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Performed a symphonic concert with the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Choir at Madrid's 'Teatro Monumental' on 1st July 2006. It was part of the inaugural SONCINEMAD Festival of Film Music. The concert was conducted by Trevor Jones himself. The programme contained excerpts from the following films:
Cliffhanger
Merlin
Roseanna's Grave
Aegis
The Last Place on Earth
The Last of the Mohicans
The Mighty
Fields of Freedom
The Dark Crystal
Dominic & Eugene

A double CD of the performance will be released through this website by the end of July 2006.

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Please keep an eye on the website for further info.

CD1

CLIFFHANGER
01. Cliffhanger End Credits (2:48 )
MERLIN - Suite
02. Merlin Opening Titles (1:10)
03. Ambrosia Dies (1:17)
04. Re-united (2:29)
05. Merlin End Credits (2:10)
ROSEANNA'S GRAVE - Suite
06. Roseanna's Theme (1:57)
07. Antonio Looks For Cecilia (1:03)
08. Marcello On Vespa (1:12)
09. Roseanna's Grave End Credits (5:50)
AEGIS
10. Ko Is Shot / End Credits (7:10)
LAST PLACE ON EARTH
11. Last Place On Earth Main Theme (2:42)
12. Snow Mistress (1:19)
13. Norwegian Theme (0:53)
14. Chamber Ensemble At Mabel Beardsley's Soiree (3:09)
15. Message To The Public (2:54)
16. Last Place On Earth Closing Title (3:28 )

CD2

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS - Suite
01. The Last of The Mohicans Main Title (2:42)
02. The Kiss (3:08 )
03. Fort Battle (3:40)
04. Top of The World (4:12)
THE MIGHTY
05. Chapter Six - The Empty Book / Death of A Knight (7:05)
FIELDS OF FREEDOM
06. Confederates & Unionists Regroup / Destiny of A Nation (4:55)
THE DARK CRYSTAL - Suite
07. Dark Crystal Overture (3:20)
08. The Skeksis Duel (2:08 )
09. Love Theme (3:01)
10. The Gelfling Ruins (2:20)
11. The Landstrider Journey (1:06)
12. Dark Crystal Finale (6:22)
DOMINIC & EUGENE
13. Departure (4:24)
LAST PLACE ON EARTH
14. Axel Heiberg (9:31)

The improvements are just extraordinary.

It's worth it only to hear Last of the Mohicans get the treatment it always deserved: full-blown symphony orchestra, massive sound, lush & rich string section, and an up-front recording to blow your ears out. Sadly, it just proves once and for all what a missed opportunity that Varese Sarabande frisbee is: first rate conductor (McNeely), first rate orchestra (RSNO), first rate engineering team (Allen & co), and results that sound like the Royal Scottish Chamber Ensemble was recorded in a gloomy cavernous acoustic that gives it a tiny pinched sound barely better than the OST, and a recessed orchestra robbed of its impact by the loud thumping reverb of the percussion.

For Roseanna was originally released as one of the worst CD masterings ever. The volume was so low, you couldn't hear the music. The concert suite lets the end credits suite fly in all it's lush splendor.

Merlin... more grandiose with a richer, more impactful sound than the OST. Missing some of Jones' best action writing, but who cares.

And it just goes on and on.

Ok, the performance is hardly top notch. The solo fiddler's vibrato in Mohicans is annoying. There's brass cacks, ensemble incohesion, but the energy of the performance and the crisp, up front recording more than make up for the orchestra's relative troubles, or Jones' rushed tempi.

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