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Albums: Globe Trekker Asian Journeys

Since the first Globe Trekker TV show was produced, the team of composers who create the soundtrack have been pushing back the boundaries of television music. The scores blend music and sounds recorded on location into compositions and arrangements by musicians more usually associated with hit records and classical albums.

Asian Journeys is the first in a series of destination led albums. It contains music from Globe Trekker episodes in Tokyo City Guide, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Bali and Sulawesi, South West China, Thailand, Vietnam and Beijing City Guide.

1. Hong Kong Hustle: Featuring traditional Chinese string instruments to evoke the up-beat, bustling city life of Hong Kong.

2. Halong Calling: The haunting voice of a fisherman calling out from his cave on an island in Halong Bay, Vietnam.

3. Bangkok Bells: Based on the bells from a Gamelan – A traditional Southeast Asian percussion ensemble.

4. Violin Blues: Featuring a traditional Chinese harp and a Cantonese fiddle to create to atmosphere in Korea’s oldest village – Hahoe.

5. Bac Ha Girl: A fresh new arrangement of the classic Globe Trekker song inspired by the voice of a little girl from the Vietnamese village of Bac Ha.

6. Passage to Bali: Travelling through the Balinese landscape inspires a reflective mood.

7. Porters Chant: Based around a Central Chinese carrying song sung by the fisherman pulling their boats up the Yangtze River.

8. Gunung Batur: Featuring Ian Burdge on Cello. Temple bells and a Gamelan convey the awe inspiring views of the Gunung Batur volcano in Bali.

9. Long Horn Miao: Based on a song of the Longhorn Miao Girls wooing lovers from across the valley.

10. Lost Trackers: Inspired by the livelihoods of Chinese river dwellers lost to the damming of the Yangtze.

11. Goodbye Rautetayo: Voices from a Torajam funeral ceremony echoing over the over the hills of Rautetayo in Sulawesi.

12. Kimbu Flute Song: Seeking Solace and serenity in Kinbu Korea - Featuring the lingering sounds of a traditional Korean flute.

13. Stand-Up: Traditional Chinese instruments, including the Xiao and Gau-tu, evoke the majesty of Beijing’s Great Wall.

14. Chilled Temple: A Tuvan throat singer sets the atmosphere in a Korean temple.

15. Shamisen: Priests at the Shinto Shrine in Fujiyoshida play the Ko Tsuzhumi and Shamisen at the fire festival at the base of Mount Fuji.

16. Hair Dance: The women of the Yahi Tribe from the Orchid Island off the coast of Taiwan dance to show off their hair and attract a potential suitor.

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 12, 14,15 and 16 composed and performed by Mako Sakamoto and Jesper Matheson and published by EMI Publishing Ltd.

Tracks 2,5,6,7,9 and 11 composed by Michael Conn and produced by Michael Conn and Chris Hill for Titanium Music and published by EMI Publishing Ltd.

Track 8 produced by Michael Conn featuring Ian Burdge on Cello for Titanium Music and published by EMI Publishing Ltd.

Track 10 composed by Michael Conn, produced by Michael Conn and Richard Robson for Titanium Music and published by EMI Publishing Ltd.

Track 13 produced by Colin Winston Fletcher and published by EMI Publishing Ltd.

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