Library Music Part Three: 2008 - 2018

With the library companies moving their album releases away from being issued as physical CDs to purely as downloads during this period, this also provided the opportunity for them to make available more variant edits and mixes of tracks for use by programme makers.  For example, Ant and Chris White's track Hunting For The Secret on the 2011 Atmosphere library release The Piano Album has no fewer than seven different 10-second sting versions of the end of the track available.  This would no doubt be of use to a programme maker wanting the find the right variation to fit the visual images in their production but in our view including the specific details of every such variation in these listings would be of minimal interest.

For the purposes of our listings here we have therefore restricted the track listing for the albums to the main or full version of each track and have given a summary where variant mixes or edits of them are available, with the emphasis on the most notably different variations.


China! The Red Album

Various composers: China! The Red Album (2008)

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Ant and Joji Hirota had two tracks - Warlord (1:21) and Blossom Village (1:37) on this CD together with Ant's solo piece Crystal Fountain (1:35)

Factual Underscores

Various composers: Factual Underscores (2008)

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Ant and composer Chris White had one track - Unknown Future (1:16) - on this album, which was included in the 'Human Stories - Emotive' selection on the CD.

The Art of Crime

Various composers: The Art of Crime (2009)

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Ant and Chris White had three variations of a track called Proof of Innocence (2:14, 1:03 and 1:28 respectively) on this double CD release, which was subtitled "forensic cases & crime investigations".  In order to differentiate between them, the three variations of the piece were labelled A, B & C respectively.

The second CD of this release featured 30 second edits of all the tracks on the first CD, including the three variations of Proof of Innocence.
   
Parallel Worlds Anthony Phillips & Joji Hirota: Parallel Worlds (2009)

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Featuring "Calming textures, tones and beds from the natural world", Parallel Worlds consists of pieces originally written for wildlife documentary programmes.

Most of the tracks on this album were first released on Time & Tide and Wildlife.

This album was primarily released as a download-only title but a limited number of CD copies were also made available.
   
Create 04 Various composers: Create.04 (2009)

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Ant and Chris White had one track - Safe & Sound (2:09) - on this album.

English Film & Drama

Anthony Phillips: English Film & Drama (2009)

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Subtitled "Beautiful orchestral portraits", English Film & Drama was the first half of a large scale orchestral library project which saw Ant collaborate for the first time with composer and arranger Andrew Skeet.

Much of the music on this album and the companion release World Film & Drama was released on Seventh Heaven in 2012.

World Film & Drama

Anthony Phillips: World Film & Drama (2009)

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Subtitled "Beautiful orchestral portraits", World Film & Drama was the second half of a large scale orchestral library project which saw Ant collaborate for the first time with composer and arranger Andrew Skeet.

Much of the music on this album and the companion release English Film & Drama was released on Seventh Heaven in 2012.

Essential Electronica

Various composers: Essential Electronica (2010)

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Ant had three tracks on this CD, which was subtitled "chilled and sublime".  Celestial Beauty (2:58) and Frozen Tear 2 (1:41) were written and recorded by Ant on his own whilst for Frozen Tear 1 (1;38) he collaborated with singer/song-writer Lettie Maclean, who is credited for this and other titles under her full name of Sophia Letitia Maclean.  All three tracks were included in the 'Truly Ambient' section of the CD.
   

Orchestral Undercurrents

Various composers: Orchestral Undercurrents (2010)

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Ant had a total of seven tracks on this album including collaborations with Lettie Maclean and Jeff Knowler in addition to tracks he wrote and recorded on his own.
   
The Movie Soundtrack 2 Various composers: The Movie Soundtrack 2 (2010)

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Ant had two tracks - Our Last Hope (2:17), which was included in the 'Indie Drama' section and Dark Pulse (3:09), which was included in 'The Espionage Thriller' section included on this CD.  In a sign of the move towards library music tracks being made available online instead of on CD, a guitar-only mix of Our Last Hope and an alternative version of Dark Pulse were made available only as downloads.

The original version of Our Last Hope was released as Imperium on the Harvest of the Heart boxed set in 2014.
   
Inspiring Worlds Various composers: Inspiring Worlds (2010)

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Ant had two tracks on this CD (which was subtitled 'Music for Wonderous Pictures') in the form of Angel Dust (2:57) and Dark Tides (1:26)
   
Little Pictures Big Ideas Various composers: Little Pictures, Big Ideas (2011)

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Ant and Chris White had three tracks on this CD - the instrumental piece Friendly Summer (1:30) and the vocal tracks Mediterranean Summer (1:50) and Sunshine Love Song (1:50)
   
The Rhythm Collective Various composers: The Rhythm Collective (2011)

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Ant had a total of four tracks on this CD including two songs that he co-wrote with Lettie Maclean.

One of the tracks from this album co-written by Ant and Lettie Maclean - Never Letting Go - was later re-worked and released (under the new title of Let Let Go) as a digital single by Cherry Red in 2020.
   

World of Entertainment

Various composers: World of Entertainment (2011)

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Subtitled "Music to brighten up your virtual and reality games", Ant and Chris White had one track on this album in the form of Timequest (1:27), which was also included as a 'Reduced mix' of the same duration.
   
Summer Songs Various composers: Summer Songs (2011)

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Subtitled 'Twenty Three Sunny Tunes', this album included five tracks by Ant with additional versions of them being made online.

Two tracks from this album co-written by Ant and Lettie Maclean - Halcyon Days and Sunshine Upon Your Shoulder - were later re-worked and released as digital singles by Cherry Red in 2016.  Another track - Love Will Shine (under the new title of Over and Over Again) - was re-worked and released as a digital single by Cherry Red in 2020.
Drones 2 Various composers: Drones 2 (2011)

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Ant had a total of ten atmospheric tracks on this sequel to the first Drones album from 2002.

By the time this album was released, Atmosphere had largely stopped issuing library albums on physical CDs and had moved things to an online-only basis.  As far as is known, this album was only made available as a download and was not released as a physical CD.
   
Timeless Scenes for Orchestra Anthony Phillips & Andrew Skeet: Timeless Scenes for Orchestra (2011)

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Timeless Scenes for Orchestra features a number of pieces originally released on Ant's album Field Day with string orchestrations by Andrew Skeet.  A number of these tracks were subsequently released on Seventh Heaven in 2012.

This was the last Atmosphere album with Ant's tracks on it to be issued as a physical CD and from this point onwards all of his library projects were only released online as downloads.
   
The Piano Album Various composers: The Piano Album (2011)

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Ant had two tracks he composed on his own on this release - Tides of Life (1:41) and Love Gone Astray (1:47) - and two pieces co-written with Chris White - Hunting For The Secret (2:48) and Suspended Emotion (2:11).  A number of alternate versions and short sting variations of the latter two tracks were also included.

Love Gone Astray was released as The Storm of The Windhover on Harvest of the Heart in 2014.
   
Factual Underscores 2 Various composers: Factual Underscores 2 (2012)

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Ant and Chris White had one track on this release - Future Is Bright Again (2:16) - which was subtitled "subtle and evocative underscores".
   
Atmos 300 Various composers: Atmos 300 (2012)

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Ant and Samuel Bohn had one track - Night Crime (2:38) - on this 300th Atmosphere release, which contained "new tracks celebrating 300 releases" and was billed as being "a celebration of Atmosphere!".  An alternate version of the track (dur 1:33) was also included.

   
Cinematic Drama Various composers: Cinematic Drama (2012)

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Ant and Chris White had four tracks on this album - Fight And Avenge (2:29), The Stormy Manor (1:52), Urban Elegance (2:34) and Hopeful Paths (2:32) - which promised a collection of pieces where "cinematic drama worlds collide - from Classic Period Drama to Contemporary Drama".
   
Documentary Atmospheres Anthony Phillips & Samuel Bohn: Documentary Atmospheres (2013)

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Ant and Samuel Bohn co-wrote the majority of the tracks on this album, which featured "scene-setting soundscapes and undercurrents". 
   
The Competition Toolkit Various composers: The Competition Toolkit (2013)

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Ant, Chris White and Richard Dutnall had three tracks on this album - Gathering Pace (2:03), Nerves of Steel (1:58) and The Decider (1:39) - which was designed as the "music toolkit for all competitive and reality TV shows".
   
Psychological Thriller Various composers: Pyschological Thriller (2013)

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Ant and Andrew Skeet together with composers Andrew Britton and David Goldsmith had one track - Surface Detail (2:23) - on this album, which was a collection of "contemporary and classic thriller themes".

The album was issued on the Universal Trailer Series, which is designed as the home of "trailer cues with a difference".

   
The Summer Soundtrack Various composers: The Summer Soundtrack (2013)

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Subtitled "23 Sunny Themes", Ant had three vocal tracks on this album.  He co-wrote Sunny Afternoon (1:58) with Chris White and collaborated with Lettie Maclean on These Days (2:43) and You're Unusual (2:02).  Some additional variations of the tracks including instrumental versions were also released.
   
Documentary Science Anthony Phillips & Samuel Bohn: Documentary Science (2013)

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Ant and Samuel Bohn co-wrote all the tracks on this album which featured "musical soundscapes for beautiful science and new discoveries"
   
Pure Guitar Various composers: Pure Guitar (2013)

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Ant had a total of ten acoustic guitar tracks on this album alongside some re-workings of album tracks for library use, including three pieces co-written with Quique Berro Garcia.

Four tracks from this album were subsequently released on Harvest of the Heart in 2014.
   
Cinematic Stories Anthony Phillips & Andrew Skeet: Cinematic Stories (2014)

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Ant and Andrew Skeet co-wrote most of the tracks on this album, which featured "elegant piano and string themes".  It also included four further pieces that Ant composed on his own.
   
A Little European Story Various composers: A Little European Story (2014)

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Ant had two acoustic tracks - Folklore Tales (2:32) and Reunited Hearts (2:20) on this album, which was described as being "a beautiful and magicial musical story through an intimate, acoustic ensemble".  
   
Picturehouse Suite Various composers: The Picturehouse Suite (2014)

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Ant and Samuel Bohn had two tracks - Hustle and Bustle (2:18) and Hot Club Havoc (2:50) - on this album, which featured "beautifully recorded music for small ensemble with an honest, indie film soundtrack production style".
   
Battlefields of Europe Various composers: The Battlefields of Europe (2014)

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Ant and Samuel Bohn had eight tracks on this album, which consisted of pieces reflecting "life in the trenches and on the battlefields".
   
Influenced Guitar Various composers: Influenced Guitar (2014)

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Ant had four pieces on this album of "fun, upbeat acoustic guitar flavours" - Warmth of Her Eyes (1:30), Summer Song (1:29), Lift Me Up (1:37) and Rise Into The Sun (2:30)
   
Drones Plus 2 Various composers: Drones Plus 2 (2015)

BBC Production Music BBCPM043

Ant and Samuel Bohn had a total of twenty tracks on this album, which featured "simple drones and atmospheres for science, nature and drama documentaries"
   
Night Visons Various composers: Night Visions (2016)

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Ant had two tracks - Aurora (2:57) and Constellations (2:53) - on this album, which featured pieces with "minimal and wonderous cinematic electronica with intense mystery under the surface"

The track Aurora on this album has no connection with the track of the same name on Pathways & Promenades.
   
Drones and Atmospheres Various composers: Drones and Atmospheres (2016)

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Billed as "a collection of atmospheric backdrops", Ant had a total of six tracks on this album: Fearful Intent (1:42), Perpetual Beauty (1:54), Dark Intention (2:21), Lost Contact (1:59), Emerging Portent (2:43) and Ultraviolet (2:03).
   
Science & Technology Various composers: Science and Technology (2017)

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Ant and James Collins had a total of nine tracks on this album, which featured tracks designed for science and technology programming.
   
Natural World Anthony Phillips & James Collins: Natural World (2018)

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A collection of atmospheric pieces that reflect the diversity of the natural world.

The track Sea Bloom from this album was used as the theme for the character Poseidon in the online game Sol's RNG.
   
Drones 2.0 Anthony Phillips & James Collins: Drones 2.0 (2018)

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A collection of atmospheric drones and soundscapes
   
Humans Anthony Phillips & James Collins: Humans (2018)

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Subtitled "Fear and control", this was the first of four albums by Ant and James Collins in the Humans series with pieces that were designed to set a scene for "any experience dealing with humanity"
   
Humans 2 Anthony Phillips & James Collins: Humans Chapter 2 (2018)

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The second album in the Humans series, which was subtitled 'Surveillance'
   
Travelogues 6 Anthony Phillips & James Collins: Travelogues 6 (2018)

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In addition to the first two albums in the Humans series, Ant and James Collins also wrote and recorded the music for two further Atmosphere Travelogues albums, the first such titles since Travelogues 5 was released in 1995.  Travelogues 6 (subtitled 'Outbound') contained nine atmospheric tracks reflecting different parts of the world.
   
Travelogues 7 Anthony Phillips & James Collins: Travelogues 7 (2018)

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The companion volume to the previous album release, Travelogues 7 (subtitled 'Return') contained ten tracks reflecting different parts of the world.
   
Exotic Journeys 2 Various composers: Exotic Journeys 2 (2018)

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Ant and James Collins had two tracks on this album as well as two further tracks on which they collaborated with Martin Robertson.

 

 


 

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