In April Curvebender Publishing releases a lavish three-volume book project, made with the participation of Compofactur – Matthias Spindler.
George Martin: The Scores
The book edition pays tribute to the late Sir George Martin CBE on the occasion of his centenary. Many of his musical manuscripts are reproduced here for the first time as facsimiles (e.g. arrangements of Beatles songs such as Strawberry Fields Forever, A Day in the Life, Here Comes the Sun, and Yesterday) and are accompanied by detailed commentary. The authors, Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew, carried out over ten years of research in close collaboration with George Martin until his death in 2016.
As well as forewords by Sir Paul McCartney, Giles Martin, the two authors and Danny Elfman, the book features contributions from Kevin Howlett (Introduction), Wendy Carlos (The Arranger), Stewart Copeland (The Conductor) and George Martin (Arranging Music).
The edition also includes exclusive audio content. To this end, a number of Sir George’s scores have been re-recorded at Abbey Road Studio Two. Buyers will receive individual multi-track session files so that they can study the arrangements separately or remix them.
Matthias Spindler was involved in this project as a consultant, recording supervisor (for sessions conducted by Craig Leon) and music engraver (in some cases in collaboration with Craig Leon). Many people contributed to this project in an advisory capacity: Craig Leon, Marc Mann, Howard Goodall, David Campbell, Steve Bartek, J. Peter Robinson, Matthew C. Lane, Anne Dudley, Suzanne M. Clark, Andrew Keeling, Randy Brion, Melissa Orquiza, and John Stevens.
My thanks go to the following people, who supported my work very much: Brian Kehew, Craig Leon, Giles Martin, Sam Okell, Kevin Ryan, Adam Sharp, Jacqueline ›Jackie‹ Shave, and Cassell Webb Leon.