Tibet

by Mark Isham

Tibet cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 31 January 1989
  • Label: Windham Hill
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:09
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally composed as the soundtrack for a documentary film, the acclaimed brass player and composer constructs a deeply serene, meditative acoustic landscape. The recording utilizes traditional instrumentation and sweeping synthesizer tones to evoke the vast, spiritual topography of the Himalayan region.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, atmospheric, ambient, synthesizers, spirituality, space

Tracklist

  1. Part I (13:12)
  2. Part II (4:52)
  3. Part III (6:21)
  4. Part IV (9:06)
  5. Part V (14:38)

Credits

  • Peter Maunu - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Ken Kugler - arranged by [brass arangements], bass trombone
  • Doug Lunn - electric bass
  • David Torn - electric guitar, guitar [spatula]
  • Bill Douglass - flute [bamboo]
  • Jean Roth - french horn
  • Richard Todd - french horn
  • Kurt Wortman - percussion [acoustic and electronic], gong [paiste gongs]

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