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The path to Earth's orbit for Errollyn Wallen's music
A modern composer, songwriter, and singer Errollyn Wallen was recounted by The Observer as a "renaissance woman of...
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The drama of The Chain kept alive on the big screen
The Chain, included on Fleetwood Mac’s classic 1977 Rumours album, has retained that particular brand of culturally...
FILM
Young Adam score captures the desolate landscape of the 50s Scotland
An adaptation of Scottish writer Alexander Trocchi's loosely autobiographical novel, Young Adam is a harsh portrait of a...
FIDDLE
Fresh take on the The Isle of Man folk tradition
The Isle of Man, or Mann, is an island in the Irish Sea which small but proud nation can boast a vast cultural heritage...
FILM
Full-method approach to the score for Shakespeare's play
The classic Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice had seen many adaptations, one of them a 2004 venture for the big...
SONGWRITER
There were no bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover is an iconic song composed in 1941 by the American songwriting...
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FILM
Orlando's director sang the score's leitmotifs
Sally Potter’s film Orlando follows the life of an eponymous, time traveling, androgynous nobleman who transforms from a...
FILM
New pragmatic Bond score by Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman, having never written a proper action score before Skyfall, succeeded in updating Bond's aesthetic with a...
LUTE
Atmospheric collaboration of medieval and modern underground on Only Lovers Left Alive
For his post-modern tale of vampires trying to find purpose in their immortal lives, Jim Jarmusch employs his own group...
Classical Guitar
Farewell to Stromness: the protest tune that fell into national consciousness
One of the most respected composers of his generation, Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016) bridged medieval and...
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