Garth Brooks - Guitar
Garth Brooks was co-founder and co-writer of local world groove flamenco/dance band Last Caravan from 1997-2000. He has toured extensively throughout California playing at the Mountain Aire Music Festival, Bear Valley Music Festival, California State Fair, and every club, college, and coffee shop from Hollywood to Humboldt. Garth draws his influence from musicians he has worked with personally: Todd Zorn, Tom Higgins, Kenneth Hooper, and Moya Brooks. Less personal but also inspirational influences are Michael Hedges, Dave Mathews, Jamiroquoai, and Medeski, Martin & Wood. Kenneth Hooper - Native American Flute
Kenneth Hooper began playing Native American Flute upon returning from his second visit to the Amazon Jungle, where he lived, worked, and studied music for several months. It was in the Amazon jungle where he explored and developed his playing style first on a penny whistle. Later, when he discovered the Native American Flute, he fell in love immediately with the clear natural tones it produced. More than just the tones, Kenneth felt as if he had found his instrumentone that allowed him to give voice to something much greater than himself. Kenneths influences include Pink Floyd, Carlos Nakai, John Gorka and Autumns Child.
Product Description
Lush and vivid, Elysium Calling's "Imagination" blends a distinctive contemporary guitar with the unique and soulful sound of the Native American Flute. The results--a listening experience that resonates in the heart and the memory. As uplifting as their debut album, Shapeshifter, their second instrumental offering encompasses a wider acoustic landscape. The dynamic and emotive quality of the music compels a felt response, inspiring listeners to surrender to imagination and enchantment, to reverie and poignancy, to sensuality and jubilance.
Imagination,Elysium Calling,MyStory Music,International,Lush and vivid, Elysium Calling's "Imagination" blends a distinctive contemporary guitar with the unique and soulful sound of the Native American Flute. The results--a listening experience that resonates in the heart and the memory.,New Age
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Re-Imagination
Eldar Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000PA9Q6O Release Date: 2007-06-05 |
Tracks:
- I Remember When
- Out Of Nowhere
- Interlude
- Prairie Village
- Place St. Henri
- Interlude
- Back Home
- Tears
- South Bixel
- Dream Song
- Polaris
Album Description
Jazz piano phenomenon Eldar's newest project, re-imagination brings him to a new level of artistic confidence, resulting in what will certainly be recognized as his finest release to date. Eldar's rapidly evolving personal style defines every aspect of this project, blending a bold originality with a fascinating, sophisticated new take on classic jazz standards. re-imagination takes Eldar's distinctive sound and moves it in a new direction with the help of famed producer DJ Logic, who incorporates Eldar's virtuosic playing into an expanded sonic context. Eldar also gets assistance from highly prized sidemen Ali Jackson, Jr. (drums) and Carlos Henriquez (acoustic bass), best known for their work in Wynton Marsalis' quintet.Customer Reviews:
I have no "Yeah, but"s.......2007-07-16
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Good Ideas
Various Artists Manufacturer: REC Room Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00009V3L2 Release Date: 2003-05-17 |
Tracks:
- Imagination Movers Theme Song
- My Favorite Snack
- I Want My Mommy (Time for Bed)
- The Medicine Song
- Brainstorming
- Good Ideas
- The Wah-Wah Song
- Time Out
- Shakeable Fruit
- Snackin' ABCs
- I'd Eat it Anyway
- Everybody's Game
- Toothache
- One More Book
- IMHFT
Album Description
Want My Mommy (Time for Bed)" is the No.1 song XM Kids national satellite radio! In addition, The Movers' debut disc, "Good Ideas," has been named a 2003 Parents' Choice Recommended CD and was named Best Recording for Younger Children by Children's Music Web. Also, "Toothache," a tune about dental hygiene set to an old-school rap beat, garnered a 2003 Great American Song Honor Award and the Caribbean inspired "The Medicine Song" was recently named a finalist in the USA Songwriting Contest. Imagination Movers combine pop, hip-hop, rock and world music with educational themes for kids and their parents. The Movers sing about healthy eating, separation anxiety, sibling rivalry and other topics that relate to being a little kid, but the group's musical style has a decidedly grownup groove. Think Mr.. Rogers meets the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Regardless of how you describe it, Movers music is catchy stuff that parents and children will want to listen to over and over again!Customer Reviews:
Awesome CD!.......2007-07-17
MOVE Over Wiggles!.......2007-07-17
We love it!.......2007-02-19
Great Music!
Great children's music.......2007-01-18
Great CD!.......2007-01-10
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Alan Parsons Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000OFP8O4 Release Date: 2007-05-07 |
Tracks:
- Dream Within a Dream [Instrumental]
- Raven
- Tell-Tale Heart
- Cask of Amontillado
- (The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
- Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude [Instrumental]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Arrival [Instrumental]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Intermezzo [Instrumental]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Pavane [Instrumental]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Fall [Instrumental]
- To One in Paradise
- Raven [Original Demo][*]
- Edgar [Demo of an Unreleased Track]
- Orson Welles Radio Spot [*]
- Interview with Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson [1976][*]
Tracks:
- Dream Within a Dream [1987 Remix][Instrumental]
- Raven [1987 Remix]
- Tell-Tale Heart [1987 Remix]
- Cask of Amontillado [1987 Remix]
- (The System Of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether [1987 Remix]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude [1987 Remix]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Arrival [1987 Remix]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Intermezzo [1987 Remix]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Pavane [1987 Remix]
- Fall of the House of Usher: Fall [1987 Remix]
- To One in Paradise [1987 Remix]
- Eric's Guide Vocal Medley [*]
- Orson Welles Dialogue [*]
- Sea Lions in the Departure Lounge: Sound Effects and Experiments [*]
- GBH Mix: Unreleased Experiments [#][*]
Album Description
2007 digitally remastered two CD Deluxe Edition of the debut album from the Alan Parsons Project. featuring the original 1976 mix of the album, the 1987 remix and eight previously unreleased bonus tracks! Recorded at Abbey Road in 1975 and released in 1976, the idea for the Project came from manager and writer Eric Woolfson, who saw his role as an auteur, bringing together some of the greatest talents in music to bring to life Poe's sinister, gothic tales. Enlisting the white-hot production whiz-kid Alan Parsons, fresh from his work with Wings and Pink Floyd, the duo set about making dreams reality. The album remains a singular, compelling work and can be seen as a bridge between Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon and Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds. Universal.Album Details
2007 Digitally Remastered Double CD Deluxe Edition of the Album Classic that Remastered by Alan Parsons Himself and Partner Eric Woolfson. This Special Package Includes the Remastered Original 1976 Edition, the 1987 Remix (Which Incorporated Dialogue by Orson Welles!) and Eight Previously Unreleased Tracks. Recorded at Abbey Road in 1975 and Released in 1976, the Idea for the Alan Parsons Project Came from Manager and Writer Eric Woolfson, who Saw his Role as an Auteur, Bringing Together Some of the Greatest Talents in Music to Bring to Life to Edgar Allan Poe's Sinister, Gothic Tales. Woolfson Enlisted the White-hot Production Whiz-kid, Fresh from his Work with Wings and Pink Floyd, to Set About Making Dreams Reality. This Spectacular Debut Recording Remains a Singular, Compelling Rock Musical Work that was a Clearly Logical Step for Parsons to Take on his Own after the Accolades of "Dark Side of the Moon".Customer Reviews:
Finally.............2007-07-17
As for me, I prefer the '76 version because it sounds much more haunting, especially "Fall of the House of Usher". I would never argue with what Orson Welles' narration brought to the newer version, it's great. I just feel that the older version was more organic and more intense. This is one of those albums to put on headphones after midnight and listen start to finish. It doesn't even seem like separate songs, it's one whole piece with so many different moods that set up each other.
For example, after the "Prelude" to "Fall of the House of Usher", cracks of thunder, an ominous organ, and then a deceptively pleasant melody for "Arrival", and then Intermezzo, which sounds eerie enough intself before "Pavane". This is such a gentle piece with mainly harpsichord and harp that sets up and gradually segues into the brutal "Fall". This part is so much more frightening on the '76 version, and part of it is due to the way it begins creeping through in the last 30 seconds of "Pavane". I'm sure you'll get a chill from "Fall", especially if you've closed your eyes and imagined the story of the "Fall of the House of Usher" through each part. Finally, after that, "To One in Paradise", which sounds like Poe's biography in four minutes. Or, as Eric Woolfson put it, an epitaph.
With some Alan Parsons fans who are only familiar with the albums from "I Robot" on, you might not know about this one because it was originally issued on another label and took so long to be released on CD (at least, the original version was). Also, it didn't really have any hit singles, even though a couple were released and didn't chart all that high. Don't miss out on this new reissue. In addition to getting both versions, you get some great bonus tracks that feature an informative interview with Parsons and Woolfson, some demos, and the great original Orson Welles voice parts.
Finally, I need to take a minute here. Kudos to a classic rock station in Kansas City, I think it was KYYS. I was there in 2004, and they not only played "System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether", but they played the original version!
ABSOLUTELY SUPERB EDITION.......2007-07-02
This set caps the re-release of the first four AP-supervised remastered titles (three more to follow in September '07, and the final three in December).
For this edition, for the first time on CD, we finally get the original 1976 mix of the album that started it all. While I definitely prefer the '87 remix, there are passages in the original I also enjoy, so it's great to finally be able to compare the two, especially in glorious, remastered form.
In the additional material, there are two excellent spoken-word pieces: One, Orson Welles' entire original recitation, sans music/effects, and also a very enjoyable 8+ minute 1976 radio interview with AP and EW.
The booklet is a wonderful, detailed labor of love, with a great essay.
If you're an APP fan, this is an absolute must-own.
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Alan Parsons Project Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000001FN3 Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- A Dream Within A Dream (Instrumental)
- The Raven
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- The Cast Of Amontillado
- (The System of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether
- I Prelude
- II Arrival
- III Intermezzo
- IV Pavane
- V Fall
- To One In Paradise
Amazon.com essential recording
As unlikely as the idea seems today to use the suspense-filled stories of Edgar Allan Poe as the basis for an album of rock tunes, listeners in the 1970s--who were barraged with such high-flown concepts during the heyday of prog-rock--turned the record into a major hit. The Project actually scored a Top 40 hit with "(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather." Thanks to FM radio overplay, however, "The Raven" is probably the album's best-known track today. The 1987 CD version of "ToMaI" differs somewhat from the original vinyl. Parsons dropped in synthesizer parts to modernize the album, and added an opening recitation by Orson Welles. But the integrity of the original is maintained well enough, and the album remains a classic excuse to dim the lights, pour a glass of sherry (amontillado, natch), and break out the headphones. --Daniel DurchholzCustomer Reviews:
... just when I was wondering for the meaning of perfection..........2007-06-29
How to forget The Tell-Tale Heart, even when it doesn't express the tension and horror of the poem and it's situation, is another song that fits perfectly. To One In Heaven and (The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether are very popular songs among all their works, appreciated later in time 'cause the album wasn't very popular at the time of the release, but this 2 songs show Parson's inclination to pop and to more comprehensible and soft sounds later expressed in his other works.
The album also starts a long time collaboration and friendship with the singers John Miles and Chris Rainbow. Being a dark, cultural piece it differences a lot from the other of the Project's albums such as Eye In The Sky, but it shoes every little aspect that The Alan Parsons Project showed through their later career.
Casting a dark shadow.......2007-05-16
Some 30 years later and more often sober while listening to CD's, this album holds up well for its first half. The trademarks of APP appear in songs like "The Raven" and the instrumental "Dream Within A Dream." There was even a minor hit single as "The System Of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather" slipped into the lower reaches of the top 40. The album's final Beatlesque ballad, "To One In Paradise," sounds worthy of Abby Road and is indicative of hits to come - think of "Time."
On the other hand, the 15 minute "The Fall Of The House Of Usher" is a soundtrack in search of a video accompaniment. While a younger and more - ummm... - 'stimulated' imagination might have filled in the picture, it now just sounds like background buzz. While I don't mind the stentorian narration Parsons added from Orson Welles for the 1987 CD release, the additional synthesizers and solo guitars are an irritant. They could have left well-enough alone, but since CD technology was the shiny new thing at the time, I don't blame Parsons for wanting to tweak the new version. After all, I still have my 12 inch vinyl.
As far as its place in the APP discography, I probably prefer "I Robot," "Pyramid" and "Eye in the Sky" ahead of "Tales Of Mystery." But for shear audacity (mixing classics of literature with rock music was considered pretty risky in 1976), the Alan Parsons Project debut still can stimulate.
Para mi, junto con I Robot, son los mejores.......2007-04-06
Este fue el segundo disco que compre de APP, y sin duda alguna, junto con el de I robot, son mis preferidos.
Poe Fan.......2007-03-31
They should have left it alone.......2007-01-09
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Eight Feet
Imagination Movers Manufacturer: Rec Room Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000CR7X5Q Release Date: 2006-01-01 |
Tracks:
- Shakable You
- Seven Days a Week
- Farm
- Have Some Fun Today
- Big
- Stale Bread
- Field Trip
- Warehouse Mouse
- Do it by Myself
- We Got Each Other
- Give Me Your Hand
- Idea Box
- Sleeping Bag
- Tag-You're it!
- Springtime
- Pop
- The Last Song
Product Description
Imagination Movers combine pop, hip-hop, rock and world music with educational themes for kids and their parents. Age-appropriate educational themes join forces with catchy choruses, high-energy power chords and the Movers unique junk drumming. Think Mr.. Rogers meets the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Regardless of how you describe it, Movers music is catchy stuff that parents and children will want to listen to over and over again!Customer Reviews:
Love it.......2007-08-07
AWESOME.......2007-02-18
Done it again!.......2006-01-19
It seems my girls are growing up with the Imagination Movers. This CD seems geared for older children(4-12?) with songs about losing teeth, playing tag and friends moving away.
I listened to the song about Katrina and checked their website. I read how they lost everything.
My girls love this CD and are glad they have some new music. We bought the DVD but that had music from their two CDs except "Junk."
Still waiting for them to come to Oregon. Please Movers (if you read this) come to the capital of Oregon - Salem!
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Beyond Imagination
Opera Babes Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00007MB2F Release Date: 2003-01-14 |
Tracks:
- One Fine Day (Un Bel Di From Madame Butterfly)
- Sempre Ricordo (Piano Concerto in A minor)
- There's A Place (From The New World Symphony)
- Beyond Imagination (From A Midsummer Nights Dream)
- O Fortuna (From Carmina Burana)
- Lakm2O (Flower Duet)
- Ebben?..Ne Andro Lontano (from La Wally)
- You Live On In My Heart (Cinema Paradiso)
- Chanson Boh (From Carmen)
- Remember Me
- Stranger In Paradise (From Kismet)
- Ode II Joy (From Symphony No. 9)
- 1001 Nights (From The Nutcracker Suite)
- Barcarolle (From The Tales Of Hoffman)
- LakmVibeTribe Mix)
- Ave Maria
- Vittoria! (Aida 2002)
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Plucked from a wet afternoon of busking Bizet and Puccini to passersby on the Piazza in Covent Garden in the spring of 2001, soprano Rebecca Knight and mezzo Karen England soon found themselves singing in slightly larger venues: the FA Cup and Champions League soccer finals. That the management company doing the plucking had recently performed a similar Cinderella crossover act for Russell Watson offered portent, and indeed the Babes--the moniker began as a joke--were soon on their way to this recording debut. The marketing shtick and its soccer connections may offend purists, but it's the football hooligans that the Babes are trying to win over here; can Borodin soothe the savage Manchester United fan? Their classically trained voices mesh gloriously, with England's warm mezzo showing particular character in her solo turns.The repertoire choices here cover material that may already be familiar to fans of Charlotte Church (i.e., Delibes "Flower Duet") and other crossover acts, but they do include some pleasant surprises, like Offenbach's Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann and "You Live On in My Heart," a reworking of Ennio Morricone's enchanting Cinema Paradiso theme with lyrics by Knight. But in a rush toward the musical middle of the road, it's the productions themselves that sometimes overwhelm the Babes with bathos ("Ave Maria"), hollow thunder ("Aida 2002"), and electro club kitsch (the 'Vibe Tribe' mix of "Flower Duet"). Former Art of Noise mainstay Anne Dudley's tastefully restrained coloring of Tchaikovsky's "1001 Nights" is one of the notable exceptions. They're babes, they sing opera--with fair promise--for the masses, and if they turn one in a hundred from football hooliganism to a well-mannered appreciation of Grieg and Dvorák, won't it all have been worth it? --Jerry McCulley
Customer Reviews:
wallpaper.......2007-07-12
simply beautiful, so just enjoy it.......2007-06-11
Sloppy renditions and amateurish.......2007-05-15
Great songs reinvented, with a twist.......2006-09-30
Praise for Beyond Imagination.......2006-02-26
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Calling All Movers
Manufacturer: REC Room Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002EP34M Release Date: 2004-06-20 |
Tracks:
- Playing Catch
- Please and Thank You
- What's in the Fridge?
- First Day of School
- Calling All Movers
- Clean My Room
- Birthday
- Look Around You
- Numbers in a Bag
- Riding My Bike
- Take a Picture
- Recipe (Stir it Up)
- I Just Took a Bath
- L.O.S.T.
- Bye-Bye Diaper
- Looking Out the Window
Album Description
Imagination Movers combine pop, hip-hop, rock and world music with educational themes for kids and their parents. The Movers sing about healthy eating, separation anxiety, sibling rivalry and other topics that relate to being a little kid, but the group's musical style has a decidedly grownup groove. Think Mr.. Rogers meets the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Regardless of how you describe it, Movers music is catchy stuff that parents and children will want to listen to over and over again!The Movers' new disc, "Calling All Movers," features the band's trademark blend of kid-friendly themes and sophisticated rock and hip-hop music. "Please and Thank You" is a Caribbean-touched homage to every parent's three favorite words. The call-and-response jam "What's in the Fridge" is evidence of the Movers' continued obsession with snack food. And "First Day of School" is a sentimental look at a milestone from a child's point of view. These and 12 other new Movers tunes will be favorites in family CD players for years to come.
Customer Reviews:
Love Those Movers!.......2007-07-17
The Movers Rock!.......2007-03-13
Fun for Parents, too!.......2007-02-18
Think outside the box!.......2005-11-16
I got it - You get it!.......2004-11-24
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The Very Best of Imagination
Imagination Manufacturer: Br Music Holland ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000005RJA Release Date: 1996-03-20 |
Tracks:
- Just An Illusion
- Music And Lights
- Body Talk
- In And Out Of Love
- Flashback
- In The Heat Of The Night
- Changes
- Looking At Midnight
- New Dimensions
- State Of Love
- Thank You My Love
- Shoo Be Doo Da Dabba Doobee
- Sunshine
- Burnin' Up
- Tell Me Do You Want My Love
- One More Love
- All Nights Lovin'
- Megamix: Music And Lights/Just An Illusion/So Good So Right/Flashback
Album Details
Eighteen Song Collection is Far More Comprehensive Than the Previous Imagination 'Best Of' Title. Featuring Imagination's Finest ('Just an Illusion', 'Body Talk', 'Changes', 'Burnin' Up', etc.) Plus a 'Megamix' of the Track 'Music and Lights'.Customer Reviews:
Awesome Memories . . . .......2007-02-12
So glad to see cd!.......2006-03-16
These Guys Still Rock mmmmmmm Good old days.......2005-06-07
All the "Imagination" You'll Ever Need to Get.......2002-03-07
The band had a sound all of its own, in the middle of the crazy European disco scene. The up-tempo songs are still the best: Just an Illusion (their big break-through hit in 1981), Music and Lights, Flashback, Changes, Looking at Midnight (albeit regretfully here in the "single" version), New Dimensions, State of Love, Burnin' Up, and on and on... The ballads are not bad either (such as Body Talk, In and Out of Love, etc).
This compilation is what anyone interested in Imagination would ever want. All the hits are here, and as a bonus, there is a "Megamix" tagged on as well. Classify this as a "guilty pleasure": this isn't serious music, but oh so enjoyable!!
The Very Best of Imagination.......2002-01-03
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Dungeons & Dragons - Official Roleplaying Soundtrack
Midnight Syndicate Manufacturer: Entity Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000BZYIS Release Date: 2003-08-12 |
Tracks:
- Prelude
- Troubled Times
- Ride to Destiny
- The Fens of Sargath
- Descent into the Depths
- Stealth and Cunning
- Behind Door #1
- Skirmish
- Eternal Mystery
- Heroes Valor
- Relic Uncovered
- Deep Trouble
- Chant
- Craft of the Wizard
- Beasts of the Borderlands
- Secret Chamber
- Lair of the Great Wyrm
- Ancient Temple
- How Strange . . .
- Army of the Dead
- Final Confrontation
- Ruins of Bone Hill
- City of Sails
Album Description
MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE brings you the first-ever officially licensed soundtrack to the roleplaying classic that started it all.Ancient underground temples, dark knights, mysterious labyrinths, sorcerors, forgotten tombs, enchanted forests, and creatures await you on this new release containing over an hour of orchestral music from the masters of gothic/horror soundscape. It's the ultimate musical accompaniment to the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS roleplaying game, and promises to take listeners on an epic adventure through the darkest corners of their imagination.
Working closely with the game designers at Wizards of the Coast, this CD is a simple yet dynamic way for gamers to take their adventuring sessions to the next level.
Customer Reviews:
Another Dungeon Master's opinion.......2005-05-17
As far as it's application to a game situation - I have to say this is the best fantasy RPG soundtrack I've ever heard (that seems to be the general consensus from the other DMs I've talked to on the convention circuit). The other soundtrack attempts before this one really pale in comparison in my opinion.
When I have the time, I like to go through all of my soundtracks and piece together a custom soundtracks for my games. This disc mixed with some Conan and any of the LOTR scores makes for a powerful combo.
More than often I don't have the time to devote to that. I'm pleased to say that in every session where I've JUST played this disc in the background, it's worked very well. A bit on the dark side but for a dungeon crawl I can think of no better music.
The coolest Gaming and Riding.......2005-01-21
So all in all This is One of the few great buys that i have loved right off the bat.
I hope you enjoy it as well.
A GameMaster's Review.......2004-10-12
My favorite tracks are the two `bonus' tracks, Ruins of Bone Hill and City of Sails.
The quality of this music (if you don't mind that it's synthesized and can appreciate this sort of thing) is a 4/5, which is a fairly high rating from me.
But as far as this music can be applied to roleplaying is a 2/5 at best...
Here's the problems:
1) The music all seems to have the dark/eerie flavor that seems to be the staple of Midnight Syndicate. This severely limits the themes, moods, and instrument sets that were used. The only exception is City of Sails. While this does not detract from the quality of the music itself, it would still be nice to have more variety in a collection that is supposedly `official roleplaying music'.
2) I rarely found that the intended setting for each track actually suited the music, but the sound effects that were included made it unusable for anything else.
For example, Beasts of the Borderland seemed to me to be a great track for an army on the march, until I started hearing strange `beast' noises that seemed out of place.
3) Speaking of out of place sound effects, I found that many of the sound effects were ambiguous, unfulfilling, or outright mood-spoiling.
For example, in both Skirmish and Final Confrontation, you hear the `clash of swords' at certain times. However, these `swords' sound like pieces of tin slapping against one another with minimal force rather than actual swords. Who uses tin swords? Besides, not all `skirmishes' in roleplaying actually involve swords...
Side Note: Many portions of the melodies were familiar and some outright recognizable as being nearly identical to some of those used in older console RPGs. Perhaps it was from such games that they drew their inspiration. It would have to be a very big coincidence otherwise.
If you are a roleplayer and/or enjoy background music and aren't penny pinching or if you are a Midnight Syndicate fan, then you will probably want to buy this anyway. But I would not recommend this collection to anyone else.
Midnight Syndicate Critique.......2004-09-22
Only a gamer can make a class act sound track........2004-08-17
Once again it is a great feeling seeing another home grown product from the Midnight Syndicate. After all they started as gamers and have not forgotten their roots.
See them in person at their booth every Dragon Con in Atlanta Georgia.
Best:
David
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My Heart
Sissel , Fryderyk Chopin , Stephen / Hayes, Gemma Endelman , Brendan / Lovland, Rolf Graham , George Frideric Handel , Andrew Lloyd Webber , Jon / Brown, Samantha Lord , Richard Marx , Richard / Copperfield, David Marx , Ennio Morricone , Astor Piazzolla , Giacomo Puccini , Camille Saint-Saens , Franz Schubert , Ettore Stratta , and London Symphony Orchestra Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001BS4LA Release Date: 2004-03-02 |
Tracks:
- Wait A While
- Lascia Che
- Someone Like You
- Tristezza
- Angel Rays
- Mon Ceur
- Pie Jesu
- Oblivion
- You Raise Me Up
- O Mio Babbino Caro
- Ave Maria
- Deborah's Theme (From Once Upon A Time In America)
Amazon.com
There's no arguing with the power of Sissel's voice. The Norwegian soprano brought James Horner's Titanic to life and blew people away at the Lillehammer Olympics' opening ceremony. Positioned as a classical crossover performer, Sissel's talent and versatility gets her into trouble. The 12-song My Heart bounces back and forth from Andrew Lloyd Webber to Franz Schubert, from Astor Piazolla to Ennio Morricone. These different composers are reconciled into one album by her talent. She's less successful with a so-so version "Ave Maria," but does better with Puccini's tear-jerker aria "O Mio Babbino Caro." Things go aesthetically awry when the singer (who has recorded folk music in the past) dives into folk-pop with "Angel Eyes" and then spin completely out of control on Richard Marx's "Someone Like You," which is a jarring stab at light R&B. Seemingly formulated by marketing team, My Heart may succeed at getting radio airplay in different formats, but it's an album that loses its way at times. --Tad HendricksonCustomer Reviews:
MY HEART SISSEL.......2007-03-19
SHE'LL TAKE YOUR HEART.......2007-02-24
Sub par for 'Goddess of Song'.......2007-02-07
Norwegian soprano.......2007-01-17
A beautiful voice.......2007-01-04
World Music:
- Imagine [Import]
- Irish Accordion
- Jibun Kakumei 2003 [CD-single] [Import]
- Le Meilleur De Quilapayun [Import]
- Les Grandes Chansons [Import]
- Les Jours Tranquilles [Import]
- Libertad [Import]
- Live in 1954/55 [Live] [Import]
- Maktub: Trilha E Temas De O Clone [Import]
- Martirio [Import]
World Music
Living in a Fantasy [Extra tracks]
La follia, Jewels of Baroque Music
The Complete Blue Note 60's Sessions [Box set]