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Lyra
Feb 11, 2009 3:26:35 GMT
Post by Xanadu on Feb 11, 2009 3:26:35 GMT
Any thoughts?
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Lyra
Feb 11, 2009 19:35:46 GMT
Post by Lori on Feb 11, 2009 19:35:46 GMT
I love it!!! I went to see The Golden Compass at the cinema when it first came out. I wasn't aware Kate had done a sountrack for this film, but when the end credits went up I knew straight away it was her. Lovely song, and goes with the movie perfectly.
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Lyra
Feb 14, 2009 19:32:51 GMT
Post by tannis on Feb 14, 2009 19:32:51 GMT
Hello Xan and Lori. I was very excited anticipating "Lyra". But the song didn't impress me much. I remember thinking it was going to turn into a club anthem-type song at 0:40 (a la Nocturn). But it settles as a lullaby. I don't consider it a KT (album) song, but a commission. And it did its job, even earning her a nomination for Best Original Song (Satellite Awards, 2007).
Philip Pullman read English at Exeter college and chose Oxford as a background in his best selling trilogy, His Dark Materials. So much so, that he published Lyra’s Oxford, a guide to the settings woven into the books which serves as “a stepping stone between the trilogy and the next book”.
So it is quite apt that KaTe chose to construct "Lyra" around the Choristers of Magdalen College Choir, Oxford. About Lyra (from The Golden Compass)
Lyra 3:19 (Written and Performed by Kate Bush) Featuring the Choristers of Magdalen College Choir, Oxford Director: Bill Ives; Recording and Mixing Engineer: Del Palmer; Choral Arrangement: James Brett; Choir Recorded by: Jonathan Allen; Assisted by Richard Hale; Executive Engineer: Jim Jones Kate Bush Thanks: Ileen Maisel, Dan McIntosh, Andrew Halls, Ian Sylvester, Colette, All At Abbey Road Studios, Geoff Jukes & Bertie "Lyra" Published by Noble and Brite Limited c/o EMI Music Publishing / New Line Tunes (P) 2007 New Line Productions, Inc.
Where are our lives If there is no dream Where is our home
We don't know how There will be a way Out of the storm We will find home
And her soul walks beside her An army stands behind her Lyra, Lyra
And her face full of grace Two worlds collide around her The truth lies deep inside her Lyra, Lyra
And the stars look down upon her This darkness settles on her Lyra, Lyra
Who's to know what's in the future We hope we will be with her We have all our love to give her O Lyra, Lyra
And her soul walks beside her An army stands behind her Lyra, Lyra
And her face full of grace Two worlds collide around her The truth lies deep inside her Lyra, LyraKate Bush - Lyra - The Golden Compass (music video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rei_OOUxaBE
LYRA -Kate Bush- Remix by Alphanwww.youtube.com/watch?v=tR0n0zgnDaYKate recorded her vocals for the track in her home studio, but used the Abbey Road mobile unit to record the boys choir at their school in Oxford. 27th November 2007: On the day of the film's world premiere in London Del Palmer has written a very interesting account on the recording of 'Lyra' posted on his official website: "The song was written very quickly as Kate was asked to do it at very short notice. In fact she only had a matter of days to write and produce it. She came to the studio with a rough demo recorded at her home using a ProTools LE system. Our first job was to record the keyboard and the lead vocal so that the Choir arranger could get to work as quickly as possible. This short project was to be a happy return to analog recording for us. We used a Studer A827 24 track recorder. Once the track was recorded it was transferred to ProTools for editing and mixing. This was so that the choir recordings could be done using a small mobile setup supplied by Abbey Road on a Monday morning. They were then imported into the original ProTools session for mixing on the Monday afternoon. Kate then took a car to Abbey Road for mixing in the evening. Abbey Road studio did the 5.1 surround mix. This was because all of the soundtrack music had been done there so it made sense to do the same. The following day we did a stereo mix at our studio for the soundtrack album release. In all, the whole thing took about 10 days to do. I personally think it's a wonderful performance from Kate considering the time restrictions, in particular her vocal." Thanks Del, and well done on an excellent job - I'm looking forward to hearing Kate at the cinema in 5.1 surround for the very first time! 27th November 2007: In other 'Lyra' news, the Oxford Mail has revealed that Kate is paying for the choir who sang on her song to take a trip to see the film. Choir director Bill Ives said: "Ms Bush came along to see the boys because it was her song and she wanted to meet them. She was lovely, very quiet and altogether charming, and the boys were very excited to meet her." Magdalen School College choir is made up of 16 boys, aged nine to 13, and 12 men, although only the boys sang on Lyra. On top of that, Kate Bush has very kindly offered to pay for them all to go and see the film when it comes out, so we will be taking them for a treat." www.katebushnews.com/katenews.htm
A late and unexpected entry in the race for the Best Original Song Oscar comes from New Line Cinema's "The Golden Compass," which ends with a new tune from esteemed British singer Kate Bush... And unlike Luke and Frodo, Lyra gets a Kate Bush song in her name. "Lyra" is an odd, sparse little number, putting the emphasis almost entirely on Bush's vocals. It's not all that out of step with some of the quieter, voice-and-piano songs of her 2005 effort "Aerial," and Bush is certainly an appropriate choice for a fantasy film with some abstract -- perhaps theological -- concerns, since there are plenty of examples of her lyrics tending toward the mystical. If there's any noticeable effect used in the song, it's primarily the sound of wind, which adds a coldness to Bush's usually warm vocal styling. Indeed, it serves to bring a sort of distance between Bush and the soft hymn provided by the Magdalen College Choir of Oxford, England, making Bush feel a little more like an orator than a singer. Lyrically, Bush sticks pretty close to the source material, which is the song's main weakness. Not only named after the main character in the film, "Lyra" recounts the mystery that surrounds the heroine of the trilogy-to-be. By so literally interpreting the film, the song likely won't have much of a life outside the movie. Yet Bush loyalists will surely appreciate new music from the idiosyncratic artist. While not her among her strongest work, "Lyra" still shows Bush is a vocalist like few others. For instance, she's able to gently unfurl the song's main lyrical refrain -- "And her soul walks beside / an army stands behind her" -- a weighty, "Dungeons & Dragons"-like line that a lesser lyricist would trip over. The song's course mirrors the film, which is designed to be the first of three. Rather than provide answers, Bush offers a question: "Who knows what's in the future?" Ultimately, however, this makes the song (like the film, perhaps) feel a bit unfinished. It's a small, brief choral prelude to something more bombastic to come. Whether you're along for the ride will likely depend on your previous affection for Bush.latimesblogs.latimes.com/extendedplay/2007/11/john-legends-au.html
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Lyra
Feb 15, 2009 11:45:23 GMT
Post by Lori on Feb 15, 2009 11:45:23 GMT
I think the reason it was so powerful for me was because I'd just watched the entire movie and it played as the credits were going up at the end. So I'd been captured by "The Golden Compass" movie and it was the perfect finish.
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Lyra
Feb 15, 2009 23:27:59 GMT
Post by tannis on Feb 15, 2009 23:27:59 GMT
Yes, Lori, I didn't see the film, but I have no doubt that "Lyra" was the perfect theme song.
Apparently, there were to have been film sequels to The Golden Compass. But...Perhaps it has disappeared through a window into another universe, like its characters. It looked increasingly unlikely yesterday that cinema audiences in this world will get to see the planned film sequels in Philip Pullman's children's fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials. Sources in the film industry said that plans for a sequel to The Golden Compass appeared to have been put on ice following the fervent Christian protests surrounding the first film, which led to boycotts and box office disappointment in the United States.www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/christian-protests-may-leave-philip-pullmans-trilogy-as-one-of-a-kind-870833.html
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Lyra
Feb 18, 2009 19:03:57 GMT
Post by Lori on Feb 18, 2009 19:03:57 GMT
Apparently, there were to have been film sequels to The Golden Compass. There has to be. It was like seeing half a movie. It ended right in the middle of the story
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Lyra
Feb 18, 2009 20:20:42 GMT
Post by tannis on Feb 18, 2009 20:20:42 GMT
Sounds like quite a cliff-hanger! The Lord of the Rings film trilogy were filmed concurrently. Maybe that sort of approach should have been adopted for Pullman's trilogy? Nevertheless, a screenplay for the second book has been commissioned, so film sequels are clearly being considered. We should never give our money to the makers of a movie like this!! And we should keep our children away from it!! Philip Pullman is trying to get into their heads at a young age, and corrupt them!! Karen G, chicago, Illinois
I was raised Catholic, the Catholic Church is part of my essence. I wouldn't be able to do this film if I thought it were at all anti-Catholic. Nicole Kidman, Honolulu
how are they going to handle the third book? The Golden Compass is tame. The Amber Spyglass is the real issue. Sounds like Nicole Kidman should have actually read the books. Abby, USAThe Golden Compass ... The children's novel tells the story of Lyra, who battles against a dominant religious authority called 'The Magisterium' (a kind of other-worldly secret Vatican committee), which condones the abduction of children for experimentation. Director Weitz said "in the books the Magisterium is a version of the Catholic Church gone wildly astray from its roots," though the film waters this down. On October 7, 2007 the Catholic League called for a boycott of the film. League president William A. Donohue said he would not ordinarily object to the film, but that while the religious elements are diluted from the source material, the film will encourage children to read the novels, which he says denigrate Christianity and promote atheism for kids. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, agreed that the broad appeal of the film was a dangerous lure to the novels. On December 19, 2007, the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, published an editorial in which it denounced the film as godless.
Film Sequels? ... New Line Cinema commissioned Hossein Amini to write a screenplay based on the second book in the trilogy, The Subtle Knife, potentially for release in late 2009, with the third book of the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass, to follow. However, New Line president Toby Emmerich stressed that production of the second and third films was dependent on the financial success of The Golden Compass. When The Golden Compass did not meet expectations at the United States box office, the likelihood of a sequel was downplayed by New Line. According to studio co-head Michael Lynne, "The jury is still very much out on the movie, and while it's performed very strongly overseas we'll look at it early [2008] and see where we're going with a [sequel]". In March 2008, The Golden Compass Producer Deborah Forte expressed optimism that sequels could be made, and said that she intended to see them realized, but the studio decided not to make them. In December 2008, The Independent noted that a risky economic climate may have contributed to the non-production of further films, as "wider film industry is expecting to tighten its belt in 2009".Other cinematic 'blasphemers'
The Life of Brian (1979): The tale of an innocent Jewish man mistaken for Christ when the three wise men go to the wrong manger was damned as blasphemous on its release. The Monty Python team maintained it spoofed Biblical films, rather than Christianity.
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988): Scenes in which Jesus fantasises on the cross about living as a married man and having children with Mary Magdalene sparked the fury of the US church and religious right.
Dogma (1999): The satire about two fallen angels seeking to get back into heaven via an obscure loophole sparked protests in Britain, the United States and France.
The Da Vinci Code (2006): The Vatican appointed an archbishop to rebut "shameful and unfounded errors".
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