Wonders (album)

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Wonders
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Studio album by
The Piano Guys
ReleasedOctober 7, 2014 (2014-10-07)
Genre Classical crossover
Length47:46
Label Portrait
Producer Al van der Beek, Steven Sharp Nelson, Jon Schmidt [1]
The Piano Guys chronology
A Family Christmas
(2013)		Wonders
(2014)		 Uncharted
(2016)

Wonders is the fifth studio album by American musical group The Piano Guys. It was released on October 7, 2014 by Portrait Records. The album reached number 12 on the US Billboard 200, making it their highest charting album to date.

Contents

The album also features the beginning of their "Wonders of the World" quest, beginning at the Great Wall of China for their video "Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends" [2] and the "Christ the Redeemer" statue in Rio for their video "The Mission/ How Great Thou Art". [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."Story of My Life"Julian Bunetta, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, John Henry Ryan, Jamie Scott, Louis Tomlinson Steven Sharp Nelson, Al van der Beek4:34
2."Let It Go" ( [upper-alpha 1] ) Kristen Anderson, Robert Lopez, Antonio Vivaldi van der Beek, Jon Schmidt, Nelson4:05
3."Ants Marching /Ode to Joy" ( [upper-alpha 2] ) David Matthews, Ludwig van Beethoven van der Beek, Schmidt, Nelson2:52
4."Fathers' Eyes"van der Beek, Nelson 4:00
5."Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends" ( [upper-alpha 3] ) Henry Jackman, John Powell, Hans Zimmer, Frédéric Chopin van der Beek, Schmidt, Nelson4:05
6."Summer Jam"Schmidt, Nelson 3:54
7."Batman Evolution" Neal Hefti, Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard, Zimmervan der Beek, Nelson4:13
8."Don't You Worry Child" (featuring Shweta Subram) Axel Hedfors, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Fragogiannis, Martin Lindström, Michel Zitron, Shweta Subram, Abhay Jodhpurkar van der Beek, Nelson, Schmidt, Subram4:05
9."Home" Greg Holden, Drew Pearson van der Beek, Schmidt, Nelson4:41
10."The Mission / How Great Thou Art" Ennio Morricone, Traditional van der Beek, Schmidt, Nelson3:11
11."Because of You"van der Beek, Nelson 4:04
12."Pictures at an Exhibition" ( [upper-alpha 4] ) Modest Mussorgsky, van der Beek, Nelsonvan der Beek, Nelson4:02
Total length:47:46
iTunes Bonus Track [4]
No.TitleLength
13."Love Story"6:22
Target Exclusive Edition [5]
No.TitleLength
13."Without You" 
14."What Are Words" 
Special Asian Edition [6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."What Makes You Beautiful" Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub van der Beek, Schmidt, Nelson2:53
2."Just the Way You Are" Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Khari Cain, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton van der Beek, Schmidt, Nelson4:21
3."Titanium / Pavane" ( [upper-alpha 5] ) Sia Furler, David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Nick Van De Wall, Gabriel Fauré Al van der Beek, Jon Schmidt, Steven Sharp Nelson 4:50
4."A Thousand Years" David Hodges, Christina Perri van der Beek, Schmidt, Nelson4:36
5."Rolling in the Deep" ( [upper-alpha 6] ) Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, Paul Epworth Nelson, Schmidt, van der Beek3:52
6."Beethoven's 5 Secrets" ( [upper-alpha 7] ) Ryan B. Tedder, Ludwig van Beethoven Nelson, van der Beek, Kayson Brown5:09
7."All of Me"Schmidt 3:02
8."Waterfall"Schmidt 3:04
Notes [1]
  1. ↑ Inspired by Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter) by Antonio Vivaldi
  2. ↑ Inspired by the "Ode to Joy" melody from Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 by Ludwig van Beethoven
  3. ↑ Inspired by Prelude Op. 28, No. 20 in C Minor by Frédéric Chopin
  4. ↑ Based upon and inspired by "Promenade" from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
  5. ↑ Inspired by Fauré: Pavane
  6. ↑ Includes melody from Gustav Holst's "Jupiter" from The Planets Suite
  7. ↑ Inspired by Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Personnel

Per liner notes [1]

The Piano Guys
Additional musicians

Charts

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  2. ↑ "Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends - The Piano Guys". The Piano Guys. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  3. ↑ "The Mission: How Great Thou Art - The Piano Guys". The Piano Guys. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
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