14.01.2008.
Andrew Powell - Ladyhawke (1984) (@192)
(Review from allmusic.com, wikipedia)
In 1984, Andrew Powell composed the music for the film "Ladyhawke". He was most well known for his work with the Alan Parsons Project. The film director Richard Donner stated in the liner notes that he had been location-scouting with a steady soundtrack of the Project's albums, and so he married music style to pictures in his mind before the film was even begun. Powell wrote the score and approached Parsons to produce the music.
The score itself is a genuine rarity among movies, written and produced in a progressive rock idiom, electric instruments (especially guitars and keyboards) mixing freely with orchestral passages and creating a seductive otherworldly ambience, somewhat reminiscent (as is the movie for which it was written) of the scoring for Excalibur, though that relied on Wagnerian material to make its point. This is closer in spirit and execution to '70s progressive rock, and very impressive in that context.
Totally instrumental, "Ladyhawke" successfully features the "orchestral" side of the Project.
Line-up :
* Andrew Powell - Composer, Conductor, Keyboards, Orchestration
* Ian Bairnson - Guitar
* Richard Cottle - Keyboards
* Stuart Elliott - Percussion, Drums
* David Paton - Bass
* Alan Parsons - Producer, Engineer
Track List :
01. Main Title
02. Phillippe's Escape
03. The Search For Phillippe
04. Tavern Fight (Phillippe)
05. Tavern Fight (Navarre)
06. Pitou's Woods
07. Phillippe Describes Isabeau
08. Bishop's Procession
09. Wedding MUsic
10. Navarre's Ambush
11. Imperius Removes Arrow
12. Chase / Fall / Transformation
13. Cezar's Woods
14. She Was Sad At First
15. Navarre Returns To Aquila
16. Turret Chase / The Fall - Film Version
17. Wolf Trapped in Ice
18. Navarre And Isabeau's Dual Transformation
19. Navarre And Marquet Duel
20. Marquet's Death
21. Bishop's Death
22. Final Reunion / End Title
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Original Post Date : 12 Sep 2007 | 10:20 AM
