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| The Wheel of Time Season 1, Vol. 2 Soundtrack by Grammy Winning Composer Lorne Balfe Milan Records today releases THE WHEEL OF TIME: SEASON 1, VOL. 2 (AMAZON ORIGINAL SERIES SOUNDTRACK), an album of music composed by LORNE BALFE for the hit world-building fantasy series. Available everywhere now, the album features original vocal and score music written by Balfe for the latest episodes in the series, which debut each Friday on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Today's release arrives on the heels of The First Turn themes album and the Volume 1 soundtrack release and will be followed by a third and final soundtrack from the show's first season arriving on Friday, December 17. The series' vast musical universe was initially introduced with the release of The Wheel of Time: The First Turn (Amazon Original Series Soundtrack), a conceptual album of key themes written by Balfe for the characters, settings and ideas central to the show. Available everywhere now, the 14-track collection provides a foundation for the fantasy series' rich soundscape, with many of Balfe's final score cues developing as variations of these initial themes. In addition to the album's digital release, The First Turn soundtrack will also be made available in spatial audio, giving listeners a completely immersive listening experience with enhanced clarity, as well as in vinyl format, set to arrive in 2022. As introduced with The First Turn album, The Wheel of Time soundscape includes a number of vocal contributions performed in Old Tongue, a language specific to the series. Balfe has enlisted a group of talented vocalists to perform on the soundtracks, including singer-songwriter and frontman of chart-topping Britpop group Go West Peter Cox, pop/folk singer-songwriter Abby Lyons, folk-Americana quartet Our Native Daughters and more. The soundtracks are produced by 14th Street Music, a production company owned by Hans Zimmer, Steve Kofsky and Lorne Balfe. ABOUT THE WHEEL OF TIME The Wheel of Time is one of the most popular and enduring fantasy series of all time, with more than 90 million books sold. Set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it, the story follows Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), a member of the incredibly powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she arrives in the small town of Two Rivers. There, she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity. Based on Robert Jordan's best-selling fantasy novels, The Wheel of Time was adapted for television by executive producer/showrunner Rafe Judkins. Larry Mondragon and Rick Selvage of iwot productions, Mike Weber and Ted Field of Radar Pictures, Darren Lemke, Marigo Kehoe, and Uta Briesewitz will also serve as executive producers, with Briesewitz set to direct the first two episodes. Rosamund Pike will serve as producer, with Harriet McDougal and Brandon Sanderson as consulting producers. The Wheel of Time is co-produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television. TRACKLIST: 1. Storm the Castle 2. Balance of Power 3. No Bond is Closer 4. The Woven Shield 5. The Way of the Leaf 6. Tuatha'an Tales 7. Nightmares 8. Arrows Fall 9. Like a Raging Sun 10. Tar Valon 11. Breaking the Leaf 12. Wolf Ambush 13. Humble Beginnings 14. Clouded by Greed 15. Beyond the Hidden Door 16. Reunited 17. The Path Forward write your comments about the article :: © 2022 Jazz News :: home page |