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Escala (album)
''Escala'' is the self-titled debut album by British quartet Escala, who appeared on the ITV talent contest ''Britain's Got Talent''. It was released on 25 May 2009 in the United Kingdom. Release Escala revealed their debut album to an audience of about 400 media at Whitehall Palace, London on 23 September 2008. The album release was pushed back numerous times, to 1 June 2009. Then the album's release was brought forward by one week to 25 May 2009. Recording The album was produced by Trevor Horn and recorded mainly at Sarm West London. Parts of "Kashmir" recorded at Sarm West Coast, Los Angeles, and the orchestra for the album was recorded at Angel Recording Studios, London. Album analysis The album begins with "Requiem for a Tower", which is a re-orchestrated version of "Lux Aeterna" from the 2000 film, ''Requiem for a Dream''. The piece will be familiar to viewers of ''Britain's Got Talent'', as it is frequently used on the show. Another group's version of the piece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escala (group)
Escala (formerly known as Scala) is an electronic string quartet, from London, England who rose to fame when they performed on and reached the final of the second series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' on ITV1 in May 2008. Background Two of the four members of Escala, Izzy Johnston and Chantal Leverton, were part of Wild, a similar five-piece classical group who were signed to EMI and released an album with the label in 2005. The four members of the group met in 2005 when they were part of the string section on an arena tour with McFly. Three of them, Victoria Lyon, Chantal Leverton and Tasya Hodges performed with Jeff Wayne on his ''War of the Worlds'' Tour in 2006. ''Britain's Got Talent'' In the first round of the show, Escala performed a "techno version" of '' Palladio'' by the Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, and were put through to the semi-finals by judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. At the semi-final, they performed an instrumental version of " Live An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are cited as one of the progenitors of hard rock and heavy metal, although their style drew from a variety of influences, including blues and folk music. Led Zeppelin have been credited as significantly impacting the nature of the music industry, particularly in the development of album-oriented rock (AOR) and stadium rock. Originally named the New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin signed a deal with Atlantic Records that gave them considerable artistic freedom. Initially unpopular with critics, they achieved significant commercial success with eight studio albums over ten years. Their 1969 debut, '' Led Zeppelin'', was a top-ten album in several countries and featured such tracks as "Good Times Bad Times", " Dazed and Confused" and "Communication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feeling Good
"Feeling Good" (also known as "Feelin' Good") is a song written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical ''The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd''. It was first performed on stage in 1964 by Cy Grant on the UK tour and by Gilbert Price in 1965 with the original Broadway cast. Nina Simone recorded "Feeling Good" for her 1965 album ''I Put a Spell on You''. The song has also been covered by Sammy Davis Jr., Traffic, Michael Bublé, John Coltrane, George Michael, Victory, Eels, Joe Bonamassa, Eden, Muse, Black Cat Bones, Bassnectar, Sophie B. Hawkins, Leslie West, Avicii, Chlöe and Lauryn Hill among others. It was also performed by John Legend as part of the Celebrating America performance marking the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on January 20th 2021. Early performances and recordings Although Bricusse and Newley shared songwriting credits, the words of the song are usually attributed to Bricusse, with the musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennio Morricone Discography
This is a list of compositions by composer, orchestrator and conductor Ennio Morricone. He composed and arranged scores for more than 400 film and television productions. Morricone was considered one of the most influential and best-selling film composers since the late 1940s. He has sold well over 70 million records worldwide, including 6.5 million albums and singles in France, over three million in the United States and more than two million albums in Korea. In 1971, the composer received his first golden record (disco d'oro) for the sale of 1,000,000 records in Italy and a " Targa d'Oro" for the worldwide sales of 22 million. His score for Sergio Leone's '' Once Upon a Time in the West'' is one of the top 5 best-selling original instrumental scores in the world today, with about 10 million copies sold. His score for '' The Mission'' (1986) was also at one point the world's best selling score. Morricone's music for '' The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966) and ''Le Professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classical works, Morricone is widely considered one of the most prolific and greatest film composers of all time. His filmography includes more than 70 award-winning films, all Sergio Leone's films since ''A Fistful of Dollars'', all Giuseppe Tornatore's films since '' Cinema Paradiso'', ''The Battle of Algiers'', Dario Argento's ''Animal Trilogy'', ''1900'', '' Exorcist II'', ''Days of Heaven'', several major films in French cinema, in particular the comedy trilogy '' La Cage aux Folles I'', '' II'', '' III'' and ''Le Professionnel'', as well as '' The Thing'', ''Once Upon a Time in America'', '' The Mission'', ''The Untouchables'', ''Mission to Mars'', '' Bugsy'', ''Disclosure'', ''In the Line of Fire'', ''Bulworth'', ''Ripley's Game'', and ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live And Let Die (song)
"Live and Let Die" is the theme song of the 1973 James Bond film of the same name, performed by the British–American rock band Wings. Written by English musician Paul McCartney and his wife Linda McCartney, it reunited McCartney with former Beatles producer George Martin, who produced the song and arranged the orchestra. McCartney was contacted to write the song by the film's producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli before the screenplay was finished. Wings recorded "Live and Let Die" during the sessions for ''Red Rose Speedway'' in October 1972 at AIR Studios. It was also the first rock song to open a Bond film. Another version by B. J. Arnau also appears in the film. Upon release, "Live and Let Die" was the most successful Bond theme up to that point, reaching No. 1 on two of the three major US charts (though it only reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100) and No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also received positive reviews from music critics and continues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings (band)
Wings were a British-American Rock music, rock band formed in 1971 by former The Beatles, Beatle bassist Paul McCartney, his wife Linda McCartney on keyboards, session drummer Denny Seiwell, and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine. Wings were noted for their commercial successes, musical eclecticism and frequent personnel changes; going through three lead guitarists and four drummers. However, the core trio of the McCartneys and Laine remained intact throughout the group's existence. Created following the McCartneys' 1971 album ''Ram (album), Ram'', the band's first two albums, ''Wild Life (Wings album), Wild Life'' (1971) and ''Red Rose Speedway'' (1973) (the latter featuring guitarist Henry McCullough), were viewed as artistic disappointments beside Paul's work with the Beatles. After the release of Live and Let Die (song), the title track of the James Bond film ''Live and Let Die (film), Live and Let Die'', McCullough and Seiwell resigned from the band. The McCartneys a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children (Robert Miles Song)
"Children" is an instrumental composition by Italian composer Robert Miles. It was first released in Italy in January 1995 as part of the EP ''Soundtracks'' on Joe Vannelli's DBX label, but it did not chart. Vanelli brought the track to a nightclub in Miami where it was heard by Simon Berry of Platipus Records. Berry worked with Vannelli and James Barton (of Liverpool's Cream nightclub) to release the composition in November 1995 as the lead single from his debut album, '' Dreamland'' (1996). "Children" was certified gold and platinum in several countries and reached number one in more than 12 countries; it was Europe's most successful single of 1996. It is considered by many to be the greatest song of all time. Background and writing Miles gave two inspirations for the writing of "Children". One was as a response to photographs of child Yugoslav war victims that his father had brought home from a humanitarian mission in the former Yugoslavia; and the other, inspired by his care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Miles
Roberto Concina (3 November 1969 – 9 May 2017), known professionally as Robert Miles, was an Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ. His 1995 composition "Children (composition), Children" sold more than 5 million copies and topped the charts worldwide. Early life Robert Miles was born in Fleurier, Switzerland, to Italian parents. Miles became proficient at playing the piano during his youth in Friuli, Italy, in the small town of Fagagna, where his family moved when he was young, and had been in the music scene since 1984. He worked as a DJ in some Italian Nightclub, clubs and private radio networks, and in 1990 he used his savings to establish his own recording studio and a Pirate radio, pirate radio station. Music career 1994–1997: Breakthrough and ''Dreamland'' In 1994, Miles wrote a Trance music, trance and Chill-out music, chill-out piece based on acoustic guitar chords and soft synthesizer effects, "Children (composition), Children", which was later dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As If To Nothing
''As If to Nothing'' is the second independent album by Scottish composer Craig Armstrong, featuring collaborations with Bono of U2, Mogwai, Photek, Evan Dando, King Crimson, and former Big Dish vocalist Steven Lindsay. It was released on 19 February 2002, on the EMI label in the United Kingdom, and Astralwerks in the United States. The song "Finding Beauty" was also covered by the band Escala on their album Escala. The song "Ruthless Gravity" was prominently featured in the 2004 film '' Layer Cake''. The song was also used in an episode of ''Top Gear'' when the presenters were racing from Surrey to Monte Carlo in an Aston Martin DB9 and the TGV. " Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" is a cover version of the U2 song from their 1993 album '' Zooropa'', and contains a vocal performance recorded by Bono in 2001 while the band was on its Elevation Tour. Track listing # "Ruthless Gravity" - 5:53 # "Wake Up in New York" with Evan Dando - 3:30 # "Miracle" with Mogwai - 3:21 # "A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Armstrong (composer)
Craig Armstrong, (born 29 April 1959) is a Scottish composer of modern orchestral music, electronica and film scores. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1981, and has since written music for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta. Armstrong's score for Baz Luhrmann's ''Romeo + Juliet'' earned him a BAFTA for Achievement in Film Music and an Ivor Novello. He would collaborate with Luhrmann again on his next two films, ''Moulin Rouge!'' and ''The Great Gatsby (2013 film), The Great Gatsby''. His score for the former earned him the 2001 American Film Institute's composer of the Year award, a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and a BAFTA. Armstrong was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Original Score in 2004 for the biopic ''Ray (film), Ray''. His other feature film scoring credits include ''Love Actually'', Oliver Stone's ''World Trade Center (film), World Trade Center'', ''Elizabeth: The Golden Age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (bass, backing vocals) and Matt Sorum (drums, backing vocals), alongside Dave Kushner (rhythm guitar) formerly of punk band Wasted Youth, and Scott Weiland (lead vocalist) formerly of Stone Temple Pilots. The band formed in 2002 and was active until 2008, when Weiland left the band abruptly to rejoin Stone Temple Pilots. In 2004, the band achieved commercial success with their debut album, '' Contraband''. Despite positive reviews, some critics initially described Velvet Revolver as a mere combination of Stone Temple Pilots and Guns N' Roses, and criticizing them for a "disconnection" between Weiland and the rest of the band. With their single " Slither", they won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. The band released '' Libertad'' in 2007, driven by the release of the single "She Builds Quick Machines", and embarked on a tour with Alice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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