Ocean's Kingdom

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Ocean's Kingdom
Paul McCartney's studio album

Publication
(s)

September 30, 2011 ( D ) ,
0October 3, 2011 ( UK ) ,
0October 4, 2011 ( US )

Label (s)
  • Hear Music / Telarc / Universal Music Group (US)

Format (s)

CD , vinyl , download

Genre (s)

Classical music

Title (number)

4th

running time

56 min 33 s

occupation
  • Paul McCartney - arranger
  • Andrew Cottee - Orchestration

production

John Fraser

Studio (s)

Henry Wood Hall, London

chronology
Good Evening New York City
(2009)
Ocean's Kingdom Kisses on the Bottom
(2012)

Ocean's Kingdom is Paul McCartney's fifth classic album . At the same time, including the Wings albums, The Fireman albums, the classic albums, the live albums and compilation albums, it is Paul McCartney's 43rd album after the Beatles split up . It was released on September 30, 2011 in Germany, October 3, 2011 in the UK and October 4, 2011 in the US.

Emergence

The idea for Ocean's Kingdom came about in 2009 when Paul McCartney met the head of the New York City Ballet Peter Martins during a ballet performance. Martins asked McCartney if he would be willing to compose something for the New York City Ballet. After studying ballet music , McCartney decided to write a ballet piece for the first time, which is abbreviated to the following:

“The center of action is the ocean, which is threatened by the earth's inhabitants. Until then, Princess Honorata lives there peacefully and looks after her father, King Ocean. The unannounced intruders from Earth are led by the unscrupulous King Terra, who, in addition to his followers, also brought his likable brother Prince Stone with him. Horata and Stone fall in love and after betrayal, imprisonment [by Honorata], their safe return to the ocean is considered a success. "

Paul McCartney took a previously unused composition that was originally intended for the Disney film Oceans ( German : ' Our Oceans '), but was not used. The recordings for Ocean's Kingdom took place in June 2011 at the Henry Wood Hall in London. It was recorded by the London Classical Orchestra under the direction of John Wilson.

On September 21, 2011, the world premiere of Ocean's Kingdom took place at New York's Lincoln Center . The New York City Ballet Orchestra conducted by Fayçal Karoui performed, the premier recordings are available for download . The costumes for the performance come from the fashion designer Stella McCartney , a daughter of Paul McCartney.

The album Ocean's Kingdom was also released as a vinyl double LP.

Cover design

The cover was designed by DEWYNTERS. The photos in the 18-page CD booklet are from Bill Bernstein. The CD version has a cardboard cover that can be opened.

Track list

All tracks were composed by Paul McCartney.

Movement 1
  1. Ocean's Kingdom - 14:07
Movement 2
  1. Hall of Dance - 16:19
Movement 3
  1. Imprisonment - 13:36
Movement 4
  1. Moonrise - 12:31

Download bonus titles

The vinyl long-playing record and CD edition each contain a download code with which the live version of the premiere on September 21, 2011 of the album Ocean's Kingdom can be downloaded in mp3 format. In addition to the studio album, the iTunes version also contains the live version of the album.

Movement 1
  1. Ocean's Kingdom (Live) - 12:15
Movement 2
  1. Hall of Dance (Live) - 14:27
Movement 3
  1. Imprisonment (Live) - 10:14
Movement 4
  1. Moonrise (Live) - 10:31

Re-releases

Single releases

No single was released from the album.

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 143 (1 week) 1

literature

  • Luca Perasi: Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013). LILY Publishing, Milan, Italy 2013, ISBN 978-88-909122-1-4 , p. 416.
  • CD booklet

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Recordings from Ocean's Kingdom ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / webpages.charter.net
  2. ^ ITunes version of Ocean's Kingdom
  3. Search results. billboard.com, accessed July 6, 2019 .