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Miss Potter - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
".........moments of pure magic" (Robert Purvis - www.mfiles.co.uk)
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1. Miss Potter |
Music by Nigel Westlake
for the Chris Noonan film.
Music composed by Nigel Westlake (tracks 1, 3-10, 12 & 13)
Additional music composed by Rachel Portman (tracks 2, 11 & 14)
Music Supervisor and Music Producer: Maggie Rodford for Air-Edel
Music orchestrated by Nigel Westlake, Benjamin Wallfisch, Rachel Portman &
Jeff Atmajian
Track 15 'When You Taught Me How To Dance' performed by Katie Melua
Music By Nigel Westlake and Mike Batt
Lyrics by Mike Batt and Richard Maltby Jr.
Produced and arranged by Mike Batt
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Shadow Dances - Slava Grigoryan plays the guitar music of Nigel Westlake
"How wonderful to have all these works together on one disc - & so superbly performed. Slava Grigoryan's interpretations seem to grow organically out of the music rather than imposing themselves on it. Tone, touch, and above all, a highly rhythmic shading, carry the day. His companions on the journey are equally convincing."
(Limelight magazine)
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1 "The Hinchinbrook Riffs" for guitar and digital delay 2 "Jovian Moons" for guitar and piano 3" Songs from the Forest" for
two guitars and double bass for
guitar quartet for guitar and orchestra 6 "Antarctica" for guitar and orchestra |
Grigoryan is a long-time champion of Westlake's music, and in this CD he showcases pieces such as Antarctica, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Nigel Westlake), and Flying Fish, with Saffire - the Australian Guitar Quartet.
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The Hinchinbrook Riffs - Chamber music by Nigel Westlake Vol. II
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Piano
Trio The Hinchinbrook
Riffs
Kalabash
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"This is an altogether diverting and exciting showcase for Westlake’s abundant talents. His dedicatees and performers alike play with uninhibited brilliance and the recordings are splendid." (Jonathan Woolf - musicweb)
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Solarmax - music composed for John Weiley's spectacular Imax film.
Original score by Nigel Westlake
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1. Starfield 1:47 (audio - 292K) 2. Solarmax 1:25 3.First Light 4:40 (audio - 236K) 4. Inti Huatana 2:50 5. Crystal Spheres 6:00 7. Now Voyager 1:47 8.The Greenland Colony 5:14 9.The Great Observatory 2:04 10.A Pyramid in Space 0:56 11.S.O.H.O. 1:59 12.Shrine of the Sun Godess 3:43 |
Winner of the 2001APRA award for - "best music for a soundtrack".
"Solarmax is Westlake's most impressive score to date. Ethnic, inspirational & grandiose, this is a soundtrack fit for a sun. I wait with anticipation to see what Westlake has in line for the heavens."***** Filmscore monthly.
"I may very well have discovered the score of the year. Solarmax is big, powerful, melodic & as thrilling a score as I've heard in years." Soundtrack Magazine.
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The Celluloid Heroes - the award winning music from the television documentary.
Original score by Nigel Westlake
36 tracks performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / conducted by David Stanhope
"For a score that covers something as diverse as one hundred years of cinematic history, Nigel Westlake has achieved wonders producing appropriate and enthralling music that has such a “belonging” feeling while still addressing each emotion and circumstance so effectively. The score for Celluloid Heroes is primarily action and comedy driven, but really has something for everyone."
Music for the movies 2004 ("Celluloid Heroes" soundtrack c.d.)
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Antarctica - the score composed for John Weiley's "cinematic treasure".
Original score by Nigel Westlake
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1.Yearning for the Continent 3:19 (audio 324K) 2.The last place on earth 5:48 3. Penguin play 2:44 4. Threnody 1:39 5.Penguin Circus 2:00 6.Canyons of ice 1:51 7.Meltponds/Dry valley/ The ice core 7:14 8.Scott's theme 1:05 (audio 284K) 9.Wooden ships 1:39 10.At the pole 2:19 11.Scott's theme 1:50 12. Finale 3:18 13.Postlude 1:39 |
"Westlake's starkly tempestuous musical score swells & ebbs with the harsh grandeur of its subject matter - big effects movie producers take note!" The Hollywood Reporter
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Out of the Blue - orchestral works by Nigel Westlake.
A dazzling new release in the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra's Australian Composer Series.
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1.- 4. "Invocations" concerto for bass clarinet & orchestra. (audio - 236K) (soloist - Nigel Westlake, bass clarinet) 5. - 8. "Antarctica - suite for guitar & orchestra" (audio - 272K) (soloist - Timothy Kain, guitar) 9. "Out of the Blue" - for string orchestra. Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Conducted by David Porcelijn. |
"...... one of the masterpieces of the contemporary concerto repertoire, the Antarctica Suite ".
Sounds Australian Journal.
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Onomatopoeia- the chamber music of Nigel Westlake Vol. I
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2."Omphalo Centric Lecture" 8:34 3. - 5. "Refractions" 4:59 6. "Entomology" 12:08 7. "Malachite Glass" 11:01 8. "Tall Tales" 8:06 9. "Call of the wild" 4:48 10."Our mum was a waterfall" 6:28 |
"The outstanding CD release for 1994 was, for a change, a local one.
Onomatopoeia , a collection of the music of young Australian composer Nigel Westlake on the Tall Poppies label was like a breath of fresh air with its bright colours, lively rhythms & brilliant ideas"
The Australian
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The Edge - the score from John Weiley's beautiful Imax film.
Original score by Nigel Westlake
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1. The blue labyrinth 5:01 (audio 288K) 2. The edge 4:26 3.Kanangra 3:32 4. Wilderness is a spell 3:43 (audio - 264K) 5. Jurassic survivors 1:22 6. When I am laid (Purcell arr. Westlake) 3:55 7. Creatures of the plateau 2:54 8. Gandangara (David Hudson) 2:02 9. Forest of ferns 1:37 10.Remnants of the wild young earth. 5:48 |
1996 : Winner – APRA Award for “Best Soundtrack Album”
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A Little Bit of Soul - Music from Peter Duncan's eccentric & quirky comedy.
starring Geoffrey Rush, David Wenham, Francis O'connor & Heather Mitchell.
......a collection of classic rhythm & blues songs by Louis Jordan, Tom Waits, Cab Calloway & others,
- plus Nigel Westlake's orchestral score, conducted by the composer.
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1. Aint nobody here but us chickens (audio - 216K) 2. Laughing in rhythm 3. Choo choo ch' boogie 5.Drinkin' wine 6. My handyman aint handy no more 7.Kiss of fire 8.Whats the use of getting sober 9.Old devil moon 10.I love you for sentimental reasons 11.Open the door richard 12.Minnie the moocher 13.If you're so smart 14. Ladder of success 15. Hells bells (Westlake) 16.Windows of the soul (Westlake) 17.The witch doctors tale (Westlake) (audio 236K) 18.Dr. "F" Somerville (Westlake) 19. Madame Grache (Westlake) 20. At the cross roads (Westlake) 21. Sir Samuels diary (Westlake) 22. The Woolshed of Satan (Westlake) |
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