Night Castle
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| Studio album by Trans-Siberian Orchestra | ||||
| Released | October 27, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Symphonic metal, Progressive metal, Neo-classical Metal | |||
| Length | 2:01:29 | |||
| Label | Lava Records | |||
| Producer | Paul O'Neill, Robert Kinkel | |||
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Night Castle is the fifth album released by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released on October 27, 2009. It is only the second studio album released by TSO that does not involve a Christmas theme, the other being Beethoven's Last Night. It includes a version of "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, which was previewed live by the band during their 2004-2008 tours. It also contains four rewritten versions of previous Savatage songs as well as "Nutrocker", a song by famed Runaways producer Kim Fowley with guest bassist Greg Lake from Emerson, Lake & Palmer. An additional bonus track "The Flight Of Cassandra" was available exclusively online on Amazon.com, the first time that TSO had done something like this, while the physical album was sold at the cost of a single CD.
In February 2011, Night Castle was released in Germany with two live bonus tracks ("Requiem" and "Toccata-Carpimus Noctem") added. Both live tracks were recorded on the 2010 spring tour at the Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, formerly Nokia Theater, in Grand Prairie, TX.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Disc one
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Night Enchanted" | 5:46 |
| 2. | "Childhood Dreams" | 4:25 |
| 3. | "Sparks" | 6:01 |
| 4. | "The Mountain" (Instrumental) | 4:54 |
| 5. | "Night Castle" | 3:57 |
| 6. | "The Safest Way into Tomorrow" | 4:57 |
| 7. | "Mozart and Memories" (Instrumental) | 5:16 |
| 8. | "Another Way You Can Die" | 3:54 |
| 9. | "Toccata-Carpimus Noctem" (Instrumental) | 4:02 |
| 10. | "The Lion's Roar" (Instrumental) | 4:36 |
| 11. | "Dreams We Conceive" | 5:13 |
| 12. | "Mother and Son" | 0:41 |
| 13. | "There Was a Life" | 9:35 |
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Total length:
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63:10 | |
[edit] Disc two
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Moonlight And Madness" (Instrumental) | 5:04 |
| 2. | "Time Floats On" | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Epiphany" | 10:56 |
| 4. | "Bach Lullaby" (Instrumental) | 0:49 |
| 5. | "Father, Son & Holy Ghost" | 6:48 |
| 6. | "Remnants of a Lullaby" | 3:10 |
| 7. | "The Safest Way Into Tomorrow (Reprise)" | 1:43 |
| 8. | "Embers" (Instrumental) | 3:53 |
| 9. | "Child of the Night" | 3:29 |
| 10. | "Believe" | 6:12 |
| 11. | "Nutrocker" (Instrumental) | 4:07 |
| 12. | "Carmina Burana" | 2:44 |
| 13. | "Tracers" (Instrumental) | 5:47 |
| 14. | "Requiem" (Live 2010 (European Release Only)) | |
| 15. | "Toccata - Carpimus Noctem" (Live 2010 (European Release Only)) | |
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Total length:
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58:19 | |
[edit] Personnel
- Paul O'Neill - Producer
- Robert Kinkel - Producer
- Dave Wittman - Recording & Mix Engineer
[edit] Performers
[edit] Vocals
Solo:
- Jay Pierce - "Childhood Dreams", "The Safest Way Into Tomorrow"
- Tim Hockenberry - "Sparks", "Believe"
- Jeff Scott Soto - "Night Castle", "Another Way You Can Die", "Dreams We Conceive", "Time Floats On", "The Safest Way Into Tomorrow (Reprise)"
- Rob Evan - "There Was a Life", "Epiphany"
- Jennifer Cella - "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost", "Remnants of a Lullaby"
- Alexa Goddard - "Child of the Night"
- Valentina Porter - "Child of the Night"
Backup:
- Steve Broderick
- Luci Butler
- Jennifer Cella
- Britney Christian
- Rob Evan
- Dina Fanai
- Tommy Farese
- Allison Flom
- Tony Gaynor
- Christie George
- Alexa Goddard
- Kristin Lewis Gorman
- Erin Henry
- Steena Hernandez
- Kelly Keeling
- Robert Kinkel
- Danielle Landherr
- James Lewis
- Tany Ling
- Sanya Mateyas
- Ireland Wilde O'Neill
- Valentina Porter
- Andrew Ross
- Bart Shatto
- Evan Shyer
- Abby Skoff
- Zachary Stevens
- Adrienne Warren
- Scout Xavier
Guide:
- Bryan Hicks - "Epiphany"
- Dina Fanai - "Night Enchanted"
- Robert Kinkel - "Night Enchanted"
Gospel Choir:
- Keith Jacobs
- Lucille Jacobs
- Nathaniel Jacobs
- Shelia Upshaw
Child Choir:
- The American Boychoir, directed by Fernando Malvar-Ruiz
Vietnamese Dialogue:
- Truc Xuan Le
- Khanh Ong
- Nhattien Nguyen
- Nga Nguyen
[edit] Instruments
Band:
- Paul O'Neill - Guitars
- Robert Kinkel - Keyboards
- Jon Oliva - Keyboards
- Al Pitrelli - Lead & Rhythm Guitars
- Chris Altenhoff - Bass
- Luci Butler - Keyboards
- Chris Caffery - Guitars
- Shih-Yi Chiang - Keyboards
- Roddy Chong - Violin
- Angus Clark - Guitars
- Jane Mangini - Keyboards
- Johnny Lee Middleton - Bass
- John O. Reilly - Drums
- Anna Phoebe - Violin
- Jeff Plate - Drums
- Alex Skolnick - Guitars
- Derek Wieland - Keyboards
- Dave Wittman - Drum, Guitar, & Bass Inserts
Strings:
- Roddy Chong
- Caitlin Moe
- Anna Phoebe
- Allison Zlotow
- Lowell Adams
- Karen Dumke
- Lei Liu
- Chizuko Matsusaka
- Sarah Shellman
Additional Instruments:
- Jeff Allegue - Bass
- Jay Coble - Trumpet
- Alicia Crawford - Bass
- Jason Gianni - Drums
- Peter Evans - Trumpet
- Max Johnson - Bass
- Greg Lake - Bass on "Nutrocker"
- Trey Tosh - Guitars
[edit] Savatage connections
Some of the songs on Night Castle trace their origins to music written by Savatage, the heavy metal band from which the Trans-Siberian Orchestra evolved.
- "The Mountain" was originally recorded as "Prelude to Madness" on Hall of the Mountain King. The song itself is recording of the "Mars, the Bringer of War" suite from The Planets by Gustav Holst and Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King.
- Parts of the song "The Lion's Roar" are taken from the song "Temptation Revelation" off of the Gutter Ballet album. Parts are also from the traditional Irish song "The Minstrel Boy"
- "Mozart and Memories", a reworking of Mozart's Symphony No. 25, was originally recorded as "Mozart and Madness" on Dead Winter Dead.
- "Believe" was originally featured on Streets: A Rock Opera.
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