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Fred
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| Fred Lykes' StarBound
is a positively enchanting and captivating album, more
akin to a soundtrack to a space epic than a new age type
album (the genre that it is categorized under). It
is highly reminiscent of the Soundtrack music to the
1959 French film "Le Voyage en Ballon" (Jean
Prodromides)
[See it On Amazon] with the same magical / whimsical atmosphere
that transports you on some wonderful, distant and
highly enjoyable journey (in this case, a journey
through the solar system, StarBound), at least for the
short 35 minutes or so of this musical journey.
This is primarily an Orchestral album (and the
orchestration is real, not New Age synth), with
arrangements that are lush but not overbearing,
enchanting, whimsical and yet powerful, including
"Variations on a Theme by Johann Pachelbel" which might
have fit perfectly into a movie like ET at the proper
place. The only down side is that the ending is a bit
abrupt leaving you expecting (or hopeful for) more to
follow and perhaps some grander finale to come.
Fred Lykes is the composer of the tracks, Michael Hurley
is the orchestral arranger. Quoting the liner
notes: "Fred Lykes counts it a blessing to have found
inspiration and encouragement from :Enya, Debussy,
Massenet [apparently Jules Massenet, French Composer,
1842 - 1912] , Pachelbel, and his arranger pal, Michael
[Hurley]." This is a great work that will grow on
you with repeated listens, and an impressive work for
what appears to be a debut album. |
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Starbound
(Fred Lykes) (November
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