Earthsongs [Bonus DVD]

• Artist: Secret Garden
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• Release Date: March 08, 2005
• Type: Soundtrack
• Genre: New Age

Review

Pure and simple this is new age Celtic-flavored pablum. There is little compelling here except for the near-virtuoso violin playing of Fionnula Sherry. There are some vocals placed in here, all of them near a whisper and evoking breathlessly the magic just beyond the night sky, the glen, the next kiss or some such. It's very difficult not to be cynical when music like this is not created seemingly as an end in itself with a very, very small but dedicated market niche in mind. [Earthsongs was also released with a bonus DVD.] ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Sometimes When It Rains		Secret Garden
Fields of Fortune		Secret Garden
The Reel		Secret Garden
Always There (Lyrics)		Secret Garden
When Darkness Falls		Secret Garden
Sleepsong (Lyrics)		Secret Garden
Lotus		Secret Garden
Searching for the Past		Secret Garden
Silence Speaks		Secret Garden
Daughters of Erin		Secret Garden
Half a World Away (Lyrics)		Secret Garden
Canzona		Secret Garden
Grace		Secret Garden
Raise Your Voices (Lyrics)		Secret Garden

Credits

Michael McGoldrick (Flute), Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (Whistle (Instrument)), Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (Horn), Fiachra Trench (Orchestration), Rolf Lovland (Harp), Irish Film Orchestra (Orchestra), Alf Emil Eik (Engineer), Rolf Lovland (Score), Björn Engelmann (Mastering), David Downes (Orchestration), Des Moore (Guitar), Gospel Choir (Choir, Chorus), Rowen Rossiter (Assistant Engineer), Mick O'Brien (Uillean Pipes), Michael McGoldrick (Uillean Pipes), Simon Franglen (Vocal Engineer), Rolf Lovland (Flute), Åsa Jinder (Key Harp), Martin O'Connor (Accordion), Wang Wei (Engineer), Mick O'Brien (Whistle (Human)), Rolf Lovland (Keyboards), Michael McGoldrick (Whistle (Human)), Ole Edvard Antonsen (Trumpet), Tim Martin (Engineer), Richard McCullough (Assistant Engineer), Steve Cooney (Guitar), Noel Eccles (Percussion), Jeff "Bucko" Biggers (Assistant Engineer), Benedicte Stendah Hansen (Hair Stylist), Alan Meyerson (Mixing), Mairead Nesbitt (Violin), Noel Eccles (Tympani [Timpani]), Bjørn Ole Rasch (Keyboards), Simon Franglen (Producer), Jake Jackson (Assistant Engineer), Laoise Kelly (Irish Harp), Alan Meyerson (Engineer), David Agnew (Oboe), Fionnuala Sherry (Producer), John Finucane (Conductor), Bjørn Ole Rasch (Vocoder), Des Moore (Guitar (Acoustic)), Jun Sato (Photography), Manus Lunny (Bouzouki), Rolf Lovland (Piano), Simon Franglen (Engineer), Gerard Keenan (Choir Director), Rolf Lovland (Producer), Ulf Holand (Engineer), Ole Edvard Antonsen (Piccolo Trumpet), Nancy Bundt (Photography), Bjørn Ole Rasch (Organ (Hammond)), Noel Eccles (Bodhran), Bjørn Ole Rasch (Organ), Steve Cooney (Mandolin), Fionnuala Sherry (Violin), Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (Kantele), Steve Cooney (Guitar (Acoustic)), Alan Smale (Leader), Rolf Lovland (Piano (Electric)), Alf Emil Eik (Sampling)