Medwyn Goodall
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Medwyn Goodall is a composer and musician mostly associated with the New Age
genre. He was born in Yorkshire, England. He lives with his wife Wendy in Cornwall, England. According to Allmusic, "Goodall began composing original songs as a teen, earning local notoriety with his band Trax; in the years to follow, he learned to play a vast range of instruments, including mandolin
, piano, drums, harp, flute, glockenspiel
, panpipes, vibraphone
and synthesizer, and cut his first album at age 16". He is a prolific recorder, having recorded over 75 albums. He also topped the UK music charts twice and sold over three million albums. His first album was Emergence (1987), published by New World Music. His early albums were published also by Oreade Music. Medwyn Goodall recently started MG Music, a record label
which specializes in New Age music.
He produced albums on which he arranged, performed, mixed and mastered every song, although his album, Om (2006), was produced together with Terry Oldfield
and Om2 (2010), was produced together with Aroshanti
. There is an updated list of his albums at MG Music and at All Music
web sites.
Many of Goodall's recent releases have been under the alias Midori. He explains that he chose this alias so he "could record projects that were more ethnic, eastern, or produced for the healing arts" without confusing fans of his other music. However, there are also other musical artists using or known by the name Midori (such as the jazz-punk combo Midori
and the Japanese violinist Midori Goto
).
One of Goodall's tracks, "Free Spirit" from his album Meditations and Visualisations (2001) has sampled the "Summer Forest" music in the video game Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
, as composed by Stewart Copeland
.
New Age
The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...
genre. He was born in Yorkshire, England. He lives with his wife Wendy in Cornwall, England. According to Allmusic, "Goodall began composing original songs as a teen, earning local notoriety with his band Trax; in the years to follow, he learned to play a vast range of instruments, including mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, piano, drums, harp, flute, glockenspiel
Glockenspiel
A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...
, panpipes, vibraphone
Vibraphone
The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
and synthesizer, and cut his first album at age 16". He is a prolific recorder, having recorded over 75 albums. He also topped the UK music charts twice and sold over three million albums. His first album was Emergence (1987), published by New World Music. His early albums were published also by Oreade Music. Medwyn Goodall recently started MG Music, a record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
which specializes in New Age music.
He produced albums on which he arranged, performed, mixed and mastered every song, although his album, Om (2006), was produced together with Terry Oldfield
Terry Oldfield
Terence "Terry" Oldfield is an English composer. He is brother to well-known music composers and performers Sally and Mike Oldfield.- Early life :...
and Om2 (2010), was produced together with Aroshanti
Aroshanti
Aroshanti is the artist name used by music composer and instrumentalist Nick Truch, for his new age genre and therapy music. With his first commercial release in 2008 , Aroshanti has made a name for himself in a very short period of time....
. There is an updated list of his albums at MG Music and at All Music
All Music
All Music was an Italian free-to-air television station which mainly broadcast music videos and music programs. Originally called Rete A, the name was changed to Rete A - All Music , and for a brief period was affiliated before with MTV Italy and after with VIVA.-History:In late 2004 the former...
web sites.
Many of Goodall's recent releases have been under the alias Midori. He explains that he chose this alias so he "could record projects that were more ethnic, eastern, or produced for the healing arts" without confusing fans of his other music. However, there are also other musical artists using or known by the name Midori (such as the jazz-punk combo Midori
Midori (band)
Midori was a four member jazz-punk fusion band formed in 2003 in Osaka, Japan featuring Mariko on vocals, Yoshitaka on drums, Keigo Iwami on bass, and Hajime on keyboard...
and the Japanese violinist Midori Goto
Midori Goto
is a Japanese American violinist. She made her debut at the age of 11 in a last-minute change of programming during a concert highlighting young performers by the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. When she was 21, she formed the philanthropic group Midori and Friends to help bring music to...
).
One of Goodall's tracks, "Free Spirit" from his album Meditations and Visualisations (2001) has sampled the "Summer Forest" music in the video game Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! is a video game for the PlayStation video game console. It was released in North America under this title on October 31, 1999, in Europe as Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer on November 5, 1999, and in Japan on March 16, 2000 as: Spyro X Sparx Tondemo Tours.Ripto's Rage is the...
, as composed by Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland
Stewart Armstrong Copeland is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police. During the group's extended hiatus from the mid-1980s to 2007, he played in other bands and composed soundtracks...
.
Discography
- 0000 — No Strings Attached — (Unknown Year)
- 0000 — Celtic Mist 3 — (Unknown Year)
- 0000 — Music For Dolphin Experience — (Unknown Year)
- 1987 — Emergence — (New World Music)
- 1987 — Innocence
- 1987 — Kindred Spirits — (New World Music)
- 1988 — In The Stillness Of A Moment
- 1988 — Paradise Moon — (Discover)
- 1989 — In the Stillness of a Moment — (New World Music)
- 1989 — Angel Sleep — (New World Company)
- 1989 — Gifts of Comfort and Joy
- 1990 — Druid — (New World Company)
- 1990 — Excalibur — (New World Company)
- 1990 — Leo — (Oreade Music)
- 1990 — Merlin — (New World Company)
- 1991 — Earth Healer — (New World Company)
- 1991 — Medicine Woman — (New World Company)
- 1992 — The Way of the Dolphin — (New World Company)
- 1992 — Kingdom of the Sun God — (New World Company)
- 1992 — Great Spirit — (New World Company)
- 1993 — Coral Sand
- 1993 — Antarctica
- 1993 — Eagle Spirit — (New World Company)
- 1994 — Goddess From The Sea
- 1994 — Nazca
- 1994 — Phoenix — (with Simon Cooper)
- 1994 — The Four Horsemen
- 1994 — Golden Dreams Forever
- 1994 — Bach
- 1994 — Beethoven
- 1994 — Mozart
- 1994 — Purple Dream
- 1994 — Return To Eden
- 1994 — Alpha And Omega
- 1994 — Green Dream
- 1994 — Neptune, God of the Oceans
- 1994 — Siesta — (New World Music)
- 1995 — Tintagel
- 1995 — Eternal Pathways
- 1995 — Odyssey
- 1995 — Ashley Moon — Sapphire
- 1995 — Guardian Spirit
- 1995 — Pagan Dawn
- 1995 — Moon Goddess — (New World Company)
- 1995 — Where Angels Tread — (New World Music)
- 1995 — The Gift of Excalibur
- 1995 — Visions
- 1996 — Angel Helpers
- 1996 — Myth and Magic — (New World Music)
- 1996 — Gifts of Comfort and Joy — (New World Company)
- 1996 — King Shaman — (Oreade)
- 1996 — Soshone Dream — (Oreade Music)
- 1996 — Priestess Return to Atlantis — (New World Company)
- 1996 — Guinevere
- 1996 — The Round Table
- 1996 — Winds Across the Pacific
- 1996 — Celtic Sunrise — (Label: Dawn Awakening, UK)
- 1996 — Dream Catcher — (Label: Dawn Awakening, UK)
- 1996 — Celtic Sunrise — (Label: Dawn Awakening, UK)
- 1996 — Dream Catcher — (Label: Dawn Awakening, UK)
- 1997 — Alcazar — (Oreade Music)
- 1997 — Nazca, Land of the Incas — (Oreade Music)
- 1997 — Grail Quest: The Arthurian Collection, Vol. 1 — (Oreade Music)
- 1997 — The Gift of Excalibur: The Arthurian Collection, Vol. 2 — (Oreade Music)
- 1997 — Fair Queen Guinevere: The Arthurian Collection, Vol. 3 — (Oreade Music)
- 1997 — All Good Things
- 1997 — A Christmas Tapestry — (New World Company)
- 1997 — Dolphin Quest — (Oreade)
- 1997 — Way of the Ocean — (New World Music)
- 1997 — Clan: A Celtic Journey — (New World Company)
- 1997 — Ancient Nazca: Inca Mysteries — (Oreade Music)
- 1998 — Way of the Moon — (New World Company)
- 1998 — Spirit of Christmas — (Oreade Music)
- 1998 — Wisdom Of The Forest
- 1998 — Best of Medwyn Goodall — (Oreade Music)
- 1998 — Gregorian Harmonny — (New Music World)
- 1998 — Secret Of The Panpipes — (New Music World)
- 1999 — Medicine Woman II: The Gift — (New World Company)
- 1999 — Catalan Siesta — (Sanctuary)
- 1999 — Peaceful Garden
- 1999 — Millennium — (New World Company)
- 1999 — Comet — (New World Company)
- 2000 — Lightstream
- 2000 — The Scroll (Clan II) — (New World Music)
- 2000 — Visions — (New World Music)
- 2000 — Bali — (New Music World)
- 2000 — Winds Across the Pacific — (Oreade Music)
- 2000 — Mind Body Soul Series Sleep — (New World Music)
- 2001 — Mind Body Soul Series — Meditation & Visualisation — (New World Music)
- 2001 — Mind Body Soul Series — Feng Shui -(New World Music)
- 2001 — Earth Love
- 2001 — The Essence of Magic — (New World Company)
- 2001 — Timeless — (New World Music)
- 2001 — English Summer
- 2001 — Sacred Medicine — (Oreade Music)
- 2001 — Autumn (series Four Seasons) — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2001 — Spring (series Four Seasons) — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2001 — Summer (series Four Seasons) — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2001 — Winter (series Four Seasons) — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2001 — April Showers — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2001 — Clam Ocean — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2001 — Heaven’s Breath — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2001 — The Magic Of Easter Island — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2001 — Scarborough Fair — (New Music World)
- 2001 — April Showers — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2001 — Clam Ocean — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2001 — Heaven’s Breath — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2001 — The Magic Of Easter Island — (Label: New Beginnings)
- 2002 — Snows of Kilimanjaro — (New World Company)
- 2002 — Shoshone Dream — (Oreade Music)
- 2002 — Bonsai Garden — (New Music World)
- 2002 — Reflexology — (New Music World)
- 2002 — Anam Cara — (Oreade Music)
- 2003 — Rhythm of the Ancients — (New World Company)
- 2003 — Dragon’s Keep (with Tony O’Connor) — (Label: Studio Horizon)
- 2003 — Classics for Healing — (New World Music)
- 2004 — Classics for Tranquillity — (New World Music)
- 2004 — Classics for Creativity — (New World Music)
- 2004 — Copyright Free Music Series, Vol. 1: Movement — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Copyright-Free Music Series, Vol. 2: Stillness — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Copyright Free Music Series, Vol. 4: Expression — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Copyright Free Music Series, Vol. 5: Overdub — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Copyright Free Music Series, Vol. 6: Christmas — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Copyright Free Music Series, Vol. 7: Medieval Wedding — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Copyright Free Music Series, Vol. 8: Celtic — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Eye of the Wolf — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Dolphins And Sea — (Oreade Music)
- 2004 — Guinevere — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Land of the Inca — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Momentum — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Chronicles: An Epic Tale in Music — (Oreade Music)
- 2004 — Natural Sound Series — Dolphins — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Natural Sound Series — Morning Birdsong — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Natural Sound Series — Mountain Stream — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Natural Sound Series — Ocean Waves — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Natural Sound Series — Raindrops — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Natural Sound Series — Rainforest — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Natural Sound Series — Thunderstorm — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Natural Sound Series — Pebble Beach — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Natural Sound Series — Woodland Walk — (MG Music)
- 2004 — The Dragon’s Breath — Re-release of The Dragon’s Keep — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Pagan Dawn: The Selected Music Of Medwyn Goodall — (New World Music)
- 2004 — The Legend of King Arthur — (MG Music)
- 2004 — The Round Table — (MG Music)
- 2004 — Tintagel — (MG Music)
- 2005 — Medicine Woman III, The Rising — (New World Company)
- 2005 — Tribal Nation (with Scott Jasper) — (MG Music)
- 2005 — Natural World — (New World Music)
- 2006 — Native Spirit — Original Soundtrack
- 2006 — Celtic Visions (New Music World)
- 2006 — Gregorian Devotion — (New Music World)
- 2006 — Series Life Style — Music For Crystal Healing
- 2006 — Series Life Style — Music For Healing
- 2006 — Series Life Style — Music For Perfect Sleep
- 2006 — Series Life Style — Music For Aromatherapy & Massage
- 2006 — The Sorcerer’s Daughter — (MG Music)
- 2006 — Medwyn’s Cornwall — (MG Music)
- 2006 — Om (with Terry Oldfield) — (MG Music)
- 2006 — True Champissage — Indian Head Massage — (MG Music)
- 2006 — True Reiki — (MG Music)
- 2007 — Earth Goddess — (MG Music)
- 2008 — Amun Ra
- 2008 — Serve chilled (with Tim Rock) — (MG Music)
- 2009 — Druid II
- 2009 — Origins
- 2009 — Medicine Woman IV — Prophecy 2012
- 2010 — Clan III — The Lands Beyond
- 2011 — Tears Of The Dragon
- 2011 — Knight