The Mists of Avalon Lee Holdridge

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  • Release Date: 06/26/2001
  • Sales Rank: 22,846
  • Label: VARESE SARABANDE
  • UPC: 030206626629

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The Mists of Avalon

1LISTENThe Mystic's Dream / Loreena McKennitt 7:42
2LISTENMorganie's Journey / Munich Symphony Orchestra 6:27
3LISTENIgraine Meets Uther/Arthur Is Born / Munich Symphony Orchestra 4:56
4LISTENThe Children Leave/Vivenne's World / Munich Symphony Orchestra 3:28
5LISTENMorgaine Grows Up / Munich Symphony Orchestra 4:24
6LISTENRunning Up the Hill/Guinevere / Munich Symphony Orchestra 3:41
7LISTENThe Cave Ceremony / Munich Symphony Orchestra 4:04
8LISTENFinding Excalibur / Munich Symphony Orchestra 1:47
9LISTENNight Countyard / Munich Symphony Orchestra 2:38
10LISTENA Night of Love / Munich Symphony Orchestra 4:17
11LISTENNo Baby/Castle Dance / Munich Symphony Orchestra 2:54
12LISTENMerlin's Wisdom/Merlin's Death / Munich Symphony Orchestra 4:32
13LISTENMorgaine's Despair / Munich Symphony Orchestra 3:07
14LISTENVivienne's Death / Munich Symphony Orchestra 2:47
15LISTENLancelot and Guinevere Say Farewell / Munich Symphony Orchestra 2:35
16LISTENMordred Confronts Arthur/The Battle Ends / Munich Symphony Orchestra 4:46
17LISTENFinale / Aeone 5:19
18LISTENI Will Remember You Still / Munich Symphony Orchestra 4:02

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Editorial Reviews

Tales of Camelot have been circulating for centuries, but in the television miniseries The Mists of Avalon (based on the book of the same name), the arrival of King Arthur and his knights is viewed through the eyes of the powerful women behind the throne. Composer Lee Holdridge -- who wrote the music for the Academy Award-winning documentary Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport -- pumps up this score with arrangements that perfectly capture both the mythical and material worlds of this pagan age. By blending Irish folk instruments such as uilleann pipes and bodhran (a goatskin drum) with thunderous timpani, swelling choruses, and simmering string arrangements, Holdridge takes the listener from the courtship between the future king's parents ("Igaine Meets Uther/Arthur Is Born") to the passing of Arthur's mentor ("Merlin's Wisdom/Merlin's Death"). Elsewhere, blaring brass and crashing percussion paint a dramatic scenario of two brothers vying to rule England ("Mordred Confronts Arthur/The Battle Ends"). Bookending Holdridge's compelling score is Canadian chanteuse Loreena McKennitt's Gregorian-flavored reading of "The Mystic's Dream" and Holdrige's collaboration with Celtic musician Aeone on the equally otherworldly "I Will Remember You Still." The magic and mystery of this soundtrack will transport you back to a time of dungeons and dragons. Dave Gil de Rubio, Barnes & Noble

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Mesmerisingby Anonymous

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December 22, 2003: I was absolutely transfixed with what the music told of the various vingettes that forms the Arthurian legends.

Actually it should be 4 1/2 starsby Anonymous

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April 28, 2003: Wonderful. But Loreena McKinnett should do more songs on this. I love her music. It adds a very Celtic sound to the movie.


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