Over the Hills & Far Away: The Music of Sharpe
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Over the Hills & Far Away: The Music of Sharpe was released in 1996 as a companion to the Sharpe
Sharpe (TV series)
Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean about Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books...

television series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

. The recording features performances by various artists, including British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 musicians John Tams
John Tams
John Tams is an English actor, singer, songwriter, composer and musician.- Folk musician :John Tams was a member of Derbyshire folk group Muckram Wakes in the 1970s, then worked with Ashley Hutchings as singer and melodeon-player on albums including Son of Morris On, and as a member of the...

 (who played a supporting role in the series and wrote or arranged much of its music) and Kate Rusby
Kate Rusby
Kate Anna Rusby is an English folk singer and songwriter from Penistone, South Yorkshire. Sometimes known as The Barnsley Nightingale, she has headlined various British national folk festivals, and is regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times...

, composer Dominic Muldowney
Dominic Muldowney
Dominic Muldowney is a British composer.-Biography:He studied at the universities of Southampton and York , and took private lessons with Harrison Birtwistle. From 1974 to 1976 he was composer-in-residence to the Southern Arts Association...

, and The Band and Bugles of the Light Division, performing traditional songs along with selections of original music from the programmes.

Track listing

  1. "The Overture" a) "Sharpe's Theme" b) "Prelude" (Dominic Muldowney/John Tams, words trad.) featuring Sean Bean
    Sean Bean
    Shaun Mark "Sean" Bean is an English film and stage actor. Bean is best known for playing Boromir in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and, previously, British Colonel Richard Sharpe in the ITV television series Sharpe...

    ) – 2:48
  2. "I'm Ninety Five" (Trad.) performed by The Band and Bugles of the Light Division – :50
  3. ""Over the Hills and Far Away
    Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional)
    "Over the Hills and Far Away" is a traditional English song, dating back to at least the late 17th century. One version was published in Thomas D'Urfey's Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy; a very different one appeared in George Farquhar's 1706 play The Recruiting Officer...

    " (Trad./Tams) performed by Tams – 3:49
  4. "The Spanish Sword" (Muldowney) – 1:30
  5. "Rogue's March" – (Trad.) performed by Tams/Barry Coope - :33
  6. "The Collier Recruit" (Trad., arranged by Kate Rusby/John McCusker
    John McCusker
    John McCusker is a Scottish folk musician, record producer and composer. An accomplished fiddle player, he had a long association as a member of the Battlefield Band beginning in the 1990s and was later a band member and producer for folk singer Kate Rusby...

    ) performed by Rusby – 4:17
  7. "The Bird in the Bush/The Colors" (Trad./Tams/Muldowney) performed by Tams/Moscow Symphony Orchestra
    Moscow Symphony Orchestra
    Founded in 1989, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra comprises 80 musicians, including graduates from such institutions as the Moscow Conservatory, Kiev Conservatory, and Saint Petersburg Conservatory. The orchestra is produced by Stas Namin, and conduced by Konstantin Krimets. It has recorded over 100...

    /Muldowney – 3:52
  8. "The Spanish Bride" (Tams) performed by Tams – 6:57
  9. "The Shilling" (Muldowney) – 2:00
  10. "Gentleman Soldier" (Trad., arranged by Tams/Roger Wilson) performed by Tams – :35
  11. "Bugle Call/Moneymusk" (Trad.) performed by The Band and Bugles of the Light Division – :51
  12. "Broken-Hearted I Will Wander" (Trad. arranged by Rusby/McCusker) performed by Rusby – 2:11
  13. "Badajoz
    Badajoz
    Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain, situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid–Lisbon railway. The population in 2007 was 145,257....

    " (Muldowney) - 3:58
  14. "The Rambling Soldier" (Trad./Tams/Coope) performed by Tams/Coope - 1:43
  15. "The Huntsman's Chorus/The Italian Song" (Trad.) performed by The Band and Bugles of the Light Division - 2:16
  16. "Johnny is Gone for a Soldier
    Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
    "Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier" is an American folk music song that dates to the American Revolution. The lyrics lament the sacrifices that men and women make in going off to war.ll- Origins :...

    " (Trad.) performed by Tams - 3:26
  17. "The Forlorn Hope
    Forlorn hope
    A forlorn hope is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the leading part in a military operation, such as an assault on a defended position, where the risk of casualties is high....

    " (Muldowney) - 2:05
  18. "Love Farewell" (Trad./Tams) performed by Tams - 3:09
  19. "Sunset" (Trad.) The Band and Bugles of the Light Division - 1:38
  20. "Sharpe's Song/Sharpe's Theme" (Trad./Muldowney/Tams) - 1:39
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