Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #574354 in Music
• Released on: 2003-09-20
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
A Film by Huey
Wilderness & Spirit, A Moutain Called Katahdin
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music Composed by Tom Myron
Featuring The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Toshiyuki Shimada, conductor and The Keepers of the Penobscot Drum

A Note From the Filmmaker
In making "Wilderness and Spirit, A Mountain Called Katahdin" I knew many people would be seen and heard on screen speaking eloquently about Katahdin. But what would be the "voice" of Katahdin, the mountain itself, in the film? It had to be the music.

Tom Myron's luminous, magnificently crafted music and the powerfully moving traditional songs of the Penobscot people, performed by the Keepers of the Penobscot Drum, are what make the mountain speak to the viewer in my film.

Together, Tom's music and the traditional Penobscot songs provide the same blend of past and present that the film as a whole embodies- Maine's history, its ongoing efforts to preserve its wilderness and our obligation to future generations to keep the Maine Woods intact. The music on this recording honors the spirit of Katahdin, giving it voice in rhythms and harmonies both newly composed and sung over centuries.

Peace,
Huey

Fred Frith
"Myron's music for Wilderness and Spirit really knocked me out. It hits the spot every time....those guitar parts! Breathtaking."

Customer Reviews

Climb This Mountain
Myron's music is poetry. Metaphor, really. Ranging from delicate, to ominous, to fierce, it always evokes the power of the "Greatest Mountain", Katahdin. But even more, it will transport you to a restful, wild place. The brief spoken tracks and those by the Keepers of the Penobscot Drum remind us of the first people to sense the spirit of this wild place and how important it is to keep such places as an antidote to our modern world. Even my three-year-old requests this music. It is beautiful, quieting, and energizing all at once. Like being there.