Album Notes

LUTHER THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
MUSIC COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY RICHARD HARVEY

LUTHER is the story of a man armed with no more than his faith and quick wit, confronting the greatest powers on earth. Director, Eric Till, tells the tale of Martin Luther's (JOSEPH FIENNES) bold actions that foster an era of personal and religious freedoms unprecedented in history. With other cast members, BRUNO GANZ (Father Johann von Staupitz). PETER USTINOV (Prince Frederick the Wise), ALFRED MOLINA (John Tetzel), CLAIRE COX (Katharina von Bora), and JONATHAN FIRTH (Girolamo Aleander), "LUTHER" presents the history of a schism that rips at the heart of the Church as the new "Protestant" movement begins, changing the world forever.

Richard Harvey's score for "Luther" has benefited from his long held interest in early music and has sparked a close creative relationship with the Latvian Radio Chorus. On the classical side, for some time now, he has toured as multi-instrumentalist alongside the guitar virtuoso John Williams, for whom he has composed several works including "Concerto Antico".

One of Britain's most experienced film composers, Richard Harvey follows a long tradition of retaining an active role in the classical music world. His most recent scores include the epic Francis Ford Coppola production "Suriyothai", the Hallmark productions "Animal Farm" and "Arabian Nights" and a British movie "Two Men Went to War" for the veteran director John Henderson.

For further information, please visit: www.richardharvey.net

Music Supervision, Production and Mixing by A.A. McLelland
Session Producer: Dr. Steven Paul
Music Editor: Michael Paert
Orchestrations by: Richard Harvey
Music Preparation by: Ann Miller
Choir: Latvian Radio Chorus
Artistic Director & Chief Conductor: Sigvards Klava
Orchestra: Rigas Kamermuziki
Artistic Director: Normunds Sne
Period Instruments: All played by Richard Harvey
Music recorded at: Latvian Radio Sound
Recording Studios
Sound engineer: Varis Kurmins
Sound Engineer assistants: Augustins Delle, Janis Kalnins, Normunds Putnins
Audio Post Production: The Lodge Studios, Snakeranch Studios, Berwick Street Studios, London
Post Production Coordinator: Lizzie Prior
Music Coordination: Markus Steffen
Executive Production: Tony Prior for Fireworks Music Ltd.
Special thanks: Dennis Clauss, Dr. Steven Paul, Maris
Briezkalns, Baiba Kurpniece, Guntars Kirsis, Markus Steffen