WIMBLEDON KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR
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Wimbledon King's College Choir
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![]() ![]() THE LAND BEFORE TIME EXPANDED EDITION: OUR EXCLUSIVE REVIEWWith their expanded 74-minute edition of The Land Before Time (1988), the diligent folks at Intrada bring back into the spotlights one of the absolute masterpieces of James Horner’s long and distinguished career. The music sounds as punchy and clear as ever, showcasing the flawless playing by the London Symphony Orchestra. The sound quality of the new edition is really incredible: we really feel like we are sitting next to the orchestra, privy to the slightest sound and little gasps of breath coming from the musicians. It feels like discovering the music all over again.This was necessary for this sumptuous music that STANDOUT SET PIECES #2: ELORA DANAN FROM WILLOW“It is a time of dread... Seers have foretold the birth of a child who will bring about the downfall of the powerful queen Bavmorda. Seizing all pregnant women in the realm, the evil queen vows to destroy the child when it is born...” 1 Bringing you up to speed For his second collaboration with Ron Howard (after Cocoon), James Horner was tasked with composing the then-longest score of his career. The fantasy film, produced by George Lucas, is about a diminutive Elwyn who rises from his humble peasant origins to become the sorcerer-hero who defeats the evil queen Bavmorda and her WILLOW: BETWEEN QUOTESWillow was released 25 years ago and comes this year with a completely restored Blu-ray version. One of the main advantages of this rejuvenation is the quality of the sound mixing in DTS HD, which gives even more size, energy and accuracy to the music. It literally fills the sound space and helps create an epic dimension for the adventures of Willow Ufgood, Elora Danan and Madmartigan. "I am a musicologist, a doctor of music. Therefore I listened to, studied and analysed a lot of music. I also enjoy metaphors, the art of quoting and of cycles. The harmonic draft of |
COLLABORATIONS
- AARON MARTIN
- ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS
- AIR STUDIOS
- ALAN J. PAKULA
- ALASDAIR FRASER
- AMBROSIAN SINGERS
- ANDRAÉ CROUCH
- ANNIE LENNOX
- ARTHUR KEMPEL
- BARBARA McDERMOTT
- BARRY MANN
- BILLY MAY
- BOYS CHOIR OF HARLEM
- BRAD DECHTER
- BRANFORD MARSALIS
- BRIAN KILGORE
- BROCK WALSH
- BULGARIAN WOMEN CHOIR
- CAMBRIDGE KING’S COLLEGE CHOIR
- CARL JOHNSON
- CASELINE T. KUNENE
- CÉLINE DION*
- CHARLOTTE CHURCH
- CHOIR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
- CHRISTOPHER CAIN
- CLARA SANABRAS
- CLAYTON HASLOP
- CONRAD POPE
- CYNTHIA WEIL
- DAN WALLIN
- DAVE WELLS
- DAVID FOSTER
- DAVID KIRSCHNER
- DAVID MARQUETTE
- DAVID NEWMAN
- DAVID RICHARD CAMPBELL
- DAVID SLONAKER
- DEAN PARKS
- DHAFER YOUSSEF
- DIANA ROSS*
- DICK BERNSTEIN
- DON BLUTH
- DON DAVIS
- DOUGLAS TRUMBULL
- EDWARD ZWICK
- ELSE BLANGSTED
- ERIC RIGLER
- ERIC TOMLINSON
- FAHAD AL-KUBAISI
- FAITH HILL*
- FLORENCE WARNER JONES*
- FRANK BENNETT
- GEORGE LUCAS
- GEORGES DOERING
- GLEN BALLARD
- GREIG McRITCHIE
- HAYLEY WESTENRA
- HOLLYWOOD STUDIO SYMPHONY
- IAN UNDERWOOD
- INDIA.ARIE
- ISOBEL GRIFFITHS
- J.A.C REDFORD
- JAMES CAMERON
- JAMES INGRAM*
- JAMES THATCHER
- JAN HENDRICKSE
- JAY UNGAR
- JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD
- JIM FLAMBERG
- JIM HENRIKSON
- JO ANN KANE
- JOE E. RAND
- JOE JOHNSTON
- JOEL ROSENBAUM
- JOHN MELLENCAMP*
- JOHN NEUFELD
- JON KULL
- JONATHAN KAPLAN
- JOSH GROBAN*
- JOSHUA BELL
- KAZU MATSUI
- KENNETH WANNBERG
- LEBO M.
- LEONA LEWIS*
- LINDA RONSTADT*
- LISBETH SCOTT
- LITTLE RICHARD*
- LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
- LONDON VOICES
- LUCA FRANGLEN
- MAGGIE BOYLE
- MARC ANTHONY*
- MARTIN CAMPBELL
- MEL GIBSON
- MICHAEL APTED
- MICHAEL CLIFFORD
- MICHAEL DINNER
- MICHAEL K. BAUER
- MIKE FISCHER
- MIKE TAYLOR
- NANCY FOGARTY
- NATHAN KAPROFF
- NEW LONDON CHILDREN’S CHOIR
- NICHOLAS MEYER
- PETER ASHER
- PETER ROTTER
- PHIL ALDEN ROBINSON
- PHILIP TALLMAN
- PHILLIP NOYCE
- RAHAT NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN
- RALPH GRIERSON
- RAMIRO BELGARDT
- RANDY KERBER
- RECORD PLANT RECORDINGS STUDIOS
- ROBERT BADAMI
- ROBERT BORNSTEIN
- ROGER CORMAN
- RON HOWARD
- SALLY STEVENS
- SANDY DECRESCENT
- SARA CLANCY
- SHAWN MURPHY
- SIMON FRANGLEN
- SIMON RHODES
- SISSEL
- STEVE BERNSTEIN
- STEVE WINWOOD*
- STEVEN BRAMSON
- STEVEN L. SMITH
- STEVEN SPIELBERG
- STEVEN ZAILLIAN
- SUSHEELA RAMAN
- SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
- TANJA TZAROVSKA
- THE HOLLYWOOD FILM CHORALE
- THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
- THOMAS DOLBY
- THOMAS PASATIERI
- THOMAS S. DRESCHER
- TIM MAY
- TINA ARENA*
- TODD-AO SCORING STAGE
- TOMMY TEDESCO
- TONY HINNIGAN
- VADIM PERELMAN
- VIC FRASER
- WALTER HILL
- WENDY MOTEN*
- WILL JENNINGS
- WIMBLEDON KING’S COLLEGE CHOIR
- WOLFGANG PETERSEN