Do you have any info on the CD containing this piece? I have honestly never heard of it, and am quite excited that there is Kamen music out there I haven't listened to yet!
ON Wings of Victory is a magnificent piece for orchestra, children choir, opera singer and percussions etc... very interesting piece i like from Kamen's non-film work the most.
I've got The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms and Concerto for Sanborn and Orchestra (a.k.a. Kamen's saxophone concerto). I listen to both frequently. It is sad that the project he was working on at the time of his passing (involving Israeli and Palestinian children singing songs of peace) was never realised.
Wow! That certainly is a high price on the Guitar Concerto...obviously the rarer of the two. I gotta hunt this down somewhere else. Cool cover, huh?
And I can't believe that they're practically giving away Concerto for Saxophone! A possible purchase? At these prices you better pick one up! It's worth every penny...and much, much more.
Damn, that's a high price. Is it an electric guitar or accoustic, by the way?
It's an electric guitar.
If you want to save yourself a ton of cash - do what I did and order it from Amazon Japan. With shipping, it comes to about $30. (and, yes, there is an option to change the Amazon Japan to a limited english format, so you can read it)
The recording on the CD and on the DVD (earlier released on Laser Disc) are the same. The orchestra and Kamen and Sanborn were taped to give the idea of a live concert, but they weren't playin live.
You mean they weren't playing in front of an audience?
they naturally WERE playing live.
No, no, they were just plastic dumies, that resembled orchestra members
Anyway, Kamen is one of those persons, that I find a hard time thinking that is gone... and you understand what I mean when you watch him conduct. There was so much energy and life in him, that it seems he would never go away... sadly, he did.
In addition to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Kamen also composed music for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. One track, titled "The Fire Within", was featured on the "limited edition" CD "Salt Lake 2002 Official Music of the Games" (track 9):
The work itself is similar to "On Wings of Victory" and definitely worth hunting down.
I just noticed that the 2002 Olympics disc also has what I believe is the concert work by Basil Poledouris - "Tradition Of The Games".
However, it could also easily be another composer who used the same title.
There is an Ebay seller who has a stack of copies. I can't vouch for him - but I bought a copy from him just now. If anyone else is interested - the bidding item number is 260040546306
I wonder if theres an "original recording" of Poledouris's work. I have the Silva rerecording - but the choral aspect is not recorded properly (Could someone who's heard it throw in some adjatives here? I think the term is "too wet" but recording terminology is largely new and alien to me)
