Music by Debbie Wiseman & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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Debbie Wiseman OBE conducts City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, performing her most loved music compositions.

Enjoying a long-standing association with Silva Screen Records, Signature is Debbie’s ninth album on the label, following high-profile popular releases such as A Poet In New York, Wolf Hall and Dickensian. With this album, Debbie Wiseman celebrates her 60th Birthday and her long distinguished artistic career in the world of TV, film and concert music. The concert will be broadcast on Classic FM.

Debbie says: “To have the opportunity of conducting the CBSO with some of my favourite music and scores composed for film, TV, royalty, Classic FM and special occasions is the best birthday gift I could ever imagine. I have long admired the CBSO – their orchestral sound is naturally glorious, rich and dramatic, and to be able to collaborate with this world-class orchestra on this live album is a dream come true. I truly feel as though all my birthdays have come at once!

Signature features a selection of Debbie Wiseman’s most popular pieces with new orchestral arrangements specially created for the prestigious CBSO. The orchestra is also conducted by the composer herself, making the event even more memorable for both the composer and CBSO, as well as Debbie’s faithful fans. Other highlights from the album include ‘Wolf Hall’, ‘A Lustre To This Day’ (originally written for the acclaimed British cellist Steven Isserlis) and ‘Elizabeth Remembered’ (music featured on the BBC’s coverage of the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II).

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Tracklist

1. Myrtle (from The Glorious Garden)
2. Water Lily (from The Glorious Garden)
3. Wolf Hall concert suite
4. Father Brown concert suite
5. A Lustre To This Day
6. Wilde concert suite
7. Elizabeth II (from the Queen’s 90th Birthday celebration)
8. The Traveller
9. Tom’s Midnight Garden concert suite
10. Elizabeth Remembered
11. Charles III
12. Onwards
13. Salute

Music by Alex Heffes

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Sudden Light is a brand-new album of solo piano music written by Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated composer Alex Heffes. With this album, the composer performs his own music for the first time stripped back to solo piano in an intimate and personal journey of rediscovery.

Born in the UK, Alex’s life-long passion for playing the piano started at an early age and has been a constant throughout his career as a composer. In 2018 his piano playing came to an abrupt halt following an accident that left one hand severely broken. Surgery and rehabilitation left him unable to fully play for an extended period and gradually lead to his almost abandoning the instrument. His latest album, Sudden Light is a musical journey of rediscovery. In exploring some of his previous compositions and re-working them for solo piano, a new light is cast on the music and a new path created to the composer rediscovering how to perform again.

Alex Heffes is a Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated composer known for his scores to over 60 movies and TV series including The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, State of Play, Black Mirror, Roots and many others. Originally rising to critical acclaim with his scores to Kevin Macdonald’s Academy Award-winning One Day In September, BAFTA winning Touching The Void and others, he has collaborated with many of cinema’s top filmmakers such as Stephen Frears (The Program), Mira Nair (Queen of Katwe, A Suitable Boy), Catherine Hardwicke (Miss Bala) and JJ Abrams (11.22.63).

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Tracklist

1. The Final Letter (From “Dear Frankie”)

2. I Have Been Here Before (From “Hope Gap”)

3. Shiny Shiny Waltz (From “Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole In My Heart”)

4. Sadie’s Theme (From Here to Eternity) (From “11.22.63”)

5. Phiona’s Theme (From “Queen of Katwe”)

6. Moving On (From “The Elephant Queen”)

7. One Day In September (From “One Day In September”)

8. Theme from Mandela (From “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”)
9. Aya’s Theme (From “Emperor”)

10. Ronnie’s Theme (From “Ronnie’s”)

11. Boston and Marie (From “The 24th”)

12. Marie’s Rag (From “The 24th”)

13. Penguin Raiders Return (From “Earth: One Amazing Day”)
14. Rainforest Waltz (From “Earth: One Amazing Day”)

15. Touching the Void (From “Touching the Void”)

16. For John

Music by Crouch End Festival Chorus & The City of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra

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Tracklist
1 Amazing Grace 4:16
2 Hallelujah 5:46
3 Fairytale Of New York 4:24
4 In The Bleak Midwinter 5:22
5 O Little Town Of Bethlehem 3:48
6 Believe (From The Polar Express) 5:17
7 We Three Kings 3:30
8 Do They Know It’s Christmas? 3:53
9 I Saw Three Ships 2:34
10 Frosty The Snowman 3:18
11 Keeping The Dream Alive 4:15
12 O Come O Come Emmanuel 4:38
13 Once In Royal Davids City 4:24
14 Sussex Carol 2:43
15 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 2:21
16 The Lamb 4:14
17 Perfect Day 3:40
18 All Alone On Christmas (From Home Alone 2) 3:26
19 Auld Lang Syne 5:40

Music by London Music Works

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This is the second album in Silva Screen Records’ Re:scored series and a follow up to Re:scored Epic Classical. The Re: Scored series introduces fresh, thoughtful and contemporary film score reworkings of established genres. On Epic Classical Vol. 2, composer Antonin Roux re-arranges classical favourites in “epic” film score mode. Bach’s Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, Strauss’s The Blue Danube Waltz and Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March in D Major feature award-winning singer Merethe Soltvedt.

The 10 classical compositions chosen for re:scoring are ingrained in popular culture and have appeared in many movies, from drama and animation to Sci-Fi and comedy. Here, the big expansive sound is always a shortcut for an epic win or lose, strength or weakness, purgative or transformational moment in the story; the distinct phrases and harmonies have now become a shortcut for turmoil, end and new beginnings.

Throughout the history of film making, iconic sequences were created by syncing classical music to picture; such as Debussy’s Claire De Lune as part of the Bellagio Resort’s fountain show in Ocean’s Eleven, Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries played at full volume in the Apocalypse Now helicopter invasion scene and Strauss’s Blue Danube Waltz op.314 adopted in Kubrik’s 2001: A Space Odyssey as a recurring theme, giving the movie a timeless and hypnotic quality.

Merethe Soltvedt’s rich vocals can be heard on Interstellar, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men and Ready Player One. Merethe is also a performing and collaborative artist. Notably, Merethe sang with a full orchestra and choir at the Walt Disney Concert Hall as well as with Norwegian rock stars and international artists across Europe, in New York and LA.

Antonin Roux is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist and film composer based in France.

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1. Clair de Lune (From “Suite Bergamasque”) – Claude Debussy
2. The Four Seasons Concerto No. 4 in F Minor RV 297 “Winter” – Antonio Vivaldi
3. Cello Suite no. 1 in G major BWV 1007 – Johann Sebastian Bach
4. Die Walküre, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries – Richard Wagner
5. Boléro, M.81 – Maurice Ravel
6. Gnossienne No.1: Lent – Erik Satie
7. The Blue Danube Waltz Op. 314 – Johann Strauss II
8. Carmen Opera Suite No. 2: Habanera – Georges Bizet
9. Peer Gynt Op. 23: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg
10. Pomp and Circumstance March in D Major Op. 39 No. 1 – Edward Elgar

Silva Screen Records’ re:scored series introduces fresh, thoughtful and contemporary film score reworkings of established genres. On Epic Classical, the first release in this series, Snorre Tidemand re-arranges classical favourites in “epic” film score mode. The 10 classical compositions chosen for re:scoring are ingrained in popular culture and have appeared in many movies, from drama and animation to Sci-Fi and comedy. Always linked to an epic win or lose, strength or weakness, purgative or transformational moment in the story; the distinct phrases and harmonies have now become a shortcut for turmoil, end and new beginnings.

The album features award-winning singer Merethe Soltvedt. Her rich vocals can be heard on Interstellar, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men and Ready Player One. Merethe is also a performing and collaborative artist. Notably, Merethe sung with a full orchestra and choir at the Walt Disney Concert Hall as well as with Norwegian rock stars and international artists across Europe, in New York and LA.

Snorre Tidemand is a Norwegian composer (Bleeding Fingers/Extreme Music, Colossal Trailer Music and Orchestral Tools), who worked on London Music Works’ The Nativity (Cinematic Christmas Carols).

Tracklist
1. Mozart: Requiem – Dies Irae (re:scored) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Snorre Tidemand

2. Elgar: Enigma Variations – Nimrod (re:scored) – Edward Elgar; Snorre Tidemand

3. Verdi: Requiem – Dies Irae (re:scored) – Snorre Tidemand; Giuseppe Verdi

4. Handel: Sarabande (re:scored)** – Snorre Tidemand; George Frideric Handel

5. Holst: The Planets – Jupiter (re:scored)** – Gustav Holst; Snorre Tidemand

6. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons – Summer (re:scored)** – Snorre Tidemand; Antonio Vivaldi

7. Mozart: Requiem – Lacrimosa (re:scored)** – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Snorre Tidemand

8. Dvorak: Slavonic Dances (re:scored) – Antonín Dvořák; Snorre Tidemand

9. Saint Saens: Symphony No. 3 – Finale (re:scored) – Camille Saint-Saëns; Snorre Tidemand

10. Handel: Coronation Anthem – Zadok the Priest (re:scored)** – Snorre Tidemand; George Frideric Handel

(** Featuring Merethe Soltvedt)

Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Composed by Ramin Djawadi

In 2011 composer Ramin Djawadi was first asked to score a new TV series called Game of Thrones. In its first season much of the music was written for a small string ensemble, and filled out with synthetic pads and percussion. Over the course of the next six seasons the music budget got bigger and bigger to match the ever-increasing viewing figures the show was enjoying. This release celebrates the rich tapestry of music over the six series with the full firepower of an 80 piece symphony orchestra and choir.

Game of Thrones really is a television phenomenon. HBO’s epic small screen adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s series of fantasy tomes continues to draw in record audiences around the world, and shows no signs of slowing down. Indeed some 8.9m people tuned in to the Season Six finale in the US and with repeats, recordings and on-demand viewings taken into consideration, it is estimated that Game of Thrones enjoys an average of 23m viewers per installment. With a whopping thirty-eight Emmy Awards (and counting), this series remains the darling of prime-time pay TV.

With so much music created for the sixty episodes so far broadcast, this album can of course only take in so much. The particular cues and themes it does highlight, though, lend themselves beautifully to this symphonic re-imagining.

1. Main Title
2. Goodbye Brother
3. Finale (From “Season 1”)
4. Warrior of Light
5. Winterfell
6. Mother of Dragons
7. A Lannister Always Pays His Debts
8. Dracarys
9. Mhysa
10. Two Swords
11. You Are No Son of Mine
12. The Children
13. Blood of the Dragon
14. Dance of Dragons
15. Atonement
16. Son of the Harpy
17. Light of the Seven
18. Khaleesi
19. Winter Has Come
20. Hear Me Roar
21. The Winds of Winter