Lhurgoyf
08-21-2012, 11:36 AM
ALAN WILLIAMS - THE DOCUMENTARY COLLECTION
The high res covers are here (front) (
) and here (back) (
)
While he’s scored all manner of films and television, Allan Williams has become particularly noted for his music for documentary films and television over the last thirteen years. This new double-CD compilation from his own label compiles 53 tracks of his best documentary music into one marvelous sampler. Williams has divided the documentaries into geographical films (AMAZON, KILIMANJARO: THE ROOF OF AFRICA, MARK TWAIN’S AMERICA, ICELAND VOLCANIC ERUPTION, etc.) on Disc 1, while the second disc features music from historical (GETTYSBURG: THE SPEECH THAT SAVED AMERICA, IN SEARCH OF LEWIS AND CLARK) and wildlife films (ISLAND OF THE SHARKS, FREEDOM OF THE SEAS, etc).
Embracing a thematic approach to documentary scoring, Williams’ gifts for melody, rhythm, and instrumental textures are very much in evidence in these documentary scores, which focus on environment and situation, evoking their expressive drama from significant moments of history, the grandeur of the natural world, and the joy, and grace, and struggles of wildlife on many lands. The diversity of these documentary films and their locales and subject matter affords a great variety of musical styles, such as the joyful African chants of “Kilimanjaro,” the poignant violin soloing of “Japanese Sunset,” the powerful mix of large hand drums, female voice, and electric solo guitar in “Glaciers,” the piercing Middle Eastern singing of “The Dead Sea,” the poignant Americana of “Lincoln’s Legacy,” the reedy hollowness of ancient woodwinds and mighty drums on “Land of Vikings,” or the contrast between the quickly chanted singers and the slowly expanding melody line of the orchestra in “Journey’s End.”
That’s a sense of epic grandeur in almost all of these scores, reflecting as they do the astonishing characteristics of the natural world. While Williams’ adopts ethnic traditions associated with locale in these documentary scores, there is nothing traditional about the music he evokes to enhance them. Williams’ melodies often assume the kind of gracefulness often associated with John Barry or Jerry Goldsmith. When the melody opens up out of the plaintive flutes of “The Rainforest,” for example, the music provides a stunning musical epiphany that is extremely moving. Likewise the gentle string line in “Rift Valley” when it expands to reflect with full orchestra the vast grandeur spread out before the camera.
UPLOADERS NOTE & PREVIEW:
This is a fantastic thematic music, often in the vein of John Scott.
here (http://www.screenarchives.com/media/14531-11671.mp3).
Ripped from my personal collection. Please do not request FLAC - if you like the music, buy it - it costs $19.95 for 2CD at SAE. Please support the artists and labels!
Encoding: mp3 v0
Total time: CD1: 73:42 -- CD2: 73:31
TRACKLIST:
GEOGRAPHIC (Disc 1)
1. Amazon
2. Cocos Island
3. Kilimanjaro
4. The Dead Sea
5. The River
6. Spring and Melting Ice
7. Machame Camp
8. Japanese Sunset
9. Glaciers
10. Land of Vikings
11. Jungle Hunt
12. El Nino
13. Treasures of the Mountain
14. Qatar
15. The Rainforest
16. Serengeti
17. Rift Valley
18. Ancient World
19. Iceland Volcano
20. The Zoe Village
21. Realm of the Reindeer
22. Climate Zones
23. The Summit
24. Thin Air
25. Qumran
26. Journey’s End
HISTORICAL AND WILDLIFE (Disc 2)
1. Lincoln’s Legacy
2. The Homestead
3. The West
4. War
5. Slaves
6. Arriving in Gettysburg
7. The Great Falls
8. Civil War
9. Riverboats
10. Coming to America
11. Faces from the Past
12. Sioux Burial Grounds
13. Lewis and Clark
14. Animal Montage
15. Lion of the Americas
16. Feeding Frenzy
17. Elephant Bones
18. Otters Seals and Humpbacks
19. Marble Rays
20. Hammerheads
21. Killer Whales
22. Lion Hunt
23. Migration
24. Sea Stars
25. Marlin and Shark Attack
26. Bulls Sparing
27. Nature’s Dance
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
Please reply to this thread or PM me. Enjoy!
The high res covers are here (front) (
) and here (back) ()While he’s scored all manner of films and television, Allan Williams has become particularly noted for his music for documentary films and television over the last thirteen years. This new double-CD compilation from his own label compiles 53 tracks of his best documentary music into one marvelous sampler. Williams has divided the documentaries into geographical films (AMAZON, KILIMANJARO: THE ROOF OF AFRICA, MARK TWAIN’S AMERICA, ICELAND VOLCANIC ERUPTION, etc.) on Disc 1, while the second disc features music from historical (GETTYSBURG: THE SPEECH THAT SAVED AMERICA, IN SEARCH OF LEWIS AND CLARK) and wildlife films (ISLAND OF THE SHARKS, FREEDOM OF THE SEAS, etc).
Embracing a thematic approach to documentary scoring, Williams’ gifts for melody, rhythm, and instrumental textures are very much in evidence in these documentary scores, which focus on environment and situation, evoking their expressive drama from significant moments of history, the grandeur of the natural world, and the joy, and grace, and struggles of wildlife on many lands. The diversity of these documentary films and their locales and subject matter affords a great variety of musical styles, such as the joyful African chants of “Kilimanjaro,” the poignant violin soloing of “Japanese Sunset,” the powerful mix of large hand drums, female voice, and electric solo guitar in “Glaciers,” the piercing Middle Eastern singing of “The Dead Sea,” the poignant Americana of “Lincoln’s Legacy,” the reedy hollowness of ancient woodwinds and mighty drums on “Land of Vikings,” or the contrast between the quickly chanted singers and the slowly expanding melody line of the orchestra in “Journey’s End.”
That’s a sense of epic grandeur in almost all of these scores, reflecting as they do the astonishing characteristics of the natural world. While Williams’ adopts ethnic traditions associated with locale in these documentary scores, there is nothing traditional about the music he evokes to enhance them. Williams’ melodies often assume the kind of gracefulness often associated with John Barry or Jerry Goldsmith. When the melody opens up out of the plaintive flutes of “The Rainforest,” for example, the music provides a stunning musical epiphany that is extremely moving. Likewise the gentle string line in “Rift Valley” when it expands to reflect with full orchestra the vast grandeur spread out before the camera.
UPLOADERS NOTE & PREVIEW:
This is a fantastic thematic music, often in the vein of John Scott.
here (http://www.screenarchives.com/media/14531-11671.mp3).
Ripped from my personal collection. Please do not request FLAC - if you like the music, buy it - it costs $19.95 for 2CD at SAE. Please support the artists and labels!
Encoding: mp3 v0
Total time: CD1: 73:42 -- CD2: 73:31
TRACKLIST:
GEOGRAPHIC (Disc 1)
1. Amazon
2. Cocos Island
3. Kilimanjaro
4. The Dead Sea
5. The River
6. Spring and Melting Ice
7. Machame Camp
8. Japanese Sunset
9. Glaciers
10. Land of Vikings
11. Jungle Hunt
12. El Nino
13. Treasures of the Mountain
14. Qatar
15. The Rainforest
16. Serengeti
17. Rift Valley
18. Ancient World
19. Iceland Volcano
20. The Zoe Village
21. Realm of the Reindeer
22. Climate Zones
23. The Summit
24. Thin Air
25. Qumran
26. Journey’s End
HISTORICAL AND WILDLIFE (Disc 2)
1. Lincoln’s Legacy
2. The Homestead
3. The West
4. War
5. Slaves
6. Arriving in Gettysburg
7. The Great Falls
8. Civil War
9. Riverboats
10. Coming to America
11. Faces from the Past
12. Sioux Burial Grounds
13. Lewis and Clark
14. Animal Montage
15. Lion of the Americas
16. Feeding Frenzy
17. Elephant Bones
18. Otters Seals and Humpbacks
19. Marble Rays
20. Hammerheads
21. Killer Whales
22. Lion Hunt
23. Migration
24. Sea Stars
25. Marlin and Shark Attack
26. Bulls Sparing
27. Nature’s Dance
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
Please reply to this thread or PM me. Enjoy!