Movements: 1 – Corridors of Time 2 – Essence and the Ancients 3 – Angels, Bells and Pastorale 4 – Escalator 5 – Voices 6 – Portraits 7 – The Ride (Finale) 8 – Credits/Theme
This is the new stereo ‘fold-down’ from a 24/96 digital transfer of the original 6 channel surround analogue film print-master. For the original theatrical presentation, the 2” 16 track music build of the soundtrack was mixed to picture in 6 channel surround to a 1” 8 track master recorder at Michael’s M’ocean studio, then located in Santa Monica, California.
“CHRONOS”, an IMAX (15 perf, 70MM) film by director/cinematographer Ron Fricke (Koyaanisquatsi, Baraka, Samsara), is a pan-dimensional tour through time and space with ports of call throughout the ancient and modern worlds. Ron designed and supervised the building of the camera used to shoot the time-lapse cinematography. Michael consulted with Ron on the music for each of the film’s movements, then traveled with the crew on the first shoot to Egypt and Italy to get a feeling for the different rhythms of time being captured in the camera. Before beginning the score, he installed a 6 channel surround sound system at his M’ocean studio in Santa Monica. This helped in the creation of a dynamic spatial design for the score, while he composed and recorded the music. When the crew returned from filming, the picture was edited to the competed score.
CHRONOS, the film, is available for purchase on the web in DVD and BluRay formats, complete with high definition surround sound playback.
credits
released May 1, 1985
Music Composed, Performed and Mixed by Michael Stearns
Mixing Assistance Anne Graham
Space Bass Created and Played by Constance Demby
Chorus: Georgianne Cowan, Sandy Gekler, Anne Graham, Susan Harper, Jean Krois, Roberta Polverini, Patty Van Santen, Marsha Sheldon
Synthesizers by Serge Modular, Oberheim, Yamaha and EMU
Recorded and Mixed at M’ocean Studio, Santa Monica, California
AMBISONIC SYSTEMS courtesy of Nigel Branwell, Audio and Design Calrec and
Bruce Botiker, Digital Magnetics
Special Thanks to Ron Fricke, Jeffrey Kirsch, Mark Magidson, Alton Walpole, Craig Huxley, George Landry and Philip Stearns
Michael Stearns is a multi-genre music composer and soundtrack designer/producer. His credits include music for Ron
Fricke's non-verbal 70MM films "Chronos", "Baraka" and "Samsara", music for NASA, Laserium, Disney films, HBO, ABC, PBS, BBC, Discovery Channel and James Cameron's "The Abyss", "Titanic" and "Avatar". Michael works in his studio "The Guest House", in Santa Fe, New Mexico....more
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Now THIS is the ultimate Christmas-gift..! Deep, soothing, comforting, and above all: classic Steve! This will be on repeat a lot.. Hopefully this will come as a CD/vinyl-release as well! Thanks Steve and best wishes from the heart. Berkdrums
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This album will grow on you. Listen in headphones or earbuds. It will blow your mind. Steve has so many amazing textures and dimensions on this release. It's hard to pick a favorite track. Probably in his top 5, if there is such a thing. 2020Guitarman
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This is a very beautiful nature-related and calm piece of ambient music. And the cover: I just had to get this and I did! Amazing piece of art by itself. Similarities: music reminds me Robert Rich's Sleep Concerts / album versions and the art reminds me the abstract art by Mary Clanahan. echoee