A special treat for fans of Radiant Black, The Walking Dead Co Composer Sam Ewing has recorded a special one off orchestra performance tying in with issue #3.
Image Comics is pleased to reveal a video clip of the recording session for the piece, which is performed by a 59 piece orchestra (The Budapest Scoring Orchestra) and designed as “an exploration of a theme,” just like the issue is designed to capture the creative process. To listen to the full track, fans can visit, http://radiant.black/music.
Here is the clip below :
Sam Ewing had this to say:
“In Radiant Black issue 3, Kyle, Marcelo, Becca and Michael embarked on an incredibly ambitious journey—building a story that explores and chronicles the creative process,” “Kyle and I immediately thought that a ‘theme and variation’ based musical piece would be the perfect accompaniment, a fun way to represent ideas bouncing around in a writer’s mind, dancing around a theme that is struggling to find its legs, exploring colors of the orchestra, from strings to winds to brass, developing bit by bit, until the full thematic idea finally finds its footing and comes to life, triumphantly stated by the entire orchestra. We felt the liveliness and dexterity that a real orchestra brings was necessary to fully represent these fast moving ideas, and thus, high strings and flutes are constantly percolating and fragmenting with excited energy, much like Nathan’s thoughts in his pursuit to crack his novel.”
Ewing is known for his talents composing orchestra tracks augmented with solo textures and instruments that he performs, particularly strings, woodwinds, and analog synths, as well as his work with The Walking Dead.
Radiant Black #3 will be available at comic book shops this week, Wednesday, April 21:
- Cover A by Costa – FEB210200
- Cover B by Becca Carey – FEB210201
- Cover C 1:25 copy incentive by Goni Montes – FEB210202
Radiant Black #3 will also be available to download on digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play.
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