The River Why, by Austin Wintory

The River Why

by Austin Wintory

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1.	Main Title (feat. Dominic Miller) 04:59	buy track
2.	Worship the Waters 01:46	buy track
3.	Rodney (feat. Dominic Miller) 01:04	buy track
4.	Leaving Home 01:14	buy track
5.	It's Strange to Kill your Dance Partner 02:48	buy track
6.	Fishing Abe 05:05	buy track
7.	Nature's Rules (feat. Dominic Miller) 01:48	buy track
8.	Eddy the Angler 01:42	buy track
9.	Elusive Eddy 03:15	buy track
10.	Morning Philosophizing (feat. Dominic Miller) 00:47	buy track
11.	Pursuit of the Elusive 02:14	buy track
12.	Bill Bob 02:08	buy track
13.	Catch and Release (feat. Dominic Miller) 01:07	buy track
14.	Dutch Hines 02:04	buy track
15.	Halloween (feat. Dominic Miller) 01:25	buy track
16.	Curious Eddy 06:19	buy track
17.	Play the Chinook 03:21	buy track
18.	The Stress Point 03:02	buy track
19.	Next Morning 01:39	buy track
20.	His Name is Gus 02:06	buy track

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THE RIVER WHY is in many ways a composer's dream film. It's a very inward-looking narrative, captured with absolutely stunning cinematography and the combination of the two leave a lot of room for music to be a major storyteller and breathe very independently. From the beginning, Matthew Leutwyler (the director) and Kristi Denton Cohen (executive producer) were leaning towards a guitar-driven score, and not only did that feel right to me too, but we were fortunate to be joined by one of the true greats: Dominic Miller (a composer and songwriter in his own right, and esteemed for his long-running collaboration with Sting). The result is intimate but emotionally rich. The somewhat odd palette of guitars (including both steel and classical, mandolin, banjo, and 12-string) with solo viola and cello (plus a few other little surprises) is definitely one of my favorites I've ever worked with. My music is always written as an ode to the musicians, but rarely as much as on this score; they simply ARE why I love composing.

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released June 20, 2012

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