The Land Before Time [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by James Horner

Overview

"The Land Before Time" would hardly have come across as eloquently and mystical had it not been for James Horner's spectacular orchestral score which in another time would have made many classical greats take notice. So full of beauty is it, so commanding of our attention, that it works without the visual footage in the same way the classic music behind Fantasia does. Horner, The London Sympony Orchestra and The King's College Choir of England bring an all-encompassing sense of wonder. We feel the leaves blowing in the wind as angelic voices glide over hymns, the earth below us tremble with the steps of a giant carniverous "Sharptooth" and sheets of earth break apart with the pounding of a great divide. You may not be one to memorize wordless music, but if you listen to it and hear it somewhere else later, you will likely remember exactly where it came from. There is one lyrical song, written by Horner and Will Jennings. It is a soaring, splendid ballad, "If We Hold On Together," which is somewhat Biblical in its message, "Valley mountain, there is a fountain that washes our tears all away." The film, helped greatly by the music, seems almost like a face-to-face meeting between Creation and Evolution, though both sides will agree on one thing: it is amazing. ~ Peter Fawthrop

Product Details

Release Date:	11/27/2020
Label:	Imports
UPC:	0720258544902
Rank:	251500

Album Credits

Performance Credits

James Horner   Primary Artist,Conductor
Diana Ross   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Choir of King's College London   Primary Artist,Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
King's College Choir of Cambridge   Primary Artist
Greig McRitchie   Orchestra

Technical Credits

Diana Ross   Performer
London Symphony Orchestra   Performer
King's College Choir of Cambridge   Performer
Shawn Murphy   Mixing,Engineer
James Horner   Performer,Producer,Composer
Will Jennings   Composer
Peter Asher   Producer
Frank Wolf   Mixing,Engineer
Philip Glass   Composer
David Campbell   Arranger
Greig McRitchie   Orchestration
Jim Henrickson   Music Editor