Halloween: Monster Mix | ||||
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Released | September 21, 2004 | |||
Genre | New age | |||
Length | 40:28 | |||
Label | American Gramaphone | |||
Producer | Chip Davis | |||
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Halloween: Monster Mix is a Halloween album by American band, Mannheim Steamroller. It contains mostly tracks from their previous Halloween collection, Halloween , plus three new tracks ("Night Ambience", "Full Moon" & "Enchanted Forest IV"). The tracks also feature new arrangements, and are also shorter in length.
All tracks are written by Chip Davis, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" | Paul Dukas | 4:46 |
2. | "Enchanted Forest" | 2:11 | |
3. | "Hall of the Mountain King" | Edvard Grieg | 2:47 |
4. | "The Other Side" | 2:32 | |
5. | "Harvest Dance" | 2:56 | |
6. | "Enchanted Forest II" | 1:45 | |
7. | "The Reaper" | 0:50 | |
8. | "Night on Bald Mountain" | Modest Mussorgsky | 4:12 |
9. | "Ghost Voices" | 0:35 | |
10. | "Enchanted Forest III" | 1:33 | |
11. | "Crystal" | 4:16 | |
12. | "Mountain King" | 2:00 | |
13. | "Night Ambience" | 0:52 | |
14. | "Full Moon" | 3:10 | |
15. | "Enchanted Forest IV" | 2:19 | |
16. | "The Flying Dutchman" | Richard Wagner | 3:33 |
Total length: | 89:43 |
Louis F. "Chip" Davis Jr. is the founder and leader of the music group Mannheim Steamroller. Davis composed the music for several C. W. McCall albums, including the hit 1975 song "Convoy". He has also written and made other albums, such as Day Parts, and has written several books.
Mannheim Steamroller is an American neoclassical new-age music ensemble founded and directed by percussionist/composer Chip Davis in 1974. The group is known primarily for its Fresh Aire series of albums, which blend classical music with elements of new age and rock, and for its modern recordings of Christmas music. The group has sold 28 million albums in the U.S. alone.
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Fresh Aire 8 is an album by Mannheim Steamroller, released in 2000. It is the final album in the Fresh Aire series and is based on the topic of infinity, with each track or suite representing a different "aspect of infinity." The tracks' topics include ancient Greek philosophy, Leonardo da Vinci, M. C. Escher's Waterfall, Mannheim Steamroller's mascot, and the Judgment of Anubis. A visual album was also released on DVD.
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Within the broad movement of new-age music, neoclassical new-age music is influenced by and sometimes also based upon baroque or classical music, especially in terms of melody and composition. The artist may offer a modern arrangement of a work by an established composer or combine elements from classical styles with modern elements to produce original compositions. Many artists within this subgenre are classically trained musicians. Although there is a wide variety of individual styles, neoclassical new-age music is generally melodic, harmonic, and instrumental, using both traditional musical instruments as well as electronic instruments.
Sweet Tooth is the fourth Halloween CD released by Mannheim Steamroller, following Halloween, Monster Mix, and Halloween 2: Creatures Collection. Sweet Tooth is a one-disc release featuring 13 tracks produced between 2003 and 2006, collected and released in 2006.
Bird Song is part one of Mannheim Steamroller's three part Ambience collection. It was released in 2001 on CD & DVD by American Gramaphone and features eight bird song tracks.
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Christmas Symphony is the twelfth Christmas music album overall released by American musical group Mannheim Steamroller. The album was originally released in 2011. Recorded in Prague, the album features members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, performing new recordings of previously released Mannheim Steamroller arrangements.
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