SkyWorld ( Russian Heavenly World ) is the fourth public album of Two Steps from Hell released in October 2012 . The album contains 22 compositions written by composers Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix . All songs except Dark Ages and Freedom Fighters are completely new original tracks. The cover and envelope were designed by Stephen Gilmore , together with the image of the futuristic city of Sergey Vorontsov. Recorded by the Capellen Orchestra group and conductor Peter Pololanic . [2]
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| Studio album Two Steps From Hell | ||||
| Date of issue | October 25 , 2012 [1] | |||
| Genre | Classic soundtrack | |||
| Duration | 1:15:56 | |||
| Producer | Thomas Bergersen , Nick Phoenix [2] | |||
| Chronology Two Steps From Hell | ||||
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November 19, 2012 the album became available through ExtremeMusic. [3]
This is the second album with songs in English: “ Titan Dream ”, “ The End is the Beginning ” (jointly with Nick Phoenix), and “ Back to the Earth ” (jointly with Nick Phoenix).
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| A source | Evaluation |
| Allmusic |   [four] |
Content
Song List
| No | Title | Author | Duration | ||||||
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| one. | "All Is Hell That Ends Well" | Thomas bergersen | 3:53 | ||||||
| 2 | "Titan Dream" | Nick Phoenix | 4:04 | ||||||
| 3 | SkyWorld | T. Bergersen | 3:12 | ||||||
| four. | "El Dorado" | T. Bergersen | 4:14 | ||||||
| five. | "The End Is the Beginning" | N. Phoenix | Quarter past four | ||||||
| 6 | "All the King's Horses" | T. Bergersen | 2:06 | ||||||
| 7 | "Realm of Power" | N. Phoenix | Three to five | ||||||
| eight. | Winterspell | T. Bergersen | 3:20 | ||||||
| 9. | "Blackheart" | T. Bergersen | 4:27 | ||||||
| ten. | "Juggernaut" | N. Phoenix | 2:34 | ||||||
| eleven. | Dark Ages (from Nemesis ) | T. Bergersen | 3:25 | ||||||
| 12. | "Our Last Hope" | N. Phoenix | Three to four | ||||||
| 13. | "Icarus" | N. Phoenix | 2:53 | ||||||
| 14. | "For the Win" | T. Bergersen | 2:12 | ||||||
| 15. | "Sun & Moon" | T. Bergersen | 4:22 | ||||||
| sixteen. | "Big Sky" | N. Phoenix | 4:08 | ||||||
| 17 | "Starfleet" | N. Phoenix | 3:22 | ||||||
| 18. | "Queen of Crows" | N. Phoenix | 2:43 | ||||||
| nineteen. | Blizzard | T. Bergersen | 2:53 | ||||||
| 20. | "Breathe" | T. Bergersen | Two to four | ||||||
| 21. | "Back to the Earth" | N. Phoenix | 4:24 | ||||||
| 22 | "Ocean Kingdom" | N. Phoenix | 2:20 | ||||||
| 1:15:56 | |||||||||
| Bonus Tracks | |||||||||
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| No | Title | Author | Duration | ||||||
| 23. | “Freedom Fighters Remix [5] ” (original version from Legend ) | Bergersen | 2:34 | ||||||
| 24 | "Identity Crime" | Phoenix | 3:09 | ||||||
| 25 | "Beneath the Ice" | Phoenix | 2:02 | ||||||
| 26 | "The World Is Mind" | Phoenix | 2:39 | ||||||
| 27. | "Children from the War" | Bergersen | 2:37 | ||||||
| 28 | "Requiem for Destruction" | Bergersen | Half past one | ||||||
| 29. | "The Colonel" | Bergersen | Half past two | ||||||
| thirty. | "Stormwatch" | Phoenix | 2:20 | ||||||
Cast of Performers
From the booklet [2]
- Bergersen, Thomas - composer ; producer ; violin in Winterspell and Blackheart; guitar in Dark Ages; vocals on "Sun & Moon" and "Blizzard"
- - composer; producer; vocals on Titan Dream, The End Is the Beginning and Back to the Earth
- - orchestra ; choir
- - Conductor
- Additional musicians
- CC White - vocals on Titan Dream
- Aya Perd - vocals on Titan Dream, Our Last Hope and Ocean Kingdom
- Meret Solwert - vocals on All the King's Horses, For the Win and Breathe
- Karina Istra - vocals in "Sun & Moon"
- Molly Konol - vocals on Blizzard
- - cello in “Titan Dream”, “The End Is the Beginning”, “Big Sky” and “Back to the Earth”
- Shane Gibson - guitar in "The End Is the Beginning" and "Juggernaut"
- James Ricabo - guitar in "Big Sky"
- Tal Bergman - drums in "The End Is the Beginning", "Juggernaut" and "Our Last Hope"
- Chris Bleth - brass in "Realm of Power", "Big Sky" and "Back to the Earth"
Charts
Weekly charts
| Charts (2012–13) | The highest a place |
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| US Billboard Classical Albums [6] | ten |
| US Billboard Top Heatseekers [6] | nineteen |
Media Usage
Music "Two Steps from Hell" is licensed to several trailers.
- “ All is Hell that Ends Well ” and “ Titan Dream ” have been used in some of the History Channel television commercials.
- Blackheart was used in a PlayStation 4 commercial.
Notes
- W SkyWorld release page on Hell facebook page
- ↑ 1 2 3 SkyWorld Notes from Two Steps from Hell [Official booklet]. 2012
- ↑ SkyWorld release news on ExtremeMusic's facebook page
- ↑ Monger, James Christopher Two Steps from Hell - Skyworld Neopr . Allmusic . The appeal date is June 5, 2013.
- ↑ Official Freedom Fighters Remix on Youtube
- 2 1 2 Billboard Chart for Two Steps From Hell . Billboard . The appeal date is June 5, 2013.