05 Apr ‘EMBERS OF A DREAM’…
We’ve recently returned from the beautiful historic City of Prague, where we had the honour of working with a world-renowned string orchestra for a series of outstanding live recordings. These sessions form the heart of Andrew Griffiths’ new album for Score, featuring this especially hauntingly beautiful track,‘Embers of a Dream.’
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra is a world-renown professional symphony orchestra, founded over 60 years ago. The orchestra features predominantly Czech classical and jazz musicians…with guest players selected from musicians studying at the Conservatoire in Prague. The orchestra started out, just after the end of World War II, as the in-house orchestra for the huge Barrandov Film Studios, regularly playing music for film and animation productions made at the world famous Prague studios, as well as featuring in the historic Krátký Film productions (meaning “short film,” in Czech), and productions for the former Czechoslovak Television.
Fully privatized after the Velvet Revolution, the orchestra was given its new name by music producer James Fitzpatrick in 1992 , so that today The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, under the management of Josef Pokluda , selects the finest musicians from all of the main Czech orchestras, who continue to play and record music together (usually every day of the week) for every type of orchestral project including CD albums, major international films, television series, video games, and even ringtones – both for the Czech Republic market but chiefly for clients & media productions all around the world..
Score 325 / Misery, Sorrow & Triumph
POIGNANT / ORCHESTRAL / CINEMATIC
A deeply emotional album recorded with a live string orchestra in Prague. Beautiful yet profoundly sad, the music explores themes of loss, grief and reflection, making it ideal for film, drama and documentary.
Produced by: Andrew Griffiths and David Walter
