Song name during credits?
Anyone know the name of the song during the credits of part 2? cheers!
shareYes, I would also like to know that. Please anyone know?
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Song is called "Lowlands" or "Lowlands Away". It's an old sea song. I'd love to know who did the version for the movie though.
shareThe song was a traditional piece arranged and produced by the score composer Richard G Mitchell and the basic theme was used throughout the movie. The Elijah character played by Billy Boyd sings it in the opening part of the story as a kind of prophecy or omen. Then this tune is taken up on solo violin several times ...... then as Ahab is about to go to his death, their harpoon boat is slamming toward the Pequod, and for one last time all the sound effects disappear and we hear the tune playing on solo violin that reminds us of Elijah's prophecy ...... the end version over the end & credits is sung by a soprano called Ali Darragh. There will be a sound track available on CD and iTunes when the mini-series is shown very soon in Germany Alhambra Records. There will be a full length special mix available of the Lowlands track sung by Ali on the album.
shareDo you guys know the name of that song that was playing in the tavern at the beggining?
Movies: Now more than ever.
If you can refresh my memory with a few words, I'll tell you.
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It's a traditional tune called "Hog eye man" ..... about the guys who travelled on the canals and lakes inland and were very much looked down on by the sailors that went out on the whalers.
shareWell, that may be what what you *think* it's about. Yes, it is widely attested as a chanty, and appears to have some roots as an African-American plantation song. The verse lyrics are floating lyrics from minstrel songs and Af-Amer. folk songs (also typically of chanties). What is not typical of chanties is singing them in a tavern.
The presentation of "Lowlands" was problematic, as it was made into a wee Scottish lullaby of sorts.
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There are indeed many different versions of LOWLANDS existing in many european countries (Holland, Scotland, Ireland etc) .... this version was chosen purely for it's relation to the narrative. ie. The director and composer made a creative decision to use it as the mood was so perfect and coming from the mouth of Elijah initially sets up the song as a prophecy .. a solo violin takes up the tune with reference to the prophecy later . and by the time the final scene comes, it's Elizabeth's observation.
shareNo, there aren't many different versions. Wherever you may have read that, they are making it up. Please do not confuse this specific song with any number of other songs that may just happen to have the word "lowlands" in them.
Look at any of the actually historical sources for the chanty "Lowlands" -- singing collected directly from actual sailors as they sang it -- and you'll see they are quite similar in theme: about working for "a dollar and half a day."
I understand how the director was using it. I said it is problematic because the style and verse being used is something that was concocted in the folk music Revival, and therefore to use that doesn't ring true with the historical period. Nothing sinful, just ahistorical and rather fanciful.
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