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Eirik Myhr is a composer friend of mine in Norway (one of our foremost composers, actually), and he’s a huge fan of Danny Elfman. In fact, he was a guest on my Danny Elfman special on Celluloid Tunes a couple of years ago. Now he’s composed music for a stageplay here in Norway that occasionally hints to the Elfman sound — most overtly in the BATMAN RETURNS-like organs in “Katla’s Destiny”. But it’s still a wholly original work. So with that ‘relevance’, I hope you don’t mind me posting the press release here on this forum:
PlingKong Recordings (plingkong.com) is proud to present the soundtrack for the stageplay adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s seminal fantasy novel THE BROTHERS LIONHEART. Release: February 26th.
Astrid Lindgren’s THE BROTHERS LIONHEART (1973) is a cornerstone of Scandinavian literature – a heartbreaking, bittersweet story about childhood and death. Young “Rusky” is fatally ill, but loses his big brother Jonatan before he himself succumbs to his illness. In the afterlife, they reunite in the mythological realm known as Nangijala – a fantasy world inhabited by orchards, quirky characters and evil rulers. In 2014, the novel was transcribed to stage at The Norwegian Theater in Oslo.
Eirik Myhr’s music is delicate and melancholic, written for string quintet, wordless vocals and samples – with particular use of vibraphone, percussion, organ and harp. The score is organized around leitmotifs for the most prominent characters, with the lofty, ethereal theme for Nangijala as the centerpiece. Its harmonic language is firmly molded in the Nordic sensibilities of Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius, but also with more contemporary fairytale stylings in the tradition of Danny Elfman and Alexandre Desplat – all the while sounding like its own sound world as it tries to musically portray the inner life of the characters.
Eirik Myhr (b. 1982) has composed music for film, television and theatre since 2006, including the family films RAFIKI (2009) and THE TOUGH GUYS (2013). For more information, visit http://www.eirikmyhr.no.
Cover: http://plingkong.com/docs/l%C3%B8vehjarte-cover-500.jpg
Track listing:
1. Prolog (Prologue) 2:07
2. Ei snøkvit due (A white dove) 1:05
3. Nangijala (Nangijala) 3:53
4. Kavring og Jonatan (Rusky and Jonathan) 1:11
5. Sjå, Jonatan, eg rir! (Look, Jonathan, I’m riding!) 1:08
6. Sofia (Sophia) 1:47
7. Tengil av Karmanjaka (Tengil of Karmanjaka) 2:15
8. Paloma (Paloma) 1:29
9. Berre ein draum? (Only a dream?) 1:45
10. Rittet (The race) 2:02
11. Ein svikar i Kirsebærdalen (A traitor in the Cherry Valley) 2:17
12. Inn i Villrosedalen (Entering the Thorn Rose Valley) 2:13
13. Bianka (Bianca) 1:42
14. Mattisgarden (Mattias’ house) 2:39
15. Ransakinga (Ransacking) 2:41
16. All makt til Tengil (All power to Tengil) 3:10
17. Soga om Katla og Karm (The tale of Katla and Karm) 2:17
18. Under jorda (Underground) 0:56
19. Ein kveld for å ri langs elvar (A night to ride along rivers) 2:17
20. Sviket ved Karmafossen (Betrayal at the Karma Falls) 3:33
21. Slaget om Villrosedalen (Battle of the Thorn Rose Valley) 3:10
22. Katla si skjebne (Katla’s destiny) 1:45
23. Nangilima (Nangilima) 5:21Total duration 52:48
Teaser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL1S4MP05es
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