Description
Michael Kamen - The New Moon In The Old Moon's Arms / Leonard Slatkin, The National Symphony Orchestra / Decca Audio CD 2000 / 467 631-2
UPC 028946763124
Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, and session musician.
Michael Kamen's latest work The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms is a symphonic poem inspired by the history of the Native American Anasazi people who mysteriously vanished almost 1000 years ago. They had lived until then in what's now New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada; and without the wheel or horse, they built complex homes, miles of long, straight roads and astronomical observatories. They also produced wonderful artistic visions on the canyon walls, including Kokopelli, the hump-backed flute player. The title of the album is quoted from an Iroquai Indian who Kamen met as a little boy and symbolizes "a glimpse of the future in the light of the past." As a committed humanist and a devotee to the American Indian, Kamen chose to mark the new millennium with a symphony that tells a story about the past that makes us consider the future with a message of compassion and humanity.
Also on the album is Mr. Holland's Opus - An American Symphony. It has been arranged from the original music composed by Kamen for the critically acclaimed film "Mr. Holland's Opus", starring Richard Dreyfuss. The symphony features Leila Josefowicz on "Cole's Tune" (track 9). It was recorded in London in the Summer of 2000 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
Tracklist:
| The New Moon In The Old Moon's Arms – Symphonic Poem | |||
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I 1,000 A.D. |
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| 1 | The Eagle Soars, Tribal Dance, The Dreams Of The Old Men, Kokopelli Speaks, Spirit Of The Eagle, The Rise Above The Canyon |
12:54 | |
| 2 | Little Scherzo "Kokopelli And The Eagle" | 1:21 | |
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II The Prayer |
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| 3 | Sunset | 5:45 | |
| 4 | Scherzo II "Dansa Kokopelli" | 3:38 | |
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III In The Moonlight |
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| 5 | Trio "From The Mists Of Time" | 1:59 | |
| 6 | Scherzo III "The Gathering Of The Spirits" | 6:46 | |
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IV 2,000 A.D. |
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| 7 | Reaching For The Stars | 8:15 | |
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Mr Holland's Opus – An American Symphony |
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| 8 | I Iris | 3:33 | |
| 9 | II Cole's Tune | 3:03 | |
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III Marking Homework | 2:52 | |
| 11 | IV Rowena | 4:35 | |
| 12 | Finale | 3:14 |
- Bass – Pino Paladino (tracks: 12)
- Cello – David Hardy (tracks: 1-7)
- Co-producer – James Brett, Michael Price (2)
- Composed By, Producer – Michael Kamen
- Conductor – Leonard Slatkin
- Drums – Andrew Newmark (tracks: 12)
- English Horn – Michael Kamen (tracks: 11)
- Executive Producer – Andrew Cornall
- Flute – Toshiko Kohno (tracks: 1-7)
- Guitar – Phil Palmer (tracks: 12)
- Orchestra – BBC Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 8-12), The National Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 1-7)
- Percussion – F. Anthony Ames (tracks: 1-7)
- Piano – Simon Mulligan (tracks: 10)
- Producer – Stephen McLaughlin
- Recorded By – Nick Wollage (tracks: 8-12)
- Recorded By, Mixed By – Stephen McLaughlin (tracks: 1-7)
- Violin – Leila Josefowicz (tracks: 9)
