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A sort of cross between Sex and the City and the Kronos Quartet as they might be remixed by Paul Oakenfold (actually Orion and the Beatmasters do most of the producing), Bond is a string quartet of toothsome beauties at least as concerned with their hair and makeup as their playing whose work on Shine is heavily augmented with dance beats. It's a formula that sits them atop the classical crossover charts, up there with Sarah Brightman and Josh Groban, and why not? As with their peers, the music is only ersatz classical, containing classical tunes here and there mixed in with classical-sounding new compositions. And the elaborate dance programming makes the music highly, well, programmable. Leadoff track "Allegretto" was quickly tapped for an upscale television commercial, a mark of success in this market previously achieved by the likes of Moby. Here and there among the oddly familiar melodies are actually identifiable ones. "Strange Paradise" is a much modified version of the same theme from Borodin's "Polovetsian Dances" in his opera Prince Igor that became the show tune and pop hit "Stranger in Paradise" from the musical Kismet; "Kashmir" is the Led Zeppelin song; "Libertango" comes from Astor Piazzolla; the bonus track, "Bond on Bond," is, inevitably, Monty Norman's James Bond movie theme; and "Space" sounds like the theme from every movie ever set in a Middle Eastern desert (although here it sounds like it comes from a Middle Eastern disco). The CD booklet, full of fashion-style photography, outdoes anything from Britney Spears, and, of course, there's nary a musical instrument in sight. The music may be the least of it, but as marketing, Bond is hard to fault.
© TiVo
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Karl Jenkins, Composer - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Orion and the Beatmasters, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Magnus Fiennes, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tonci Huljic, Composer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Orion and the Beatmasters, Producer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Magnus Fiennes, Composer, Producer - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, Composer, MainArtist - Alexander Borodin, Composer - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Stefan Malca, Producer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Stuart Crichton, Composer, Producer - Marius de Vries, Composer - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Dixon, Producer, Additional Producer - Michelle de Vries, Composer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Giulio Pieruccu, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Stuart Crichton, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Magnus Fiennes, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Tomaso Albinoni, Composer - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Robert Plant, Composer - Jimmy Page, Composer - John Bonham, Composer - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Orion and the Beatmasters, Producer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tonci Huljic, Composer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Orion and the Beatmasters, Producer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Magnus Fiennes, Producer - Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Tibor Kovac, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Magnus Fiennes, Producer - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Hayley Ecker, Composer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Stefan Malca, Producer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Twelftree, Producer - Eos Chater, Composer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Paul Carter, Composer - Amanda Glanfield, Composer - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Martin Glover, Composer - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Morris, Composer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Orion and the Beatmasters, Producer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Bond, MainArtist - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Hayley Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Eos Chater, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Composer, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Monty Norman, Composer - Haylie Ecker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bond, MainArtist - Ian Wherry, Producer - Eos, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tania Davis, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
Albumbeschreibung
A sort of cross between Sex and the City and the Kronos Quartet as they might be remixed by Paul Oakenfold (actually Orion and the Beatmasters do most of the producing), Bond is a string quartet of toothsome beauties at least as concerned with their hair and makeup as their playing whose work on Shine is heavily augmented with dance beats. It's a formula that sits them atop the classical crossover charts, up there with Sarah Brightman and Josh Groban, and why not? As with their peers, the music is only ersatz classical, containing classical tunes here and there mixed in with classical-sounding new compositions. And the elaborate dance programming makes the music highly, well, programmable. Leadoff track "Allegretto" was quickly tapped for an upscale television commercial, a mark of success in this market previously achieved by the likes of Moby. Here and there among the oddly familiar melodies are actually identifiable ones. "Strange Paradise" is a much modified version of the same theme from Borodin's "Polovetsian Dances" in his opera Prince Igor that became the show tune and pop hit "Stranger in Paradise" from the musical Kismet; "Kashmir" is the Led Zeppelin song; "Libertango" comes from Astor Piazzolla; the bonus track, "Bond on Bond," is, inevitably, Monty Norman's James Bond movie theme; and "Space" sounds like the theme from every movie ever set in a Middle Eastern desert (although here it sounds like it comes from a Middle Eastern disco). The CD booklet, full of fashion-style photography, outdoes anything from Britney Spears, and, of course, there's nary a musical instrument in sight. The music may be the least of it, but as marketing, Bond is hard to fault.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:05
- Main artists: Bond
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2002 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2002 Decca Music Group Limited
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