The Shipping News [Music from the Motion Picture] by Christopher Young (CD, Feb-2002, Milan)

Album Features
UPC:	731383598326
Artist:	Christopher Young
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2002
Record Label:	Milan
Genre:	Soundtracks

Track Listing
1. Shipping News
2. Gammy Bird, The
3. Weather Rhymes
4. Killick / Claw Harbor
5. Deep Water Down
6. Dutsi Jig, The
7. One Kite Better
8. Seal Flipper Pie
9. Strictly Fishwrap
10. Mooncussers
11. Alwyn Spires
12. Asleep With the Angels
13. Death Storm
14. Botterjacht
15. Dog on Fire
16. Sail On

Details
Distributor:	WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Original score composed by Christopher Young.Producers include: Flavio Motalla, Christopher Young, Jonathan Price.Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. Includes liner notes by Lasse Hallstom.Christopher Young's score to The Shipping News -- the tale of a widower who rebuilds his life by moving with his daughter and aunt to Newfoundland -- has an appropriately pure, rustic feeling, thanks to its heavy use of uilleann pipes, pennywhistles, harps, fiddles, and hurdy gurdys, as well as strings, guitar, and piano. For the most part, as on the title track, "The Gammy Bird," and "Killick-Claw Harbor," this translates into a mellow, earthy prettiness; although pieces like "Deep Water Down," "Mooncussers," and "Death Storm" have a more sinister bent; while "Dutsi Jig" and "Seal Flipper Pie" have a more lively, Celtic feel. Despite its length and somewhat lulling tone, The Shipping News has enough diversity and engaging moments to make it work equally well within or without the confines of the film that inspired it. ~ Heather Phares