Skerryvore - Chasing The Sun - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Skerryvore are one of the greatest folk/rock bands to come out of Scotland in recent years. Decade is an album that brings together twelve of the bands best recordings over the ten years the band has been together. Skerryvore create a unique blend of guitars, vocals, bagpipes, accordion and whistles plus bass, keyboards and drums. This album will electrify you in places you never would believe.

This sophomore effort by Nathan boasts only 5 songs, but each one very well delivered. The memorable title song 'Seethe' takes you down a dark road; The inspiration for this song is the 1996 Barry Levinson directed movie 'Sleepers', which explores 4 juveniles who grew up in Hells Kitchen in New York City. Each chorus ends with the question '... How long are you gonna Seethe? Give It Away' is a beautiful song with a clever twist. 'Goodnight Gracie' touches on themes of the possessive qualities of relationship, a sort of dark love song. 'I Know Nothing' and 'Walls' have dreamy, introspective qualities within Nathan's story lines. You won't be disappointed with this album.... -S.M. Kendricks.

The Genius of Film Music Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s to 2000s is the second compilation of film music on the LPO tag. It joins a previous LPO , which took music from films of the 1960s to 1980s. The two releases form a great set of some of the best film scores of the last 60 years, including well loved classics such as The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Psycho but also an opportunity to discover some less well known scores. The London Philharmonic Orchestra has a long history with film music, having recorded the original soundtracks to films as varied as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Lawrence of Arabia, Philadelphia, The Mission, and many more. The conductor, Dirk Brosse is a film music specialist, and internationally well respected as both a conductor and a composer. His score for 2012's Parade's End was nominated for an Emmy Award and he was chosen by John Williams as Principal Conductor of the 'Star Wars in Concert World Tour.'