2017 Blog
"War Horse The Story in Concert" Super Deluxe Edition Boxset
Key production is thrilled to have worked with BMG on this unique special edition of "War Horse, A Story in Concert".
This ground-breaking album, in unique packaging, follows the hugely successful concert at the Royal Albert Hall last year. It is an unequaled experience of a story with music, based on Michael Morpurgo’s compelling and emotionally-charged narrated by Michael Morpurgo and Joanna Lumley.
The music, composed by Adrian Sutton with songs by John Tams, is performed by the critically acclaimed Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tim van Eyken, the original Songman from the National Theatre’s ‘War Horse’ and London Voices and conducted by David Angus.
The Collector’s Edition offers the consumer a 360 experience. Hosted in a custom-made military styled canvas bag, is a 12″ case bound 76-page book with the full script of the narrated story and original illustrations by Olivier, Tony and OBIE award-winning British designer Rae Smith; two audio CDs containing the complete orchestral recording with narration, one audio CD of the music only, two vinyl records of the music only, and a DVD featuring the making of the recording; a bespoke leather folio with two exclusive art cards and a set of four art postcards by Rae Smith, a certificate of authenticity signed by Michael Morpurgo, a page from the music score hand notated by the composer, a sketch book and pencil, and a replica WW1 Identity Tag. This is a limited-edition item with only 1000 in production.
The recordings are also presented in a deluxe CD & DVD edition comprising a case bound book featuring the full script of the narrated story, three audio CDs and DVD (also includes download card for digital audio files) and 2 exclusive Rae Smith art cards.
A standard CD album edition is also available, with three audio CDs featuring full narrated script and music only audio.
All formats available to buy here.