Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music composed by Brian Keane and Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Brian Keane and Omar Faruk Tekbilek met more than two decades ago when Brian Keane discovered Omar playing in a club in New York, and hired him to play on his score to the Suzanne Bauman documentary about the art of the Ottoman Empire "Suleyman the Magnificent" in 1987. German record company owner Eckart Rahn noticed the music when the program aired and released the soundtrack on his Celestial Harmonies label. Their collaboration would grow to become among the most influential in both Eastern and Western music, pushing the boundaries of musical, spiritual, and geographical traditions. Since their initial work together, Brian Keane has become a Grammy winning record producer of over 100 records, and a multiple Emmy award winning film and television composer of over 400 films, while Omar Faruk Tekbilek has grown to become an international recording artist and concert musician, and one of the most well known and influential Turkish musician's in the world. Over the years, Omar and Brian have continued to work together, with Brian serving as producer and a composer on many of Omar's recordings, and Omar making the occasional appearance on Mr. Keane's film scores. Their last record collaboration together however, was the 1993 classic recording "Beyond The Sky" and their 1990 record "Fire Dance" was nominated for a Grammy.
With the Kelebek ( The Butterfly ) soundtrack, film producer Mahmut Bengi has brought Brian Keane and Omar Faruk Tekbilek together once again to create the music to this mystical and tragic story. The result is remarkable and moving. The score to Kelebek effortlessly flows from East to West, from orchestral score to traditional Turkish music, and into electronic sound design. The music moves just as effortlessly between moods, from mystical to tragic to suspense to folkloric or romantic. Whether it is the fusion of Jazz and red hot Middle Eastern musicianship of "On the Move", the beautiful melodic and harmonic East West mixtures of "Yusuf's Theme", and "Zeynep's Romance", the Turkish folk meets American roots music of "Teacher", the simple and honest oud and guitar collaboration on "Brother to Brother", the new age orchestra and spiritual Ney of "Butterfly", the moving and tragic "Yusuf Prays/ Lost Souls" that employs Omar's older brother Haci Ahmet Tekbilek on Duduk with an orchestral adagio, Omar's haunting vocals over a multi layered Harmonium and Glass bed in "Losing Hope", the bizarre and wonderful combination of Richard Hunter's amazing harmonica playing with traditional Middle Eastern folk music in "Street Fair" (based on the Azeri folk song "Menim Canimsan" ), or the Dervish updated to hip hop/ electronic trance "Deep Blue", Brian and Omar continue to push the boundaries of musical tradition while simultaneously demonstrating a respect and affection for those traditions and their spiritual origins. Now in their mid fifties, Brian and Omar have continued growing in their own world's as prominant master musicians. This special two CD soundtrack album for Kelebek ( The Butterfly ) serves notice that their friendship and musical collaboration also continues to grow, and is truly enduring.
Musicians:
Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Ney, Kavala, Vocals, Baglama, Jura, Bendir, Darbuka, Def, Udu drum, Davul, Percussion, Zurna, Oud on "Losing Hope".
Brian Keane - Guitars, Synthesizers, Keyboards, Harp, Harmonium, Bass, Drum programming, Percussion.
Ara Dinkjian - Oud, Sazbuz, Cumbuz
Haci Ahmet Tekbilek - Duduk, Mey
Hasan Isakkut - Kanun, Violin solos
Dincer Dalkilic - Rebab
Richard Hunter - Harmonica
Orchestra principles:
Dan Culpepper - French Horns
Marshall Coid - Violin
Bob Zubrycki - Violin
Roxanne Bergman - Violin
Kurt Coble - Violin
Jill Jaffe - Viola
Dan Barrett - Cello
Rich Sosinsky - Contrabass
Track List
CD 1
01. Opening Title Sequence / Deep Blue / Lost Souls
02. On The Movie
03. The Longing / Yusuf's Theme
04. Shooting Range
05. Zeynep's Romance
06. Urgent Matter
07. The Center
08. Uyan Uyan
09. Teacher
10. Brother To Brother
11. Minefield Rescue
12. Halit's Theme
13. Camp Lessons
14. Butterfly
CD 2
01. Hope's Struggle
02. Yusuf Prays / Lost Souls
03. Casualties
04. No Turning Back
05. Zeynep Visits The Police
06. Losing Hope
07. Street Fair
08. Cemetary / Yusuf's Theme Reprise
09. Deep Blue / Credits
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