This is a cover version of a song I know well, but for the life of me I am unable to remember the name of the artist or the name of the tune.
Somebody out there must know the answer.
Giants, by Ella Henderson.
Nope, I've never heard of her either.
It is by Samuel Sim (http://samuelsim.com/). You can find the theme on SoundCloud. :-)
shareYes, a haunting highly original work by the remarkable composer Samuel Sim. Here are some comments about the Home Fires theme on Soundcloud.
https://soundcloud.com/samuel77
Samuel Simshare
Home Fires - Main Theme
pitched voices of layering crescendo burn lovingly warm.
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147 comments
Posted 3 days ago3 days bullie1989 says at 0:56:
Gorgeous!
Posted 4 days ago4 days Sarrahhh says at 0:00:
'I can hear them talking, but I can only hear the voices in my head'
Posted 6 days ago6 days Mark Blinkhorn says at 0:03:
Adore this track, it's about time it was released for sale ;-)
Posted 8 days ago8 days Susan Pallotta says at 0:10:
Great theme music. Great series.
Posted 9 days ago9 days user241284652clive s says at 0:29:
When I first heard this beautiful and ethereal song, I mailed my daughters and told them to listen to it because it is so wonderful that it reminded me of them!
Posted 9 days ago9 days sfoulds7canada says at 0:26:
The song is not for sale. You must email the music company and the writer to convince them to put it on i
Posted 9 days ago9 days Valerie Pease Hoffmann says at 0:56:
Hauntingly beautiful.
Posted 9 days ago9 days User 733801937 says at 1:01:
Stopped me in my tracks when I first heard it on PBS here in the USA. I was full on compelled to watch Homefires...and the whole of it wrecks me. The music, the reality ,the sorrow,the struggle...we failed you .As a Yank, I am so sorry.
Posted 10 days ago10 days Tanta-Trist says at 1:23:
Does someone know where can I purchase this song???
Posted 9 days ago9 days balqan says at 1:23:
@tanta-trist: I was wondering about the same thing..
Posted 10 days ago10 days lindasouthworth says at 0:59:
Transcendent! A wonderful contribution. Thank you, Samuel Sim.
Posted 10 days ago10 days JoBisbee says at 1:29:
I am so in love with this perfect piece of music. Please let us purchase it on iTunes!
Posted 10 days ago10 days sfoulds7canada says at 0:01:
please email [email protected] to encourage them to release this song on iTunes worldwide. also go to samuel sim website to email him as well.
Posted 12 days ago12 days Lorie says at 1:42:
Lyrics are awesome. Use closed captions to see them
Posted 11 days ago11 days Nikolas Vidakovic says at 1:42:
@lorie-245770261: How do you turn on closed captions?
Posted 4 days ago4 days Jethrotull says at 1:42:
@nikolas-vidakovic: - can you tell me how I access closed captions? [email protected]
Posted 4 days ago4 days Jethrotull says at 1:42:
@lorie-245770261: - can you tell me how i access closed captions? [email protected]
Posted 12 days ago12 days Lorie says at 1:19:
lyrics are just as compelling as the music. Put on closed captions to get the lyrics
Posted 12 days ago12 days June Henley says at 0:24:
Captivating song!
Posted 12 days ago12 days Nancy Hansen says at 0:57:
Love this song
Posted 13 days ago13 days User 836770013 says at 1:38:
Wishing it was on iTunes...so great!
Posted 13 days ago13 days Tara Higgins says at 1:43:
Incredible and lusting to have it on my itunes!
Posted 13 days ago13 days
User 606489218 says at 0:49:
Mystical, beautiful haunting, lovely; what else can I say!!!
Posted 13 days ago13 days selinald says at 1:10:
Why can?t we buy the soundtrack. Its crazy. They could be making a tone of money. I may forget in two months time.
Posted 13 days ago13 days Ellie Davis Patterson says at 1:10:
@selinald: AGREED!
Posted 14 days ago14 days Jeremy Koenemann says at 0:52:
All of his works are amazing! How did I not know about this composer?!
Posted 16 days ago16 days Dina Dee 1 says at 1:36:
Full Lyrics?
Posted 16 days ago16 days User 734946548 says at 1:34:
I can't get enough I play Home Fires Theme over and over. This music engulf me! It is marvelous and enchanting!!
Posted 16 days ago16 days Julie-Ann Zajac says at 1:15:
Love this - beautiful music.
Posted 16 days ago16 days Lucy L. Honeychurch says at 0:30:
I wish I could 'Like' this a thousand times.
Hauntingly beautiful. Love your music!
Posted 17 days ago17 days Doc Burns says at 0:22:
A brilliant, beautifully evocative theme. Also a brilliant piece of music. The various choral depths intertwined with the cello create a stunning, emotional piece. Bravo! The incidental score throughout the programme is of an equivalent quality, only occasionally repeating the main theme phrasing, tying it all together.
Posted 17 days ago17 days Rachel Edgington says at 0:14:
this is so beautiful. I was enthralled from the moment I heard it. It takes me to another world
Posted 18 days ago18 days TheSwinburne_Complex says at 0:35:
Sublime.
Posted 19 days ago19 days abarefootboy says at 0:42:
speaks ... sings .. from the heart of our life on our beloved planet
Posted 20 days ago20 days prunefifi says at 0:58:
love the show
Posted 20 days ago20 days prunefifi says at 0:26:
good show!
Posted 20 days ago20 days Tammy Hurst says at 1:34:
truly beautiful and mesmerizing.....
Posted 21 days ago21 days User Poe says at 0:40:
Home Fires Lyrics I can see them talking but I only hear their voices in my head waiting for the moment they’ll be calling to me And if I try, I’ll remember all the words I’ve never said Only now the others hold no meaning for me I see with wide open eye, of blindness I leave, the ever calling cries, in silence Every place we, we shouldn’t go We see, we shouldn’t see We know, we’ll never know We’ll go then all I want All I see All I fear Is waiting for me Wide open
Posted 21 days ago21 days Heather Lea Hall says at 1:33:
How did you find your way into my dreams, and still remember what was surrounding us all?
Posted 23 days ago23 days DebbieK says at 0:42:
Beautiful harmonizing. I am listening to it over and over.
Posted 23 days ago23 days Gamache says at 0:14:
Intricate and entrancing!
Posted 23 days ago23 days jules52 says at 0:18:
I haven't been able to enjoy music for years, until this. In the US I have the episodes saved on my DVR. But I hope you release the music commercially. It speaks to people.
Posted 24 days ago24 days Sandra Norvell says at 0:27:
I sent a message to Samuel Sim on his webpage asking him to consider releasing this commercially.
Posted 24 days ago24 days user164000466 says at 1:00:
utterly compelling, as you can see from all your new home fires fans
Posted 27 days ago27 days CAJUDITH says at 1:40:
So beautiful and evocative. Amazing harmonies, but what group is singing this?
Posted 28 days ago28 days bearcreekfky says at 1:32:
Beautiful
Posted 28 days ago28 days Christi Stumpf Severance says at 0:15:
I can see them talking but I only hear the voices in my head, Waiting for the moment they'll be calling to me, And if I try I'll remember that the words were never said, Only now the others hold no meaning for me And I'll see, With wide-open eyes, Of blindness, I'll leave, The ever-calling cries, In silence, Every place we shouldn't go, We shouldn't see, we will never know, And all I want, All I see, All I fear, Is waiting for me, Now I see.
Posted 28 days ago28 days Sandra Jervey Ross says at 0:01:
First ten seconds of the song and I was entranced....beautiful, moving, echoes in your head and reminds you of something that you almost not quite remember but the almost-memory brings tears to your eyes. Wow.
Posted 29 days ago29 days Kris Isom says at 0:50:
lovely.
Posted 29 days ago29 days Nancy Blondin says at 0:55:
What a beautiful song.... i would like to buy it off ITUNES
Posted 29 days ago29 days Robin Whitfield says at 0:28:
This is such a beautiful song that is filled it captivates one immediately.
Posted 1 month ago1 month User Poe says at 1:08:
This song is akin to The Kiss by Trevor Jones from the Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack in evoking emotion. It's absolutely stunning.
Posted 1 month ago1 month User Poe says at 1:14:
This is so beautiful
Posted 1 month ago1 month IrishLass says at 0:58:
Please release this on iTunes! It is absolutely beautiful!!
Posted 1 month ago1 month stevewinget says at 1:04:
I wish I could understand the lyrics.
Posted 29 days ago29 days Nancy Blondin says at 1:04:
@stevewinget: I can see them talking but I only hear the voices in my head, Waiting for the moment they'll be calling to me, And if I try I'll remember that the words were never said, Only now the others hold no meaning for me
Posted 29 days ago29 days Nancy Blondin says at 1:04:
And I'll see, With wide-open eyes, Of blindness, I'll leave, The ever-calling cries, In silence, Every place we shouldn't go, We shouldn't see, we will never know, And all I want, All I see, All I fear, Is waiting for me, Now I see.
Posted 1 month ago1 month stevewinget says at 0:30:
This piece of music at the beginning caught my attention immediately.
Posted 1 month ago1 month SharonJackson says at 0:46:
Magical, wonderful, exciting, suspenseful. I love it.
Posted 1 month ago1 month Jellex says at 1:45:
The voices remind me of mediaeval baebes. Beautiful !
Posted 29 days ago29 days Renee Mathew says at 1:45:
Melody, lyrics, instruments and voices blending beautifully.
Posted 17 days ago17 days Patricia J Mayhew says at 1:45:
Simply lovely! What harmony! ??
Posted 16 days ago16 days Lynne M says at 1:45:
Chorus of Angels. Just beautiful.
Posted 14 days ago14 days Catherine Carmichael says at 1:45:
This is so beautiful! I can listen to it over and over again.
Posted 1 day ago1 day Babette T. Gorman says at 1:45:
@samuelsim: I bought the sheet music at vibedeck.com/samuelsim. If my choral director likes it, how do we get the rights for our small non-profit Columbus Women's Chorus in Ohio?
Posted 1 month ago1 month Harmony Bee says at 0:24:
Beautiful. Wish it were longer - want more!
Posted 1 month ago1 month Deepti S. Bulusu says at 1:39:
beautiful
Posted 1 month ago1 month Laurencewinstonjames says at 0:05:
echoing.....magic music
Posted 1 month ago1 month Melissa Berryman says at 0:06:
Lovely and addictive piece. Would have DVR'd show for later but this opening title music hooked me in. Reminded me a little of Tears for Fears Mad World. Pefect #Droughtlander series and looking forward to more of Samuel Sim!
Posted 1 month ago1 month liatg says at 1:28:
I can't stop listening to it.
Posted 1 month ago1 month Perspectives Portland, ME says at 0:32:
Fell in love with this music within 30 seconds of hearing it on "Home Fires!" Had to stop streaming the show to find out more about the music.
Posted 1 month ago1 month Joanette Sorkin says at 0:32:
@perspectives-portland-me: me, too. Did the same thing. Stopped the show to find the music. I wish there were more of it
Posted 1 month ago1 month Deb Adams says at 0:25:
Absolutely beautiful piece...pulled us right in to the show
Posted 1 month ago1 month User 860920467 says at 0:26:
I just keep listening to it over and over
Posted 1 month ago1 month Tom W says at 1:32:
I started watching the PBS show. The theme really caught my attention. I didn't know anyone cared to write this type of music anymore. Thank you.
Posted 4 months ago4 months Samantha Pritchard says at 1:22:
Love this music suits the programme so well.
Posted 4 months ago4 months leseratte says at 0:06:
just wonderful :)
Posted 4 months ago4 months b100d says at 1:45:
pitched voices of layering crescendo burn lovingly warm.
Posted 4 months ago4 months Natalia CV says at 1:23:
hermosa
Posted 4 months ago4 months Francesca Western says at 0:19:
this song is amazing
Posted 4 months ago4 months Inside the mind of Sophie says at 1:23:
Would love to get the sheet music for this as it is so beautiful, and i am part of a all girls choir , and have been for 7 years, so would love to give this a try... PLEASE!!!
Posted 4 months ago4 months Samuel Sim says at 1:23:
@inside-the-mind-of-sophie: Thanks! Sheet Music now available at: vibedeck.com/samuelsim
Posted 4 months ago4 months syclonus says at 1:21:
This track is outstanding. Very well constructed with meanings that suit the program with Joy as well as sadness. Well Done.
Posted 5 months ago5 months Music_JAColl says at 1:16:
Hi Sam, I'd love to perform this with my school choir. Is there a way we can purchase the sheet music? Thanks, Amy
Posted 5 months ago5 months Nigelhh says at 0:17:
fantastic love it
Posted 5 months ago5 months Consensus says at 0:44:
Brilliant, will be buying this as soon as I can find where from.
Posted 5 months ago5 months figarogirl says at 0:23:
As always Sam Sim comes up with the goods... Awesome!! Thankyou#samuelSim
Posted 5 months ago5 months Sue says at 0:36:
Would love this on cd for the car. Wonderful.
Posted 5 months ago5 months user919625528 says at 0:27:
how can i make this my ringtone
Posted 5 months ago5 months Jenny Winder says at 0:58:
This is so hauntingly beautiful - congratulations to all those involved in producing it. I would so love to buy this as I find it really relaxing
Posted 5 months ago5 months Joyful says at 0:09:
Love it!
Posted 5 months ago5 months Lorna Howells says at 1:12:
My six year old son says "This is awesome"
Posted 5 months ago5 months Athan Kai Altair says at 0:58:
would you ever consider making a longer version of this BEAUTIFUL song? Wanted to download a longer version of the song ever since I first heard it on the first episode of the show and now that I know there's gonna be a second series I'd love it even more! Again, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL SONG! <3
Posted 5 months ago5 months Sioux says at 1:01:
Totally mesmerising. Lump in the throat sort of music.
Posted 5 months ago5 months loonylunalovegood says at 1:05:
The most beautiful theme tune I've ever heard, am so glad you've uploaded it here as I could listen forever! Equally beautiful and haunting, amazing work :)
Posted 5 months ago5 months Vic Whitters says at 1:38:
I adore this music!
Posted 5 months ago5 months Mario Romano 1 says at 0:24:
Sort of haunting tune. Wonderful Track
Posted 5 months ago5 months Amanda Buckley says at 0:26:
Samuel Sim this is fantastic... i need more please :)
Posted 5 months ago5 months gregoryrash says at 1:06:
so sad
Posted 5 months ago5 months Anne Harry says at 1:36:
love the music and hope he will put on cd so available to all
Posted 5 months ago5 months John Manning says at 0:17:
What a fabulous piece of music and what a waste being only 1.45m long!!!
Posted 5 months ago5 months Khalid DeKhayel says at 1:36:
Mesmerising theme and impeccably suited to the series!
Posted 5 months ago5 months Murphymac says at 1:11:
I love the theme song and the show!
Posted 5 months ago5 months Hurst Joy says at 0:05:
Also the only criticism .... THE PIECE SHOULD GO ON LOOOOOOONGER :-)
Posted 5 months ago5 months Hurst Joy says at 0:02:
What are ALL the instruments playing in this piece? ... it is just perfect -chill down my spine!
Posted 5 months ago5 months Hurst Joy says at 1:31:
LOVE THIS .... WHERE CAN I FIND THE ACTUAL WORDS TO THIS SONG!
Posted 5 months ago5 months Vikkitoria says at 1:31:
@hurst-joy: I can see them talking but I only hear the voices in my head. Waiting for the moment they'll be calling to me. And if I try i'll remember all the words i've never said. Only now the others will know the meaning for me. I see with wide open eyes of (?) blindness (?). I leave the ever calling cries in silence. Every place we go. We shouldn't go. We see. We shouldn't see. We know. We'll never know. We'll go. Then all I want. All I see. All I fear is waiting for me.
Posted 5 months ago5 months chocbuttons says at 1:31:
@hurst-joy: transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic…4&t=18719
Posted 5 months ago5 months Vikkitoria says at 1:31:
@chocbuttons: Ah thank you! ITV Player doesn't have subtitles and I haven't been able to catch it while it's shown. I almost got them all right :P
Posted 5 months ago5 months user981304663 says at 1:31:
@vikkitoria-1: It does - I use subtitles on ITV player...
Posted 5 months ago5 months Vikkitoria says at 1:31:
@user981304663: Odd, i've never seen the subtitle option and many people have
Posted on online forums saying that ITV doesn't have subtitles for catch up as well.
Posted 5 months ago5 months chocbuttons says at 1:31:
@vikkitoria-1: You did, well done, not easy.
Posted 4 months ago4 months Samuel Sim says at 1:31:
@vikkitoria-1: ; ) vibedeck.com/samuelsim
Posted 5 months ago5 months Jimmy MacDonald says at 0:32:
Great theme tune!!!
Posted 5 months ago5 months user586290120 says at 0:33:
Can I download it or buy it?
Posted 5 months ago5 months Kate Martin says at 0:08:
moorish....
Posted 5 months ago5 months Reward Mushayabasa says at 0:00:
Awesome! I love this soundtrack. The rhythm is stellar...
Posted 5 months ago5 months rekrishnan says at 0:04:
Gorgeous!
Posted 5 months ago5 months Derrick Mapp says at 0:46:
i was hooked as well to this theme though the show is getting more interesting to me
Posted 5 months ago5 months meditajohn says at 0:32:
I heard this in the first episode and was hooked - I love it! I wait every Sunday, just to hear the title music! :D
Posted 5 months ago5 months AngelJem says at 0:52:
Lovely to have a song where the high notes are low enough for an alto to join in!
Posted 6 months ago6 months CptConnor says at 0:22:
Watched the first episode, im addicted to the song more than the actual series!
Posted 6 months ago6 months rs256 says at 0:10:
Great composition, addicitive
Posted 6 months ago6 months Andrew Libberton says at 0:00:
I am totally hooked on this - I have just woken up to what a huge pool of musical talent there is - This is so haunting - go on Samuel get it released - it would nice to see an upset in the charts!
Posted 6 months ago6 months Jim Dwan says at 0:07:
I love this. Beautiful composition and lovely recording. Any chance of releasing on high res format (24 bit flac please)? Happy to pay.
Posted 6 months ago6 months T Hunter says at 1:35:
Mr Sim should expand this to 4 or 5 minutes, would be a huge hit...
Posted 6 months ago6 months goughs says at 0:20:
Heather Cairncross, Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, Rachel Weston and Grace Davidson Chris Richards (clarinet), Ileana Ruhemann (flute) and Caroline Dale (cello).
Posted 6 months ago6 months goughs says at 0:44:
The soundtrack features the collective vocal talents of Heather Cairncross, Joanna Forbes L’Estrange, Rachel Weston and Grace Davidson plus musicians Chris Richards (clarinet), Ileana Ruhemann (flute) and Caroline Dale (cello).
Posted 6 months ago6 months Angela Hartwell says at 0:45:
Love this kind of thing I would love to sing.
Posted 6 months ago6 months elsie says at 0:08:
Love this so much!
Posted 6 months ago6 months Sarah Lou Smith says at 1:10:
love the song
Posted 6 months ago6 months Gina Ince says at 0:27:
B flat clarinet please!
Posted 6 months ago6 months Zero# says at 0:41:
Anyone got some sheet music for this ?? NEED IT ! (great appreciated)
Posted 5 months ago5 months AkabellaNorwich says at 0:41:
@zero-68: Me too - anyone got the link to the sheet music? please . . .
Posted 4 months ago4 months Samuel Sim says at 0:41:
@susan-bell-5: vibedeck.com/samuelsim
Posted 7 days ago7 days Rebecca Pratt says at 0:41:
@samuel77: Can we get the sheet music here in the States? Don't know if Pay Pal can handle converting pounds to dollars to give the price--
Posted 6 months ago6 months Alice Vernon says at 0:46:
I love this song
WTH?
Why would you post this huge, long list...does IMDb offer special points to people who create the most lines in their posts? Good grief!
Why the fvck would you post this SHlT??
shareThe original is by TaTu called all the things she said.
Cover is by SamualSim via Soundcloud
The original is by TaTu called all the things she said.
Thank you vikki :)
shareInteresting, thanks!
Each week I've been wondering why the band "Celtic Woman" is singing about the voices in her head.
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Thank you, Brilliant. I love this music and will be looking up more of his. This is very dreamlike and beautiful.
I would love to know the theme tune as well. And i don't mean the ella henderson bit but the chorus singing at the start. Does anyone know?
shareIt sounds like the center section of Tears for Fear's "Mad World"--if you replay that section, the cover reprises the melody (and possibly the lyrics) precisely. For the record, Shazam is bamboozled by it, a rarity.
sharePrecisely? Key is different, orchestration is different, harmonics are different, tempo is different, lyrics are different, voice/voices are different. Listen again? Other similar works by Samuel Sim also haunt his audiences.
shareIMDB says it is by Samuel Sim. It sounds like a brazen knock -off of 'Mad World' written by Gary Jules & recorded by 'Tears for Fears'.
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IMDB says it is by Samuel Sim. It sounds like a brazen knock -off of 'Mad World' written by Gary Jules & recorded by 'Tears for Fears'.
Mad World is an original by Tears for Fears.
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