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[2001] THE MIDDLE EARTH ALBUM - GLASS HAMMER
Coincidentemente con la salida de la trilogía cinematográfica dirigida por Peter Jackson, hubo un aluvión de músicas inspiradas por las historias de Tolkien. No es que antes no las hubiera. Las hubo, como hemos visto, pero en el entorno del comienzo de siglo y milenio, el cine acicateó a los músicos y estos, ni cortos ni perezosos, trabajaron y se unieron al gran cortejo que trajo aparejada la llevada al cine de tan popular trilogía literaria.
Glass Hammer es una banda reincidente en la temática tolkeniana. En esta oportunidad no se basan en un libro en particular sino que recrean distintos personajes y lugares de la Tierra Media, tal como queda explícito en los títulos de los temas.
1. Elrenn and Endereth
2. The Old Troll
3. The Old Troll and the Maiden
4. Dwarf and Orc
5. The King's Beer
6. The Ballad of Balid Longbeard
7. The Man in the Wood
8. Mirkwood
9. As I Walk
10. The Last Ship
11. Mithrandir (This Fading Age)
12. Sweet Goldberry
13. No Crown for Balin
2. The Old Troll
3. The Old Troll and the Maiden
4. Dwarf and Orc
5. The King's Beer
6. The Ballad of Balid Longbeard
7. The Man in the Wood
8. Mirkwood
9. As I Walk
10. The Last Ship
11. Mithrandir (This Fading Age)
12. Sweet Goldberry
13. No Crown for Balin
[2001] MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE LORD OF THE RINGS - MOSTLY AUTUMN
Esta vez, desde el campo del Prog Folk proviene esta interpretación del mundo de Tolkien.
[2002] SONGS FROM THE MIDDLE EARTH - RICK WAKEMAN
Los temas:
Esta vez, desde el campo del Prog Folk proviene esta interpretación del mundo de Tolkien.
1. Overture - Forge Of Sauron
2. Greenwood The Great (Shadowy Glades)
3. Goodbye Alone
4. Out Of The Inn
5. On The Wings Of Gwaihir
6. At Last To Rivendell
7. Journey's Thought
8. Caradhras The Cruel
9. The Riders Of Rohan
10. Lothlorien
11. The Return Of The King
12. To The Grey Havens
13. Helm's Deep
2. Greenwood The Great (Shadowy Glades)
3. Goodbye Alone
4. Out Of The Inn
5. On The Wings Of Gwaihir
6. At Last To Rivendell
7. Journey's Thought
8. Caradhras The Cruel
9. The Riders Of Rohan
10. Lothlorien
11. The Return Of The King
12. To The Grey Havens
13. Helm's Deep
Como en casos anteriores, los títulos revelan personajes, lugares y episodios relacionados con las historias de la trilogía.
[2002] THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES - CLIVE NOLAN & OLIVER WAKEMAN
Luego de la experiencia de Jabberwocky, Nolan & Wakeman volvieron a las andadas con un texto clásico de la novela policial: The Hound Of The Baskervilles, de Arthur Conan Doyle, una de las novelas que conforman la serie de cuentos y novelas con Sherlock Holmes como personaje. ¿Por qué lo incluimos aquí? Porque, si bien la novela se resuelve dentro de lo natural, lo espeluznante, el miedo y lo fantástico son tratados del mismo modo que si tuviera un final sobrenatural.
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Arthur Conan Doyle (Escocia, 1859 – 1930)
1901
La muerte de un aristócrata de la zona de Dartmoor, Sir Charles Baskerville, en condiciones misteriosas, mueve a Holmes y su asistente John Watson a investigarla en una zona donde los lugareños hablan de la presencia de un perro gigantesco y sobrenatural que amenaza su seguridad. La familia Baskerville parecería ser responsable de ello al llevar sobre sí una maldición que se remonta a un lejano antepasado, cruel y despiadado, Hugo de Baskerville, que habría recibido la maldición por sus excesos. A instancias de Sir Henry Baskerville, heredero del muerto, Holmes y Watson desarrollan sus investigaciones en la mansión familiar, rodeada de páramos, pantanos y lugares sombríos. A pesar de la resolución racional para el misterio, la leyenda del sabueso infernal pone en vilo al lector hasta el final mismo del relato.
Los temas reconstruyen la historia de Conan Doyle en este nuevo concept album:
1. Overture
2. The Curse Of The Baskervilles
3. Three Broken Threads
4. Shadows of Fate
5. A Home in The Mire
6. Run for your Life
7. Picture of a Lady
8. The Argument
9. Second Light
10. Seldon
11. Death on the Moor
12. By Your Side
2. The Curse Of The Baskervilles
3. Three Broken Threads
4. Shadows of Fate
5. A Home in The Mire
6. Run for your Life
7. Picture of a Lady
8. The Argument
9. Second Light
10. Seldon
11. Death on the Moor
12. By Your Side
13. Waiting
14. Chasing the Hound
14. Chasing the Hound
El caso fue traído a Holmes y Watson por un amigo de Sir Henry, el Dr. Mortimer, y así lo cuenta Watson, el relator oficial de las historias:
Watson:
Doctor Mortimer was by no means a typical country practicioner. He was clad in a professional, but rather slovenly fashion. His frock coat was dingy and his trousers frayed. Sherlock Holmes waved our strange visitor into a chair and said:
"Kindly tell me the exact nature of the problem in which you demand my assistance."
And so we listened to the strangest tale of an ancient curse and the recent mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville.
Mortimer:
Here in my hand is a statement of fact
From a witness beyond reach of time
It alludes to Sir Hugo of Baskerville Hall
And his cold unforgivable crimes
A man of foul humour, his temper was legend
His treatment was rough to the servants and peasants
But his judgement time came on Michaelmas eve
In so violent a way that few could believe.....
Torn to the bone by the seed of his vanity
Tatters and shreds from the greed and depravity
Stared in the face of the nightmare before him
No one to call to, no one to save him from
Fear and pain - The blindness of terror
Agonised screams that would echo forever
Death by the Hound that was sent out from Hell
Death by the Hound that had hunted the Baskerville down
Sir Hugo was drawn to a girl who lived near
His feelings, however, were not so returned
So he and some friends of a like disposition
Abducted the wench for their clumsy seduction
They laughed as their conquest was locked in a room
They drank themselves mad as she waited her doom
But driven by fear of their shouts in the night
She climbed down the wall and ran for her life.....
Torn to the bone by the seeds of his vanity
Tatters and shreds from the greed and depravity
Death by the Hound that was sent out from Hell
Death by the creature from Hell
Hugo gave chase with his friends far behind
Crossing the moor on his own
He was angry and mean with revenge on his mind
Crossing the moor on his own
He found the girl crumpled, dead from fatigue
She lay there but not on her own
As he turned he was met by two red blazing eyes
It was here on the moor
Here on the moor
Here on the moor that he died
Dead on the ground lies Sir Charles, torn and battered
Crumpled and bloody, in shreds and in tatters
Wide staring eyes from the nightmare before him
No one to call to, no one to save him from
Fear and pain - blindness of terror
Agonised screams that will echo forever
Death by the Hound that was sent out from Hell
Death by the Hound that had hunted the Baskerville down
Watson:
With Holmes accepting the case, we immediately went to meet Sir Henry Baskerville, heir to the estate. He had recently arrived from America and was residing at the Northumberland Hotel. We were shown to his rooms and he greeted us with a look of bewilderment on his face. Following a brief introduction, he handed Holmes a mysterious letter, which had been anonymously delivered. It read:
"As you value your life or your reason, keep away from the moor." An ominous warning indeed.
Doctor Mortimer was by no means a typical country practicioner. He was clad in a professional, but rather slovenly fashion. His frock coat was dingy and his trousers frayed. Sherlock Holmes waved our strange visitor into a chair and said:
"Kindly tell me the exact nature of the problem in which you demand my assistance."
And so we listened to the strangest tale of an ancient curse and the recent mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville.
Mortimer:
Here in my hand is a statement of fact
From a witness beyond reach of time
It alludes to Sir Hugo of Baskerville Hall
And his cold unforgivable crimes
A man of foul humour, his temper was legend
His treatment was rough to the servants and peasants
But his judgement time came on Michaelmas eve
In so violent a way that few could believe.....
Torn to the bone by the seed of his vanity
Tatters and shreds from the greed and depravity
Stared in the face of the nightmare before him
No one to call to, no one to save him from
Fear and pain - The blindness of terror
Agonised screams that would echo forever
Death by the Hound that was sent out from Hell
Death by the Hound that had hunted the Baskerville down
Sir Hugo was drawn to a girl who lived near
His feelings, however, were not so returned
So he and some friends of a like disposition
Abducted the wench for their clumsy seduction
They laughed as their conquest was locked in a room
They drank themselves mad as she waited her doom
But driven by fear of their shouts in the night
She climbed down the wall and ran for her life.....
Torn to the bone by the seeds of his vanity
Tatters and shreds from the greed and depravity
Death by the Hound that was sent out from Hell
Death by the creature from Hell
Hugo gave chase with his friends far behind
Crossing the moor on his own
He was angry and mean with revenge on his mind
Crossing the moor on his own
He found the girl crumpled, dead from fatigue
She lay there but not on her own
As he turned he was met by two red blazing eyes
It was here on the moor
Here on the moor
Here on the moor that he died
Dead on the ground lies Sir Charles, torn and battered
Crumpled and bloody, in shreds and in tatters
Wide staring eyes from the nightmare before him
No one to call to, no one to save him from
Fear and pain - blindness of terror
Agonised screams that will echo forever
Death by the Hound that was sent out from Hell
Death by the Hound that had hunted the Baskerville down
Watson:
With Holmes accepting the case, we immediately went to meet Sir Henry Baskerville, heir to the estate. He had recently arrived from America and was residing at the Northumberland Hotel. We were shown to his rooms and he greeted us with a look of bewilderment on his face. Following a brief introduction, he handed Holmes a mysterious letter, which had been anonymously delivered. It read:
"As you value your life or your reason, keep away from the moor." An ominous warning indeed.
[2002] SONGS FROM THE MIDDLE EARTH - RICK WAKEMAN
Declarado explícitamente en la portada (y en el título), es música inspirada, una vez más, por The Lord Of The Rings.
1. The Shire
2. The Old Forest
3. Rivendell
4. The Great River
5. Lothlorien
6. The Misty Mountains
7. Helms Deep
8. Rohan
9. Minas Truth
10. The Grey Havens
2. The Old Forest
3. Rivendell
4. The Great River
5. Lothlorien
6. The Misty Mountains
7. Helms Deep
8. Rohan
9. Minas Truth
10. The Grey Havens
Wakeman no podía quedar fuera de la ola tolkeniana y realiza un álbum sinfónico con aires silvestres y algo de new age, para dar marco a los tópicos clásicos derivados de la trilogía literaria.
[2003] POE. MORE TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION - ERIC WOOLFSON
El coautor de muchos de los discos de The Alan Parsons Project en una experiencia solista, volviendo sobre la obra de Edagar Allan Poe, en que cada tema hace referencia a un relato. Además, una de las mejores tapas de los discos que estamos reseñando.
1. Angel Of The Odd
2. Wings Of Eagles
3. Train Of Freedom
4. Somewhere In The Audience
5. Bells
6. Pit & The Pendulum (Part:1-2-3)
7. Murders In The Rue Morgue
8. Tiny Star
9. Goodbye To All That
10. Immortal
2. Wings Of Eagles
3. Train Of Freedom
4. Somewhere In The Audience
5. Bells
6. Pit & The Pendulum (Part:1-2-3)
7. Murders In The Rue Morgue
8. Tiny Star
9. Goodbye To All That
10. Immortal
Algunos de los temas hacen referencia explícita a los cuentos en sus títulos, como Angel Of The Odd, Murders In The Rue Morgue o Pit & The Pendulum.
[2004] DREAMSONGS OF THE MIDDLE EARTH - PÄR LINDH & BJÖRN JOHANSSON
Los dos suecos reinciden en su tratamiento de los tópicos salidos de la matriz tolkeniana, tras su primer disco sobre el tema, Bilbo, realizado ocho años antes.
1. Dream One
2. Dream Two
3. Dream Three
4. Dream Four
2. Dream Two
3. Dream Three
4. Dream Four
5. Dream Five
6. Dream Six
6. Dream Six
7. Dream Seven
8. Dream Eight
9. Dream Nine
10. Dream Ten - Finale
8. Dream Eight
9. Dream Nine
10. Dream Ten - Finale
El hecho de que se trate de Dreamsongs, les permite numerar una serie de sueños que, debemos confiar, se relacionan con el mundo de Tolkien. El hecho de que se explicite en la tapa esa relación, el título del álbum y los títulos de los temas, llevan a considerarlo como una obra conceptual, una suite musical con movimientos. Más allá de que la música guarda relación de unidad, nada garantiza que efectivamente haya habido inspiración en el libro. Salvo que tampoco hay motivos para desconfiar de la declaración que hacen los músicos en la portada.
[2005] DRACULA - PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI
Esta vez, es otro clásico de la literatura de horror el que es encarado por los italianos de PFM: Drácula, de Bram Stoker.
DRACULA
Bram Stoker [Abraham Stoker] (Irlanda, 1847 – 1912)
1897
La más recordada y reconocida novela de este escritor que fue bastante prolífico. Drácula es una novela de terror gótico, basada en un personaje singular que tendría posteriormente muchas versiones en la literatura, el comic y el cine. El conde vampiro, habitante de Transilvania que da lugar a una historia sangrienta de amor y muerte es el eje en torno al cual giran varios personajes que primero serán víctimas de su maldad y luego serán sus ejecutores. Stoker se basó en algunas fuentes referentes a Valaquia y demás zonas antiguas de Rumania, históricas y tradicionales, donde se mezcla la historia verdadera de Vlad Tepes, conocido como El Empalador, príncipe de Valaquia, famoso por su crueldad y por su resistencia a los avances otomanos, y las historias y leyendas sobre vampirismo de aquellas regiones.
La historia tiene tintes más bien románticos, en el sentido estilístico del término, con la exacerbación de las emociones, las sensaciones y los sentimientos. Los personajes parecen tener un sino trágico y todo suena algo teatral. Pero el conde vampiro se ha convertido en un tópico icónico que trascendió el ámbito literario del cual surgió, como lo demuestra este disco.
1. Ouverture
2. Il Confine dell'Amore
3. Non è un Incubo è Realtà
4. Il Mio Nome è Dracula
2. Il Confine dell'Amore
3. Non è un Incubo è Realtà
4. Il Mio Nome è Dracula
5. Il Castello dei Perchè
6. Non Guardarmi
7. Ho Mangiato gli Uccelli
8. Terra Madre
9. Male d'Amore
10. La Morte Non Muore
11. Un Destino di Rondine
6. Non Guardarmi
7. Ho Mangiato gli Uccelli
8. Terra Madre
9. Male d'Amore
10. La Morte Non Muore
11. Un Destino di Rondine
La estructura es operística y el desarrollo va dando lugar a los principales momentos de la narración, ciñéndose con bastante apego a la historia original.
[2009] D'APRES LE HORLA DE MAUPASSANT - THE BOX
La banda canadiense toma un clásico relato de horror, de uno de los más considerados cuentistas, Guy de Maupassant. Junto a Edgar Allan Poe y Horacio Quiroga, está considerado dentro de la principal trilogía de cuentistas de horror.
LE HORLA
Guy de Maupassant (Francia, 1850 – 1893)
1887
Cuento corto acerca de un aristócrata que tras un viaje en el mar, se interna en un proceso de locura motivado por la sensación creciente de tener un extraño ente en su cabeza, al cual denomina Horla.
1. Ouverture
2. Incubus
3. L'Eau, Le Lait, Le Vin
4. Mont Saint Michel
5. Le Chat Noir
6. Un Impénétrable Mystère
7. À Bougival
8. Sous Hypnose
9. J'ai Vu
10. Super 61
2. Incubus
3. L'Eau, Le Lait, Le Vin
4. Mont Saint Michel
5. Le Chat Noir
6. Un Impénétrable Mystère
7. À Bougival
8. Sous Hypnose
9. J'ai Vu
10. Super 61
Nuevamente encontramos la estructura de álbum conceptual y el tratamiento de diversos aspectos que dan desarrollo a la obra.
Bien, amigos, hasta aquí llegamos con los álbumes. Creemos que son una muestra bastante representativa de cómo existen una infinidad de puentes tendidos entre la Cultura Rock y la Cultura universal, en este caso patentizados por la relación música y literatura (tomada esta en un espectro muy contenido). Sobre otras áreas de lo literario aún queda muchísimo más.
Pero aún así, esta relación del Rock con la ciencia ficción y aledaños no termina aquí. En posts venideros daremos cuenta de canciones sueltas que remiten a cuentos, novelas o poesías de esos géneros, que aparecen en álbumes sin relación con las obras literarias.
Así que, hasta la próxima.
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