Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds

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It won two Ivor Novello Awards and The Best Recording in Science Fiction and Fantasy (the judges included Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Alfred Hitchcock).

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Wayne wrote approximately 3,000 advertising jingles in the 1970s which appeared on television in the United Kingdom, including a Gordon's Gin commercial which was covered by the Human League. The game also featured computer-generated visualisations of numerous scenes from the album – an idea Wayne would later revisit. It featured a libretto by Gary Osborne and a story combining powerful themes of oppression, desperation, love and death. Our resources are crucial for knowledge lovers everywhere—so if you find all these bits and bytes useful, please pitch in. Other notable cast for this tour include Claire Richards (Steps) as Beth, Duncan James (Blue) as Parson Nathaniel and Kevin Clifton (Strictly Come Dancing) as the Artilleryman.It features well-known tennis players and events, set against events in world history from 1877 to 2005. It included worldwide hit singles "The Eve of the War" and " Forever Autumn", both sung by Justin Hayward, and included narration throughout by Richard Burton. In 1970 or 1971, he made a single, "The Bittermen Theme", featuring Chris Spedding on guitar, a version of which was used in a television commercial for Ansells bitter. The tour premiered at Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena on 23 March and once again starred Justin Hayward as the sung thoughts of The Journalist. Wayne graduated from Grant High School, then from Los Angeles Valley College with a journalism degree.

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After The War of the Worlds, Wayne continued to compose and produce music, such as the music for the 1979 television film The Knowledge and the Who's movie McVicar released in 1980. Wayne also composed numerous television themes, including Good Morning Britain ( TV-am), ITV's The Big Match and World of Sport, and the BBC's Sixty Minutes. After completing his journalism degree he switched to music, playing keyboards briefly with the Sandpipers.Wayne's first television series, The Book of Tennis Chronicles, was broadcast worldwide in 2005 and distributed by Fox Sports. In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases.

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The album was re-released on Super Audio CD in 2005; five tracks were remastered and placed on the second disc (mostly without Wayne's input). A keen player and follower of tennis throughout his life, Wayne remains involved with the sport; he has won the British National Indoor Veterans singles and doubles titles, and the National Clay Court doubles. His father, Jerry Wayne (né Jerome Marvin Krauth; 1916–1996), was an actor, singer, and theatre producer. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. The show, produced by Damian Collier, used a ten-piece band and a 48-piece string orchestra, voice actors, screen-projected images and animatronics.It was a favorite of mine back in the day, blending the best of audio drama and progressive rock music, narrated by Richard Burton. Wayne was involved in producing Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds in 1998, a computer game that included 45 minutes of music from his Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, re-scored and remixed in an electronica style with techno beats. In 1978, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds was released, achieving international success. Wayne also provided the score for the 1977 action thriller Golden Rendezvous, which starred Richard Harris.

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Universal Pictures released a DVD of the show, filmed at Wembley Arena using 23 high definition cameras and directed by David Mallet. Wayne's two-disc composition sold millions of copies around the world [5] and was the 40th best selling album of all time in the UK by 2009. We understand that not everyone can donate right now, but if you can afford to contribute, we promise it will be put to good use.Including this re-release, the album achieved sales to 3 million in the UK, and approximately 14 million worldwide. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Somewhere, I still have a vinyl copy of this masterpiece, properly titled "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds' ".