Lady of the Lake" was perfect in the way it conveyed mystery, magic and beauty. Wow.
I'm giving this FIVE STARS and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Absolutely stunning. If this score doesn't take some sort of prize, I will be completely astonished.
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