MAGENTA’S NINTH IS A SYMPHONY!

The Welsh band get orchestral on The White Witch – A Symphonic Trilogy.

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Magenta’s ninth studio album will be unveiled on October 31 via Tigermoth Records. Over a year in the making, The White Witch – A Symphonic Trilogy is a three-part orchestral suite and, as such, it’s a departure for the Welsh band. “I do so much music for TV,” band linchpin Robert Reed tells Prog, “that when I had [orchestral] players working on a TV session I got them to play some parts for me too. So it’s a mixture of real players and top-of-the-range orchestral samples. It’s all orchestrated, with Tina [Booth] singing and Chris [Fry] playing classical guitar. It was a challenge – I’ve done shorter classical pieces before, but never a 50-minute symphonic work.” Reed drew inspiration from his movie composer heroes John Williams, Hans Zimmer and Ennio…

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