A Path To The Meadow - part of the reworked cinematic musical suite based on my original theatrical Cirque style show: Regalia - The Enchanted Forest, which was initially performed at the Bali Safari and Marine Park in 2011. The new ethnic infused World music score has been crafted around sophisticated and powerful hybrid orchestral compositions by my friends at Anthology Records.

NEW 4K YouTube Video stories: 
https://youtu.be/o4_tk75JBlo (Part 1)
https://youtu.be/rqqJ3v-RAOo (Part 2)

These two video clips depict the opening scenes of the story as a prelude / backstory. It tells the tale of our heroes (two Final War survivors in a post-apocalyptic surrounding) on their strenuous and dangerous voyage to a magical place - Regalia - The Enchanted Forest.

My Soundtracks on Spotify - Playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/08YGQVTwWgP63WAovIYOvY

Music by Anthology Records and Peter Heckmann - featuring members of the Ethnic World Orchestra.

Arranged, produced, mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann.

Album cover photo by andreiuc88, licensed through Envato Elements.

Regalia - The Enchanted Forest

A Path To The Meadow

Buy at Bandcamp

A Path To The Meadow (feat. Ethnic World Orchestra)

An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize.
Wideness.

Backing track Paploviante: 
https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/wideness-paploviante-open-collab
Ghosthack: Artic Mist theme
www.Ghosthack.de
Lillithe : Mix, Arrangement and Production

WIDENESS  (Collab with Paploviante)

Island

Morning  
July 2021
Duration: 3:00
Photo by Bruce Klepper
Listen to Morning in the Playlist: Morning, The Sun, Night - Three Pieces for Percussion https://soundcloud.com/bruce-klepper-1/sets/morning-the-sun-night-three
For violin, woodwinds, harp, vibraphone, marimba, hand bells and percussion

Morning

This song is about losing my wonderful big brother when I was a young man. He bought me 'The White Fender Strat' and said quietly through his smile "No excuses now...". Thanks forever bro, this is for you as always.
 
The Valuable Friends:
@janinelevinson: The Queen of Roll, Rock and Soul on the Second Mic
@rick-4-1: Mr Tour Pro on Very Cool Drums
@phil-mcwalter: The Other Stuff


SMOKE

Growing up, looking up
I have never had my toast buttered on both sides
I started crying the day 
I watched my father clearing the overgrown weeds at the top of the garden and realised 
And realised
That wasn’t what he was doing
Ooh no

It was a still day 
So still
It was a still life
And the smell of the smoke never quite left our clothes
Five years
And another
Five years

There was a silence 
Where my beautiful dead brother still lived between us 
And that quietness wasn’t burned with the weeds

It was a still day
It was a still life 
So still
And the smell of the smoke never quite left our clothes
Five years
Another
Five years

Digging the sod in Donegal 
Praying for muscle, bunched like a ball 
Sweat and pride loved standing tall 
Anticipating 
Eye-watering 
Peat-stove fire 
That would 
Warm 
Cook 
And flavour our bones

It was a still day 
Still day
It was a still life 
Still life
And the smell of the smoke never quite left our clothes

Another
Five years
And another
Five years...

Five years
Tick tock
Five years
My father lost his sense of smell and his pulse in cenotaph central heating
Five years
And my orphaned senses 
Five years
Still feel that fire

And smell that smoke...

© July 2021 - Phil McWalter

Image: 'Peasant Burning Weeds' 1883 Van Gogh

Spotify

Smoke

Another collaboration with Torbjørn Vagle and Jimmy Rivas.
Torbjørn sent me a demo of his new song and asked if I would be interested in collaborating.
As with our previous collaborations, Torbjørn and myself traded ideas until we had a reasonable draft of the song to send to Jimmy for him to write lyrics and record his vocal.
Thanks very much to Torbjørn for asking me to contribute to this gorgeous song (visit his page to hear how he got the title) and of course to Jimmy for his outstanding vocal and lyrics. Working with these guys is awesome.

Credits:-

Torbjørn:- Electric Piano, Keyboards, String Synth, Bass, Musical Composition, Sound Effects, Cover Photo. @tobbenv

Jimmy:- Vocals, Vocal Composition, Lyrics. @j-rivas

Dairv:- Guitars, Guitar Composition, VSTi Flute, Drums, Mix, Production, Cover Design.

The Drifter (Torbjørn Vagle - Jimmy Rivas - Dairv Dubbleyew)

I WAS WALKING DOWN BROADWAY
ON A PRETTY DARK SUNDAY
AND WHAT DID I SEE FALLEN FROM A CLOUD
LIKE A TINY LOST SUNRAY
A LITTLE BABY SPARROW
WITH NO MUM OR PA
COULD I LEAVE IT THERE NO WAY

SO I BROUGHT IT HOME BROADWAY
COULD I NAME IT ANY OTHER WAY
NOW IT GIVES ME TROUBLE CHIRPING IN MY EAR
WHEN NOT POOPING IN MY BEER

BUT I GUESS IT MADE MY DAY
BROADWAY

BROADWAY (Lyrics) from the album (Parenthèse)

Surface Tension

Video available at: 
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Life may seem to lead along one road, however there are so many crossroads and points where the road deviates and takes us in a different direction. This song starts by identifiying that there is "One road out of Babylon". Later on the songs points out that there is "one more road" and possibly so many more.
Produced and engineered: Phil Bowen 
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen 
All instruments (including: Fender strat, slide and acoustic guitar, keyboards, lead and backing vocals): Phil Bowen
Lyrics: 
“Well, there’s one road out of Babylon”,
the preacher said to me.
“Yeh there’s one road for the righteous
who can pay through purgatory.”

“There’s one road out of Babylon”,
well, I heard the preacher say.
“One road for the blameless,
I can show you the way.”

Some time we can cross the line
and feel we come apart
and sometime we can’t see the signs.
Life seems like an abstract art.

“One more road out of Babylon
for the blind and cannot see
and the road’s so dark to find your way,
it goes on endlessly.”

Outro
“One road out of Babylon
One road for you and me
One road out of Babylon
On road for you and me
One road for you and me.”

One thousand miles from Texas

One road out of Babylon

One Road Out Of Babylon

Nonsense, just nonsense! Hopefully, the listener will feel like someone kicked down their door, rants for 3 minutes, and then leaves. 

Lyrics:
Riding my bicycle
I was 8 years old
Riding to the Biblioteca
What the heck does that get ya?

Hey! Speak up asher bard
They say your miseries are symphonies
Hey, what are you writing in that notebook?
You know I say: I'm a poet
But, I make my own hours
That's how you know that you really own it
That's how you know that you've really made it
I've been playing a fool for so long
But I will probably do it again
If you insist
Hey, c'mon, everyone
Give it up for the band!
I've been  trespassing on salvation
I've been speaking in binary code
I'm an observer in slo-mo

Let's disseminate the movie of my life
Cue the split screen
It's like some kind of cosmic universe blooper reel
I'm trying to document the way that we feel
It's 3 AM in the rain
And I'm staring at myself
It's 3 AM in the rain
Can you not see yourself?
Oh, let's give it up
Give it up for the band!

Let those good vibes shine!

I've been thinking about the matter
And the anti-matter
I've got some kind of Dostoevsky skin disease (cough)
You know what I mean?
I've got the aftershave and undertones
The poet's got the loneliest nose
For the way things go

The biblioteca, what the heck will that get ya?

Good Vibes

The Dance of the Seven Winds

I’m a self taught hobbyist composer / guitarist with a wide range of musical influences.
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