''Legend'' is a 1984 soundtrack album for the

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Robin of Sherwood ''Robin of Sherwood'' is a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 28 April 1984 to 28 June 1986 on the ITV network. In the ...

'', by the Irish

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Clannad Clannad () is an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal by siblings Ciarán, Pól, and Moya Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan. They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history, including f ...

. It is their eighth album. In 1985, this album won the BAFTA award for Best Original Television Music, making Clannad the first Irish band to win the award.

Singles released

Robin (The Hooded Man) "Robin (The Hooded Man)" is the first single released by Irish group Clannad from their 1984 album ''Legend''. This song was the theme tune to the ITV drama ''Robin of Sherwood'' and heralded Clannad's effectiveness in soundtrack. A promotiona ...

", the title theme from the series, was released on a 7-inch single in 1984, featuring actor

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as Robin of Sherwood on the sleeve. In addition, "Now Is Here" and "Scarlet Inside" were released as singles in their own right. "

" was re-released in 1986 as an " Extended Play Single" with a newly recorded version of the title theme and featuring actor

Jason Connery Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is a British actor and director. He is the son of Sean Connery and Diane Cilento. On screen, he is best known for appearing in the third series of the ITV drama series ''Robin of Sherwood'' in 1986. He ...

on the sleeve. For this re-release, the B-sides include "Now Is Here", "Herne" and "Caisleán Óir" (as it appears on the album

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Alternate versions of songs

In addition to the tracks on ''Legend'', which were used extensively in the series, music composed for the show was occasionally released elsewhere in different versions. The introduction track to Clannad's ''

'' album "Caislean Oir" appeared in an alternate version as incidental music in the series. In 2003, Clannad albums from the Sony/BMG label were remastered and released with new cover art, and remixes as bonus tracks. For the 2003 Deluxe Edition of ''Legend'', the bonus track was "Together We – Cantoma Mix". On the 2005 release '' Clannad: Live in Concert'', there were live performances of unreleased music including "Dance & Teidhir Abhaile Riu" from Series 1 and "Action" and "Royal" from Series 3 as part of a "Robin of Sherwood Medley". Another theme from the series was reworked as the song " Almost Seems (Too Late to Turn)".

Unreleased music

In a statement posted in November 2003 on their official web site, Clannad revealed that, :"there were several other pieces of music recorded for the 3rd series of ''Robin of Sherwood'' that were not included on the ''Legend'' album. Unfortunately no-one has been able to locate the master tapes of this music. The search is continuing and hopefully one day these recordings will be able to be released

Both sets 1 and 2 of the European and North American Blu-ray releases of ''Robin of Sherwood'' have a "music only" track for many of the episodes. This allows listeners to hear music from all 3 series, including music that was not included on "Legend" and music recorded after the release of Legend, to be heard on their own.

Music performed live

During the 1984 tour, the setlist included full live versions of "Lady Marian", "Now Is Here", "Robin (The Hooded Man)", "Scarlet Inside", "Herne", "Ancient Forest" and "Battles". Since then, Clannad regularly includes a "Robin Of Sherwood Medley" in their setlist that typically includes the title song, and segments of "Lady Marian", "Herne" and "Ancient Forest", as well as the unreleased "Dance" from Series 1 and two songs from Series 3 entitled "Action" and "Royal" that have only been released on live albums including '' Clannad: Live in Concert'' (released 2005).

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Track listing

# "

" (Ciarán Brennan) – 2:48 # "Now Is Here" (Pól Brennan) – 3:32 # "Herne" (P. Brennan) – 5:08 # "Together We" (P. Brennan) – 3:28 # "Darkmere" (C. Brennan) – 1:59 # "Strange Land" (P. Brennan) – 3:10 # "Scarlet Inside" (P. Brennan) – 5:08 # "Lady Marian" (C. Brennan) – 3:20 # "Battles" (C. Brennan) – 1:01 # "Ancient Forest" (P. Brennan, C. Brennan, Máire Brennan) – 2:59 # "Together We – Cantoma Mix" (bonus track available only on 2003 Deluxe Edition) - 2:05

Singles

# "

" # "Now Is Here" # "Scarlet Inside" # "

" EP (series three remix of theme tune)

Personnel

Band

Máire Brennan Moya Brennan (born Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin on 4 August 1952), also known as Máire Brennan, is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist. She is the sister of the musical artist known as Enya. She began performing pr ...

– lead vocal, harp *

Pól Brennan Pól Brennan ( ga, Pól Ó Braonáin, ; born 22 April 1956) is an Irish singer, songwriter and producer. He is the brother of Enya, Moya Brennan, Brídín Brennan and Ciarán Brennan. He is a member of the family band Clannad, and co-wrote the h ...

– guitar, flute,

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, keyboards, vocals *

Ciarán Brennan Clannad () is an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal by siblings Ciarán, Pól, and Moya Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan. They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history, including f ...

– double bass, synthesisers, guitar, vocals *

Pádraig Duggan The Duggans ( ga, Na Dúgáiní) were an Irish musical duo from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. The twin brothers Noel Duggan and Pádraig Duggan ( ga, Ó Dúgáin) came to prominence in the 1970s with the folk group Clannad, and took a ten ...

–

mandola The mandola (US and Canada) or tenor mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted, stringed musical instrument. It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola ...

, guitar, vocals *

Noel Duggan The Duggans ( ga, Na Dúgáiní) were an Irish musical duo from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. The twin brothers Noel Duggan and Pádraig Duggan ( ga, Ó Dúgáin) came to prominence in the 1970s with the folk group Clannad, and took a ten ...

– guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

* James Delaney – keyboards * Paul Moran – drums * Pat Farrell – electric guitar *

Frank Ricotti Frank Ricotti (born 31 January 1949) is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist. Early life and education Ricotti was born in London, England. His father was a drummer. Bill Ashton, founder of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NY ...

– percussion

References

External links

Legend on Clannad's official web site
{{Authority control Clannad albums Robin Hood music Television soundtracks 1984 soundtrack albums RCA Records soundtracks Albums produced by Tony Clarke (producer)