MITL - Dani's Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
"We are putting the finishing touches on an orchestral
album that we have been working on called Midnight and the
Labyrinth. It is basically tracks from our first four records but
just done as purely orchestral. It is like soundtrack music and it is
really cool." - Dani Filth.
Dani's Blog 14-11-2010
"The forthcoming COF orchestral album (entitled Midnight In The Labyrinth) I briefly mentioned sometime before, has been re-visited, with a studio date of December the 5th set for big choirs to be added to the haunting melee. All songs will be fully orchestrated akin to a horror movie soundtrack (think Danny Elfman, John Williams, Christopher Young etc) and are comprised solely of tracks from our first four releases ( a la Principle, Vempire, Dusk and Cruelty), 'Funeral In Carpathia' being my favourite conversion thus far."
- Lord Filth-formally Count Backwerdz.
The Gauntlet 15-10-2010: Will Midnight in the Labyrinth be done with a full orchestra or just the band?
Dani:It is a mixture. Most of it is recorded. We just need to add some choir and female vocals for narrations. It will be a mixture of us and a orchestral though. We are also going to add some cello. We need more cello in there for that deep resonating. We hope to finish it all off. It won't be every bodies cup of tea. We might have an exclusive bonus track on their with guns blazing and all. This won’t be elevator music though.
Paul: “It’s basically we’ve taken some songs off the first four albums and turned them into orchestral pieces,” he tells me. “No guitars, no drums, no vocals…nothing. Just pure orchestral stuff.” Two of the songs getting the orchestral treatment: Summer Dying Fast and Funeral in Carpathia.”
Were the songs on Midnight Labyrinth chosen because they translated more readily into orchestral versions? Or were they simply the band’s favorite tracks?
Paul:Well, they were mainly chosen because we liked ‘em and a lot of fans are really into those albums. And also it just kinda made sense to try and revive that type of thing but in orchestral [style]. Because we can’t go around and do another cover utilizing a full band so we decided to do orchestral versions of all them songs. And they worked really, really well; I’m really chuffed with them.
- TRACKLIST - Special Edition - 21-04-2012 -
Seedy I
1. A Gothic Romance (Red Roses For The Devil's Whore)
2. The Forest Whispers My Name
3. The Twisted Nails Of Faith
4. The Rape And Ruin Of Angels (Hosannas In Extremis)
5. Funeral In Carpathia
6. Summer Dying Fast
7. Thirteen Autumns And A Widow
8. Dusk And Her Embrace
9. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
10. Goetia (Invoking The Unclean)
Seedy II
1. The Rape And Ruin Of Angels (Hosannas In Extremis)
2. Dusk And Her Embrace
3. Summer Dying Fast
4. The Twisted Nails Of Faith
5. Funeral In Carpathia
6. The Forest Whispers My Name
7. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
8. A Gothic Romance (Red Roses For The Devil's Whore)
9. Thirteen Autumns And A Widow
"Ten songs make up this 78 minute meisterwerk including the addition of a thirteen minute exclusive aural séance (on CD1) indulging such COF classics as ‘Funeral In Carpathia’, ‘The Twisted Nails Of Faith’ and ‘Summer Dying Fast’, which has already been showcased on last year’s ‘Evermore Darkly’ EP to a more than rapturous audience response.
'Midnight in the Labyrinth' is available to coincide with Record Store Day on April 21st in participating countries, and sees a general release across other countries, as a strictly limited edition 2-disc set of delectable magic, with Disc 1 containing narrated nightmares courtesy of Dani Filth, plus additional vocals from Sarah Jezebel Deva, whilst Disc 2 contains purely orchestral and symphonic recordings."
Tags: Cradle, Dani, Filth, Labyrinth, MITL, Midnight, Orchestral
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Permalink Reply by Victoria Thorne on -
i didnt want to downplay the band-- since they all deserve praise and love for what they do. if i said HE is because i in truth do pay attention more to Dani that the others. my bad.
Christine said:Ok, why would you say HE if you mean the whole band? Forgive me, I'm just trying to understand your logics...
Victoria Thorne said:and perhaps this all comes from those with no taste for classical orchestral music? is what it looks like anyway---- but of course, beauty is all in the eye of the beholder. I myself, behold much in his works (and when i say his i mean the whole band because he couldnt have done all this and played all instruments alone--- the entire band and all collaborators
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Permalink Reply by Christine on -
I have rarely been negative to anything Cradle released. You can ask anyone here...
Victoria Thorne said:
i know kevin plays an instrument-- i havent gotten close enough to anyone else here to know any of what you had mentioned---- mabey im just too protective of cof works. I think what i am trying to point out here is that sooo many are so negative in their criticism-- and i just beleive that since we are all fans, we might want to perhaps give some praise and positive comments on the work--- ill just be quiet then ;)
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Permalink Reply by Victoria Thorne on
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did i point a finger specifically at you hun? no. is a collective that i observed--i dont blame anyone or name names.
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Permalink Reply by Faustus on -
The same here, although that's true that CoF gets too much unearned criticism on this board. Strange though that MitL gets more praise here than I expected.
Christine said:I have rarely been negative to anything Cradle released. You can ask anyone here...
Victoria Thorne said:
i know kevin plays an instrument-- i havent gotten close enough to anyone else here to know any of what you had mentioned---- mabey im just too protective of cof works. I think what i am trying to point out here is that sooo many are so negative in their criticism-- and i just beleive that since we are all fans, we might want to perhaps give some praise and positive comments on the work--- ill just be quiet then ;)
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Permalink Reply by Christine on
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I agree, opinions are very positive all over, and also for Dani's collaboration with Sarah on "This is my curse", but then, the song's really awesome! :-))
Faustus said:The same here, although that's true that CoF gets too much unearned criticism on this board. Strange though that MitL gets more praise here than I expected.
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Permalink Reply by Faustus on
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Oh no, it isn't :D But I like Dani's vocals.
Christine said:I agree, opinions are very positive all over, and also for Dani's collaboration with Sarah on "This is my curse", but then, the song's really awesome! :-))
Faustus said:The same here, although that's true that CoF gets too much unearned criticism on this board. Strange though that MitL gets more praise here than I expected.
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Permalink Reply by ADreamOfWolves on -
That is 100 percent true. I wouldn't even use the word "rarely".. I think "never" is a better term :p
Christine said:I have rarely been negative to anything Cradle released. You can ask anyone here...
Victoria Thorne said:
i know kevin plays an instrument-- i havent gotten close enough to anyone else here to know any of what you had mentioned---- mabey im just too protective of cof works. I think what i am trying to point out here is that sooo many are so negative in their criticism-- and i just beleive that since we are all fans, we might want to perhaps give some praise and positive comments on the work--- ill just be quiet then ;)
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Permalink Reply by ADreamOfWolves on
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LOL. So, you think since we're fans of Cradle, we always have to give them positive feedback, never anything negative? Even if we just really don't like the work? I guess not, since we're fans! Ever heard of constructive criticism? These new members continue to make me ponder if there is any hope for humanity..
Victoria Thorne said:
i know kevin plays an instrument-- i havent gotten close enough to anyone else here to know any of what you had mentioned---- mabey im just too protective of cof works. I think what i am trying to point out here is that sooo many are so negative in their criticism-- and i just beleive that since we are all fans, we might want to perhaps give some praise and positive comments on the work--- ill just be quiet then ;)
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Hall on -
Nice, finally :) Mine still hasn't! Luckily I have a full rip, but I want the real thing ... and the TEE ! Maybe today or more likely Wed ... ???
The choirs and strings are real performers? That's interesting, a lot of opinions were they were synths! Anyway shouldn't be long now :)))
Alinblack said:Midnight arrived. I'm just glad to finally have my copy!
I looked through the booklet too, there's only the strings and chiors that aren't synthesised. Kinda impressed because the brass and woodwind sounded pretty good! (As did the whole ensemble!)
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Permalink Reply by Psychoscot on -
It's THEM not HE!
Victoria Thorne said:i didnt want to downplay the band-- since they all deserve praise and love for what they do. if i said HE is because i in truth do pay attention more to Dani that the others. my bad.
Christine said:Ok, why would you say HE if you mean the whole band? Forgive me, I'm just trying to understand your logics...
Victoria Thorne said:and perhaps this all comes from those with no taste for classical orchestral music? is what it looks like anyway---- but of course, beauty is all in the eye of the beholder. I myself, behold much in his works (and when i say his i mean the whole band because he couldnt have done all this and played all instruments alone--- the entire band and all collaborators
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Permalink Reply by Christine on
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:pp
ADreamOfWolves said:That is 100 percent true. I wouldn't even use the word "rarely".. I think "never" is a better term :p
Christine said:I have rarely been negative to anything Cradle released. You can ask anyone here...
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Permalink Reply by Josh Kenny on -
Yes guys, got MITL today and listening to it as I write this, bloody awesome already and I'm only on The Forest Whispers My Name!!! I will be wearing the shirt every day from now on!!!!
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