The Eagle – Project Details

2010

THE EAGLE, 2010, Directed by Kevin Macdonald

FILM CREDITS

Music by Atli Örvarsson

Music Editor: John Warhurst

Music Produced by Atli Örvarsson & Dave Fleming
Additional Music by Dave Fleming
Orchestration: Julian Kershaw
Music Mixed by Steve McLaughlin
Conductor: Andy Brown
Music Performed by London Metropolitan Orchestra
Men's Choir: Karlkor Aldydu
Music Preparation: Jill Streater
Advisor on Ancient Scottish Music: John Purser
Music Production Co-Ordinator: Elisa Kustow, Northpole Music
Additional Recordings by Richard Lancaster & Richard Cooper
Music Recorded at Abbey Road, London, British Grove, London, Grey Friars Church, Edinburgh & Mission Hall Studio, Edinburgh
Music Mixed at British Grove, London
Special Thanks to Matthew Herbert
Featured Musicians
Eoghan Neff: Violin
Flaithri Neff: Uillean Pipes
Allan MacDonald: Vocals, Small Pipes
John Purser: Vocals, Ancient Horns & Whistles
John Kenny: Carnyx, Alpenhorn, Various Ancient Horns
Simon O'Dwyer: Vocals, Ancient Horns & Whistles
Thorhildur Örvarsdottir: Vocals
Satnam Ramgotra: Ethnic Percussion
Gillian Tinglay: Harp & Celtic Harp
Gregory Knowles: Cimbalom
Brian Hanlon: Bodhran
Vladimir Podgoretsky: Rojok, Kaluka
End Title Track "The Return Of The Eagle"

Performed by Torc
(Featuring The Neff Brothers & Atli Örvarsson)

ALBUM ASSEMBLY

Testudo : 2m10 Praying Daytime Battle (Edited)
Highlands : 3m20 Searching
The Return Of The Eagle : End Titles
The Ninth Legion : 6m39 Return Of The Ninth
North Of The Wall : 1m1 Opening + 3m19 Ride North
Honourable Discharge : 2m16 ALT Marcus Operation Flashback + 2m11A Marcus In Villa Part 1 + 2m11B Marcus In Villa Part 2
Out Swords : 6m41 Final Battle
May Your Souls Take Flight : 6m42 Cremating Guern
The Seal People : 4m27 Seal Woman + 5m35 Seal Gives Chase
Searching : 3m22 More Searching + 3m17 Dinner Party
Barbarians : 1m9 Barbarians Chop Heads
I Will Return : 5m38 Marcus With Eagle
Better Angry Than Dead : 1m8 Night Battle
Eagle Lost Honour Lost : 2m16 Marcus Operation Flashback
Fleeing The Village : 5m33 Escape + 5m34 Flee The Seal Village
Edge Of The World : 4m26 v2 Calling Seals
Esca's Freedom : 5m37 Esca Freedom
Beyond The Territories : 5m32 Cave Fight + 5m36 v2 Seals Catching Up

1m1 Opening (1:03)
Atli Örvarsson
1m5 Building The Fort (0:53)
Atli Örvarsson
1m6 Suspence At The Fort (0:56)
Atli Örvarsson
1m7 Wake Up The Soldiers (1:04)
Atli Örvarsson
1m8 Night Battle (1:50)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming
1m9 Barbarians Chop Heads (2:45)
Atli Örvarsson
2m10 Praying Daytime Battle (3:04)
Atli Örvarsson
2m10B Chariots Texture (1:26)
Atli Örvarsson
2m11A Marcus In Villa Part 1 (0:25)
Atli Örvarsson
2m11B Marcus In Villa Part 2 (1:03)
Atli Örvarsson
2m12A Injured (1:07)
Atli Örvarsson
2m12B Father Memory (0:44)
Atli Örvarsson
2m14 Esca Collosseum Fight (3:12)
Atli Örvarsson
2m15 Esca Knife (0:45)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming
2m16 Marcus Operation Flashback (1:37)
Atli Örvarsson
2m16 ALT Marcus Operation Flashback (Alternate) (1:27)
Atli Örvarsson
3m17 Dinner Party (1:42)
Atli Örvarsson
3m18 Decision (1:12)
Atli Örvarsson
3m19 Ride North (1:38)
Atli Örvarsson
3m19A Crossing Border (1:33)
Atli Örvarsson
3m19B Esca Tells Marcus (1:08)
Atli Örvarsson
3m20 Searching (2:17)
Atli Örvarsson, Allan Macdonald
3m21 Rogue Warrior (2:45)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming
3m22 More Searching (2:52)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming, Eoghan Neff
3m23 Guern The Hunter (1:38)
Atli Örvarsson
4m23B Guern (0:46)
Atli Örvarsson
4m24 The Killing Grounds (3:09)
Atli Örvarsson
4m26 v2 Calling Seals (2:57)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming, John Purser
4m26 v1 Calling Seals (Alternate) (1:53)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming, Allan Macdonald
4m27 Seal Woman (1:25)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming, Hilda Örvarsdottir
4m29 On Your Knees (2:17)
Atli Örvarsson
4m31 Seal Ceremony (2:05)
Atli Örvarsson
5m32 Cave Fight (2:44)
Atli Örvarsson
5m33 Escape (1:42)
Atli Örvarsson
5m34 Flee The Seal Village (2:06)
Atli Örvarsson
5m35 Seal Gives Chase (1:23)
Atli Örvarsson
5m36 v1 Seals Catching Up (2:28)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming, Hilda Örvarsdottir
5m36 v2 Seals Catching Up (Alternate) (2:28)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming, Hilda Örvarsdottir
5m37 Esca Freedom (1:43)
Atli Örvarsson
5m38 Marcus With Eagle (2:26)
Atli Örvarsson
6m39 Return Of The Ninth (2:17)
Atli Örvarsson
6m40 Seal Prince (1:35)
Atli Örvarsson
6m41 Final Battle (2:52)
Atli Örvarsson
6m42 Cremating Guern (4:09)
Atli Örvarsson
6m43 Marcus & Esca (0:32)
Atli Örvarsson
EC End Titles (3:00)
Atli Örvarsson, Torc, Eoghan Neff, Flaithri Neff
Drum Source (0:36)
Atli Örvarsson
The Eagle

The Eagle

2010 48'42 Silva Screen Records
Release date : 04/04/2011
BOOKLET CREDITS

"The Return Of The Eagle"
Based on the Irish Reel "The Musical Priest"
Performed by Torc
Featuring The Nerf Brothers & Atli Örvarsson

Additional folk music referenced:
Gratandi kem eg nu, Guo minn, til Thin - Icelandic Folk Song
Sung by Thorhildur Örvarsdottir

Lament for Alasdair Dearg - Scottish Piobaireachd
Ion-do, ion-da (Ancient Gaelic Song of the Seal People)
Sung by Allan Macdonald

Cro Chinn t-Saile (The Cattle-folds of Kintail) - Traditional Gaelic Song
Performed on Small Pipes by Allan Macdonald

Music Composed & Produced by Atli Örvarsson
Additional Music by Dave Fleming
Orchestration by Julian Kershaw
Music Recorded & Mixed by Steve McLaughlin
Conductor: Andy Brown
Music Performed by London Metropolitan Orchestra
Men's Choir: Karlakor althyou
Music Preparation: Jill Streater
Advisor on Ancient Scottish Music: John Purser
Music Editor: John Warhurst
Music Production Coordinator: Elisa Kustow, Northpole Music
Additional Recordings by Richard Lancaster & Richard Cooper
Music Recorded at Abbey Road, London, British Grove, London, Grey Friars Church, Edinburgh & Missian Hall Studio, Edinburgh
Music Mixed at Brith Grove, London
Special Thanks to Matthew Herbert

Featured Musicians:
Allan Macdonald: Vocals & Small Pipes
John Purser: Vocals, Ancient Horns & Whistles
John Kenny: Carnyx, Alpenhorn & Various Ancient Horns
Simon O'Dwyer: Vocals, Ancient Horns & Whistles
Eoghan Neff: Violin
Flaithri Neff: Uilleann Pipes
Brian Hanlon: Bodhran
Thorhildur Örvarsdottir: Vocals
Gregory Knowles: Cimbalom
Gillian Tinglay: Harp & Celtic Harp
Keyavash Nourai: Kamancheh
Satnam Ramgotra: Ethnic Percussion
Vladimir Podgoretsky: Rojok & Kaluka
Dave Fleming: Vocals & Percussion
Atli Örvarsson: Prepared Piano, Dulcimers, Ram's Horn, Vocals & Percussion

Music Business & Legal for Focus Features: Christine Bergren
Soundtracks for Focus Features: Jennifer Towle
Executive Producers for Silva Screen Records Ltd.: Reynold D'Silva & David Stoner
Album Release Co-ordination: Pete Compton

Special Thanks: Jade Alex, David Block, Adriene Bowles, David Brooks, Tiffany Che, Avy Eschenasy, Blair Green, Andrew Karpen, Chelsea McGovern, John Lyons, Howard Meyers, Teresa Moneo, Jeff Roth, James Schamus, Ben Urquhart

Atli Örvarsson
My deepest gratitude goes out to all the musicians who collaborated with me, I am humbled by your talent & grace & could not have made this score without you. Thanks to Kevin Macdonald, Duncan Kenworthy, Ben Williams, Steve McLaughlin, Dave Fleming, Thorhildur Örvarsdottir, Karl Örvarsson, John Purser, Andy Brown, Maria Machado, Sam Schwartz, Christine Bergren, Hans Zimmer & everyone else who guided & encouraged me along the way! Special thanks to my wife Anna & my children, Hildur Svava & Odinn, for putting up with the crazy hours & sustained absences. I love you!

01 – Testudo (2:47)
Atli Örvarsson
02 – Highlands (2:14)
Atli Örvarsson, Allan Macdonald
03 – The Return Of The Eagle (2:58)
Atli Örvarsson, Torc, Eoghan Neff, Flaithri Neff
04 – The Ninth Legion (2:18)
Atli Örvarsson
05 – North Of The Wall (2:04)
Atli Örvarsson
06 – Honourable Discharge (2:36)
Atli Örvarsson
07 – Out Swords! (2:52)
Atli Örvarsson
08 – May Your Souls Take Flight (4:10)
Atli Örvarsson
09 – The Seal People (2:38)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming, Thorhildur Örvarsdottir
10 – Searching (3:51)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming, Eoghan Neff
11 – Barbarians (2:45)
Atli Örvarsson
12 – I Will Return (2:25)
Atli Örvarsson
13 – Better Angry Than Dead (1:48)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming
14 – Eagle Lost, Honour Lost (1:33)
Atli Örvarsson
15 – Fleeing The Village (3:33)
Atli Örvarsson
16 – Edge Of The World (1:53)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming, Allan Macdonald
17 – Esca’s Freedom (1:42)
Atli Örvarsson
18 – Beyond The Territories (4:33)
Atli Örvarsson, David Fleming, Thorhildur Örvarsdottir

20 Comments

  1. Natasha May 12, 2015 at 10:18 pm - Reply

    Can I ask where you got this? I'd love to hear it all, was wondering if it's on sale anywhere?? :)

  2. Natasha May 12, 2015 at 10:18 pm - Reply

    Can I ask where you got this? I'd love to hear it all, was wondering if it's on sale anywhere?? :)

  3. Smith October 5, 2011 at 3:08 pm - Reply

    and me. ;)

  4. Smith October 5, 2011 at 3:08 pm - Reply

    and me. ;)

  5. Bondo June 12, 2011 at 4:24 am - Reply

    This makes for a much better listening experience! Thanks Hybrid!

  6. Bondo June 12, 2011 at 4:24 am - Reply

    This makes for a much better listening experience! Thanks Hybrid!

  7. Ds June 11, 2011 at 11:56 am - Reply

    Thank you Hybrid!

    This soundtrack creates an incredible atmosphere in the movie. Unusual but just perfect!

  8. Ds June 11, 2011 at 11:56 am - Reply

    Thank you Hybrid!

    This soundtrack creates an incredible atmosphere in the movie. Unusual but just perfect!

  9. Lutz March 27, 2011 at 12:00 am - Reply

    A good score.

  10. Lutz March 27, 2011 at 12:00 am - Reply

    A good score.

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