Music Sculptures

LABEL COPY

Composed, arranged, performed and produced by Peter Westheimer 

Postproduction and cover codesign–Waz Porter

Cover photos Peter Westheimer, Lucille Martin 

Percussive keyboard tracks 4 &13 Greg Sheehan

Saxophone track 44 Larry Van Kriedt

Guitar Track 47 Kevin Jones

RELEASE INFO 

A Global music compilation of short connected moods, styles and feels, for film production, sound design or just plain fun. The 50 tracks flow from one to another with a multitude of instruments,sounds,textures and rhythms and melodies conveying contrasting emotional and visual cues.

Moods on this album are uplifting, surprising, playful, sad, serious, passionate, naive, classical, Asian, ambient…

'I compose intuitively, overlaying improvisations, and then crafting and sculpturing the music. The CD comes from excerpts of compositions over a 20 year period. Tracks 44 to 47 include vocals'.

TRACK LIST 

1 Freedom 0:57 - uplifting, saxophone
2 Eternity 2:19 - flowing melodic bass rhythm
3 Bali Dreaming 2:19 - Balinese, delicate beauty
4 African Sunrise 1:02 - exotic, rhythmic
5 Earthed 0:50 - chasing, percussive, sarod
6 Javanese Mystic 1:46 - deep, reminiscent, gamelan
7 Dream Catcher 1:39 - anguid, ambient, guitar
8 Miracles Happen 2: 05 - emotional, classical piano theme
9 Chill Out 1:39 - wistful, ambient, piano & strings
10 Valley Of The Gods 1:37 - cruisy, vast landscapes, flowing river
11 Postcard From A Panda 1:50 - exotic, oriental, koto
12 Transition 2:27 - wonder, eternity, piano and choir
13 Bundjalung Country 1:34 - landscapes, smooth rhythms
14 Angels 1:17 - restrained angelic choir
15 Water Spirits 1:32 - fluid, repetitive, piano
16 Trust 1:06 - repetitive, flowing, glass
17 Rainforest Lover 1:21 - haunting, sensuous, Middle East
18 Donkeys 1:25 - cruising along, easy, fun
19 Spirals 1:11 - spacious, sculptural, vibraphone
20 Warm Dreaming 1:36 - moving melodic bass rhythm
21 Big Living 1: 24 - determine powerful rhythm
22 Didgeridoo 0:56 - timeless, spacious
23 Journey 1:17 - inexorable travel, expansive, oboe
24 The Dreaming 1:44 - tender, sleepy, nature sounds
25 Windjana Gorge 2:28 - arid, wheels of time, nature sounds
26 Time Is Innocent 2:02 - focused, big country guitar
27 Sliding 1:03 - South Pacific slide guitar
28 Walking On The Edge 0:55 - spacey, quirky, harmonica
29 Other Worlds 0:50 - optimistic, heavenly swirls, flute
30 Lovers 1:10 - naive, delicate, light
31 Circular Walkways 1:46 - constant, proud, violin, brass
32 Lingering 1:12 - private, rousing, piano
33 Children Wake Up 0:56 - naive, delicate, playful
34 Simple Man 1:18 - childlike, rhythmic patterns, marimba
35 Times Change Fast 1: 08 - going somewhere now, success
36 Travelling Time 1: 30 ­- awakening, bright, exotic travel, oboe
37 Dance At The Beach 0:52 - dramatic busy rhythms
38 Out Of The Body 1:06 - fear, stalking, tense
39 Winter 1:33 - eerie, ambient, classical, piano
40 Clearview 1:33 - spacious, clear, classical, oboe
41 Tokyo Energy 1:40 - sound collage, exotic, monks chant
42 Spacemarch 1:23 - action theme, space choir
43 Move 1:55 - moving, saxophone solo
44 You And Me 0:43 - upbeat, warm, vocal mantra
45 Tin Drum 1:54 - upbeat, 80s pop, vocals
46 Air-Conditioned 1: 09 - strong lead guitar, vocals
47 Double Messages 0:50 - insistent, vocal chant
48 Pink Trees 1:22 - dramatic/delicate, Asian forest
49 Band Together 1:15 - big-band fantasy
50 Birds 0:42 - unique bird sounds, piano