This is just such a great song, and the instruments are so unusual and memorable that i have to tell people about them. Theme from black sails by bear mccreary on amazon music. Bear mcreary composes the music for both black sails and outlander. It has in more recent times featured in the tv series black sails, walking dead and also in the god of war games. For these moments, the vane theme is played by a haunting solo hurdy gurdy. News and media of the fascinating world of the hurdy gurdy a most amazing musical instrument. This is my arrangement of theme from black sails from the black sails ost for the piano. Theme from black sails download free in pdf or midi.
Hurdygurdy music collection by robert mandel on amazon. In addition, the skye boat song is the theme song to the starz series outlander 2014. While guitars, drums, bass, violins, and others were used in the composition of the song, the main instrument of focus in this track is the hurdy gurdy. Robert lewis stevenson, the author of treasure island of which black sails is based, wrote alternative lyrics to the skye boat song. Tuning is the process of setting the adjustable parts of a musical instrument so that. Stream tracks and playlists from hurdy gurdy on your desktop or mobile device. Find out what specific sounds and instruments make the black sails theme song in.
We also have a really cool pirate song sung by doug lacy entitled the. But, in the context of a more stripped down score like black sails, this passage now feels huge. Uilleann pipes, and the hurdy gurdy help to create this effect. But with sonokinetic and some other instrumentation you could get similar results.
Theme from black sails black sails ost sheet music for. Hurdy gurdy player in archeon, historic theme park by otterhouse. The very special character of the ancient hurdy gurdy sound was until now very difficult to emulate. For the first episode, my initial experiments with the rhythm trio, the percussion duo, the hurdy gurdy and other unusual instruments all worked beyond my wildest hopes. Black sails soundtrack main theme high quality youtube. So what, exactly, is this weird instrument and how does it work. Very authentic and that comes from someone the played music with a hurdy player.
Hurdy gurdy, ukrainian folk singer nataliya serbina. Any feature you could find on any hurdy gurdy anywhere is in here, plus a few of our own innovations. Black sails hurdy gurdy bear mccreary official site. A solo hurdy gurdy wails his theme, against full accordion chords. I strove to use only period instruments, so in the case of black sails, it takes place in nassau in 1715, and its about the golden age of piracy.
In another universe, this scene could have easily been scored with a full orchestra charging away. I watched the series on tv of black sails and the music was fantastic so. The soundbytes hurdygurdy is a sample based vst synthesizer for the windows platform. Black sails, january 28, 2014, sparks and shadows, cd, download. Although more than one kind of instrument is popularly known as a hurdy gurdy, wikipedia tells us that the hurdy gurdy or hurdy gurdy is a stringed instrument that produces sound by a crankturned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. Whyte page 1 tuning and temperament presented at over the water hurdy gurdy festival september 2002 graham whyte what is tuning. The hurdy gurdy is an ancient musical instrument 10th century with drones and melody strings bowed by a rotating wheel, played by pressing keys which contact them at different points.
My favorite use of a hurdy gurdy is in the opening sequence for the show black sails. The hurdygurdy is a stringed instrument that produces sound by a hand crankturned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. Bear mccreary rocks the hurdy gurdy bonus feature score. Van orman on the track king of oldtime france, from his album love, liquor, and the lord 2009. This trio, formed in the late sixties in copenhagen as boom boom brothers, later abbreviated their name as b. Hurdy gurdy download purchase first steps stringverb hurdy gurdy le.
My version of the black sails theme on hurdy gurdy. I called up my local hurdy gurdy specialist, an instrumentbuilder named curtis berak. Melodies are played on a keyboard that presses tangentssmall wedges, typically made of woodagainst one or more of the strings to change. It accurately features an instrument of the period in the form of the hurdygurdy. The soundtrack for black sails, a starz original series about the golden age of. The hurdy gurdy is played by tony berg on the track hang on, from weezers 2010 album, hurley. The group was based in london for a while around 196869, where they took up their new name hurdy gurdy. Included are vocal pirate like chants like that which can be found in the opening titles. Home hurdy gurdy store options customer comments contact about news more information hurdy gurdy sheet music. They came for him one winters night arrested, he was bound they said thered been a robbery his pistol has been round. Black sails hurdy gurdy bear mccreary blog if youve been reading my black sails blogs, youve heard a lot about the hurdy gurdy. Black sails main title by bear mccreary on amazon music. Click titles to open them, or right click to save them to your computer, choose save as, or save target as. Tina turner artist in stockholm at press conference ghad8n from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos.
The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin. Lyrics to over the hills and far away hurdy gurdy version by patty gurdy. Bodhran, dulcimer, uilleann pipes, and the hurdy gurdy help to create this effect. All the hurdy gurdy videos that are amazing play all share. As misfortune would have it, however, curtis was in paris all month. Check out the vane theme on the soundtrack album in track 16.
Over the hills and far away hurdy gurdy version patty. There are those who dont understand my connection with the hurdy gurdy man and jesus. The resulting score, described as raw, salty and authentic, also features what entertainment weekly called arguably mccrearys best titles theme, and thats saying quite a bit. Theme from black sails sheet music composed by composed by bear mccreary arranged by raoul harel. Black sails ost theme from black sails by icy games. I offer hurdy gurdy tuition suitable for anyone from beginners needing a starting point to more experienced players wanting technical and expressive challenges. Print and download in pdf or midi theme from black sails. When composing black sails, bear really wanted to tap into the vibe and brain of a pirate and create something that was both eerie, and commanding. I never new what a hurdy gurdy was until i watched black sails what an instrument.
Just a reminder, the black sails soundtrack is already available now, both digitally from itunes and on. Curtis did not actually build my instrument it was made by a builder named leif eriksson, but curtis has helped maintain it over the years, showing me vital techniques for keeping it in shape before the rigorous black sails sessions. Sheet music tunes that work very well for the hurdy gurdy. My intention, when making this video, was simply to show imag. The hurdy gurdy is featured in the opening title sequence of the tv series black sails. It recreates the sound and playing technique of the hurdy gurdy. Check out black sails a starz original series soundtrack by bear mccreary on amazon music. This theme is associated with the geographical location, and not with any primary character. The fourth episode of black sails is a pivotal point in the. Epic for black sails means nothing more than a bouncy string quartet and rhythm trio groove supporting a wailing hurdy gurdy, playing the nassau theme. Listen to hurdy gurdy soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create cirencester. What makes me happy is they used a hurdy gurdy in the title sequence.
Enter the hurdy gurdy by frederik nielsen, feb 12, 2018. Gregory jolivet hurdy gurdy superman by scott gayman. The pilot episode and main theme score had been recorded with a full orchestra. Bear mccreary born february 17, 1979 is an american musician and composer of film. But none oversampled like bear does with his in black sails. Thanks to curtis recommending scott, my hurdy gurdy was back up and running within twentyfour hours.
But youre also developing a theme, and the theme is that musical idea thats going to. They have three things largely in common with their cousin, the bagpipe. A curious instrument used in the opening everyone here has listened more than twice times the amazing opening of black sails, and more than one here thought the main instrument that was playing could be a violin or even a bagpipe. Black sails a starz original series soundtrack by bear. Compared to that particular approach, this cue feels very raw and jangly. As steinberg put it, this is as epic as this show is ever gonna get. Title theme from black sails lumos orchestra youtube. I wanted the audience to sense dirt beneath fingernails plucking jangly mandolin strings, to feel urgent strains of a hurdy gurdy crank, and to smell stale air wheezing out of old accordion bellows. Composer bear mccreary plays his hurdygurdy at the kpcc studios on monday, jan.
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